As we start to get into the autumn and the need for heat in our homes and workplace becomes important it got me thinking about a large fire I saw a few months ago at Hampton Court, near London.

The fire in question was huge and was in the kitchen of this wonderful old palace. Each side there is a large stock of logs ready to fuel the fire. In the picture you may just see the iron bars that held the spits where various meats were roasted ready for the dinning rooms. A real kitchen where the responsibility of feeding vast numbers of people fell – and often with such an eminent and demanding hunger there

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