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Re:Why So Many Londoners Live in 'Two-Up, Two-Down' Housing by fyfy18 on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @05:00AM (#22043351)
Why built before 1960? Were there regulations restricting the build of new coal heated houses in London after this?
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Re:Why So Many Londoners Live in 'Two-Up, Two-Down' Housing by NCG_Mike on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @06:49AM (#22043912)
Smog pollution was a big issue back then. You'll have seen the old movies where London is "foggy".
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Re:Why So Many Londoners Live in 'Two-Up, Two-Down' Housing by adrianmonk on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @11:08AM (#22046092)
Hah, those quotation marks definitely changed the way I see the brand identity of an American raincoat manufacturer.

The manufacturer is London Fog, and their brand is supposed to conjure an image of sophistication by association with a romantic ideal of London. But the reference they are making is actually, at least somewhat, a reference to a euphemism for pollution.

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Re:Why So Many Londoners Live in 'Two-Up, Two-Down' Housing by joncrocks on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @05:07AM (#22043386)
Probably related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_1956
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Re:Why So Many Londoners Live in 'Two-Up, Two-Down' Housing by rtb on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @05:22AM (#22043460)
Yes, coal heating was banned around that time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_1956
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Re:Why So Many Londoners Live in 'Two-Up, Two-Down' Housing by abainbridge on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @05:08AM (#22043390)
Gas-fired central heating became affordable and was much nicer.
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