In this awful time of rising engy costs, we are all focusing on how to maintain acceptable temperatures without using too many expensive heating devices. Our ancestors were - if anything - even more aware than we are of the dangers of catching cold by moving from a warm bed to an icy room, and came up with innumerable, imaginative ways of keeping the cold at bay.
For better off families, rooms could be kept warm with all kinds of furnishings including wall hangings, draught excluders, thick curtains, drapes, carpets, and even wallpapers.
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