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Description: | In the early twentieth century, coal fires were still the main source of domestic heating. But smoke from domestic fires was also the source of dust and grime in the home, and a major cause of pollution in London.
The Great London Smog of December 1952 caused 4,000 deaths. In response the first Clean Air Act was introduced in 1956, and as a result, by the 1960s, traditional solid fuel fires were becoming unfashionable.
Gas fires took their place, designed to slot straight into solid fuel fire surrounds. They were marketed as clean, modern replacements for coal fires, and a strong selling point was the familiar 'warmth' of the visible flames. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | MoDA | Rights holder: | MoDA, Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (Middlesex University) | Subjects: | Cityscape | Temporal: | 1962 | Source: | Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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