AGA_Stories
 

Owner: Harold and Barbara Page
Model: Cream 2-oven
Vintage: 1952
Location: Suffolk
Snapshot: Just after the Second World War, Harold and Barbara, having both served in the Royal Forces and having very little living space for themselves and their child, were granted a license to build a house of under 1,000 square feet. Their only extravagance for the new house was an AGA, says Harold. “It cost £110 and we were allowed to add it to our mortgage. To this day, I clearly remember the day I collected the keys to the completed house. It was March 1952. As I entered the house the cosy warmth from the AGA greeted me.” Harold and Barbara still live in the same house and enjoy the same warmth and efficiency from their beloved AGA, which remains “as beautiful as in 1952”.
Finest Hour: £110 well spent. Harold and Barbara believe no house can become a home without an AGA. “Both of us are now well into our eighties and hopefully long may be fed and warmed by a good and faithful friend.”