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Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER
My old man RIP had coal and wood fires up until the day he died, I suppose that if he hadn't used that "terrible" stuff he would still be alive today as he only lived to 101  |
I remember when we moved to London in the sixties there would be the chimney gestapo from the council monitoring smoke emissions from homes. We had a coal fire and coal boiler as we had a free-ish supply of coal and coke, the latter was a real pain as it would spit red hot cinders across the living room and burn holes in the carpet. Even the dog who was laying in front of the fire one night started smouldering after hot ash landed in his coat.
