What if...

[NorthernRaider]

Compared to years gone past like 63/64 and those in the 70s houses have changed beyond all recognition, and that in itself creates a problem. If we had Barneys friends hitting us with power cuts back then we may have been sitting in the dark but the central heating kept us warm. But these days most central heating boilers no longer have thermocouple / pilot light regulated ignition, these days they are electronically ignited so if the leccy goes off so does the gas central heating.