General Chat

coal is so expesive now too, i remember the coal men you could only see the whites of there eyes and what strong boys they were , bet they could have done with flash bathroom cleaner then instead of powdered jiff, imagine cleaning that bath

Now. I Will reallly make you jealous.

When I was wee, we had a coal fire, used to do toast on it, heat brick's under it, then wrap in an old jumper and put in bed to keep us warm.

We also had toasted cheese under it, it was always a fight to see who got the bit that didn't have the ash on it lol.

We also, wait for it....
used to have a big tin BATH in front of it,every Sunday night whether we needed it or not pmsl
Other night's it was a wash in the big sink.

I dont have a coal fire but sometimes I wish I did, they are so relaxing to look at.

I would give the tin bath a miss though lol

Marion

I have an open fire. With central heating and double glazing, you don't get the 'cold spots' that you got when the coal fire was the only form of heating.

Egg shells were great on the open fire !

We used to have a ?Parkray/Rayburn, anyway one of those coal fires with a glass door on the front. You could fill it right up and it would burn all weekend....lovely....except when you mistimed filling it and it went out, and then you had to go up the back garden at night, in the pitch black, with howling wind and swirling snow to the coal bunker.(lol happy days)

Alfie

we have an open fire its lovelyin the winter

our dog lies right in front of it

julia x

I have a multi fuel burner in lounge & dining room, i love em, and they really heat the home up:)

Nice - but messy things. Even the cobwebs get covered in the sooty mess.

I used to like putting bits of copper wire on a coal fire - and watch the pretty coloured flames.

And that powered Imp stuff - which was supposed to help clean the chimney. That gave off nice flames too.

Sue

I love them Puss, Ive only lived in one house with one prob was the house filled with smoke as flue was faulty lol!

Caz xxx

yes lol.

and bills lol.

Oh yes and they were great for getting rid of veg peelings and anything else which would fill the dust bin.

I've had to boil the kettle and make toast and boil eggs on it.... lucky to have it then!

Deanna X

it seemed to be a really different kind of heat to, until you opened the door then you shiver again for a bitx
i once cooed some meat and veg over ours once when i lived in the sticks and we had a power cut cause a blob of snow fell on the power cable

Oh yes Puss the bread was lovely and thick....
we have multi grain now, a beautiful bread but not the same as white toasted!!

Still, the central heating in the house is just how I like it..... and how OH hates it!!

Deanna X

all sounds lovely, i have a arifical one too but its not the same is it,
i remember my nam had corn beef legs from siting with her legs in front of the fire she never seemed to burn
and one time my mum through her heated rollers in the fire , there was something in them that made them spark like made and it looked like firework night in there living room, they were hiding behind the settee could of been nasty lol.

They are lovely aren't they? So cosy, and comforting. But I have been cursed with two of my own... and I was the one who had to clean, light, collect coal from bunker etc, and the kids would sit huddled in front of the full glory of it!! Along with German Shepherd Labrador and any cats that had made their home with us at the time, lol.

I never got a look-in!!

Love

Daff xxx

Yes Deanna, remember the lovely thick slices of bread and butter......I have brown wholemeal now with Flora pro-activ.....not the same at all.....

Just put on the gas fire and the cat is sitting in front of it watching the flames....she is funny....

My son and DiL have a real fire and light it up and toast mallows - I only thought they did that in films....

hi puss i have one it's beautiful at christmas:)))))))))


jetxx

Yes Sally we have an electric log effect one now.

Not used to heat us, just to enjoy the warm look.

Deanna X

And I remember sitting toasting bread with my girls too, they loved it.

oh yes just remembering the cold bits now, we lived up north too, so when we moved to shrewsbury and even now really i cant have the radiators on in the bedroom.
specky even turns the downstairs toilet one on lol, he will be wanting a cushioned seat next