Posted by Torrie,

Did you know that Stair Chair Lifts were first invented in the early 1930’s? Have a guess as to who were the first group to use them? Hint – what disease ravaged the world around that time? Yes, it was Polio, and polio sufferers were the first user group.

And get this, However, some one in 2009, found evidence in a list of the possessions of old King Henry 111 that attributes the first stairlift invented to the monarch. The 30 stone king, injured through jousting, used a chair that was hauled up and down stairs on a block and tackle system by servants at the ancient Whitehall Palace in London.