> >>>> On Wed, 01 Apr 2020 09:32:35 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>
>>>>> Supermarkets exist because the costs of car ownership fell >>>>> dramatically
>>>>> in the 1960s to the point where buying regular shopping from a place
>>>>> further than you could walk with two heavy shopping bags became cost
>>>>> effective.
>>>>
>>>> I think the spread of refrigeration - in particular domestic freezers -
>>>> helped too ...
>>>>
>>> Very much so, yes. I remember meat going smelly in open to the air
>>> ventilated pantries and larders under perforate zinc covers to keep
>>> the flies off.
>>
>> I never understood the big marble slab [1] found in pantries of yore.
>> What was that supposed to do? Keep butter and cheese cool? How? >>
> you cant beat a larder with larder vents or a north facing window...or
> was it south facing>...been a few years since those were in the building
> regulation ....used to feel stupid asking for larder vents on building
> warrants in the 70's when every bugger had a 'fridge....
Were scottish building regs really THAT far behind everyone else ?.
Bet you still allowed MAIN wall mounted gas geysers to be installed in bathrooms over the bath ?. I lived in a bedsit in the 70's with that arrangement for hot water.