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For me, hot it the furthest away from where a small child could turn it on. That was what I was taught and it makes sense to me.

Thats same as I was taught. Wont matter once we get the tmv's on all bath taps and you can only get a lukewarm bath :)
 
Hot on the left, Cold on the right, Hot and Cold, the way it is said. I was told some time ago (not sure whether it is accurate or not) that the convention was adopted in the 1920s due to the number of blinded veterans from being gassed in the trenches in the First World War.
 
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