AGA_Stories
 

Owner: Beth Stevens
Model: Cream 4-oven, white 2-oven, cream 2-oven
Vintage: 1948, c1960s and 1938
Location: Camborne, Cornwall
Snapshot: Beth’s farm has three AGAs. The 4-oven cream AGA, dating from 1948, was installed in the old farmhouse and with one scuttle of fuel is able to provide enough warmth to heat the whole house, as well as dry piles of laundry and boil endless kettles for pots of tea. The old AGA even saved the life of a half-drowned chicken, says Beth. “It had fallen in the pond, so was fished out, wrapped in an old jumper and popped in the bottom oven. It made a full recovery.” The 1960s white 2-oven AGA in the summerhouse provides hot water and regularly provides breakfast for up to 20. The cream 2-oven AGA in the barn dates as early as 1937.
Finest Hour: Beth says: “An AGA makes a home and although a considerable investment rewards with excellent fuel economy and fabulous food. Even the oldest mutton melts in the mouth after a day in the AGA!”