Friday Filler

Re: Friday Filler

I assume not WWII related?

Tom

Nope

These were built that way - not boarded up later.

WAG

Something to do with sunlight and old manuscripts, paintings, and such.

Re: Friday Filler

Heat?

Re: Friday Filler

To keep the black plague/devil out. Sorry the best I can do, : ' >. Dan's, answer is more practical.

No - Hint

Not light, heat or germs. But it is related to something we all have to consider around this time of year.

Re: No - Hint

Anything to do with snow/ice?

T.

Re: No - Hint

Condensation on the inside glass that could rot the window frame?

Thanks for the question.

No

It's largely a seasonal scourge, but it affects people in all climates

Re: No

Pest control?...like critters?

Tom

THE BIRDS ARE COMING!!!!!

Not critters - Hint

Not climate - although some have tried to escape it by moving to tropical islands.

Not creatures - although they have been referred to as parasites or leeches.

Benjamin Franklin listed it as one of the few certainties of life.

Re: Friday Filler

Glass + Taxes = dollars (or Pounds)

Re: Not critters - Hint

OK so just a guess, but were property taxes based on the number of windows a place had?

;-) Answer

Gary and Rob got it.

Oxford property owners had to pay a "Window Tax". The blank panels allowed them to minimize the number of actual taxable windows without compromising the architectural design.