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We rarely changed the spring units but the hessian and horse hair was changed at every retrim , this obviously in br days when maintenance was done at proper intervals
As a youngster I used to like the early Mk2s as you could lift up and look under the sea cushions to see if any coins had dropped out of peoples pockets, and they often had! A nice supplementary pocket money source.
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