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And turning it would cut your fingers to shreds! But it was great if the weather was fine.

• disgruntledphd2 7mo ago
  Which it almost never was :/
• detritus 7mo ago
  Thank you both for the imagery here - quite beautiful, in its way. This has made me remember having to go out to the coal shed and fill up a brass bucket and then come back in all covered in coal dust. I've not thought about That Smell in years!
  • jahnu 7mo ago
    Did you have one of those ubiquitous brass boxes beside the hearth?
    • detritus 7mo ago
      No, we had some antique brass bucket thing that I'd invariably have to drag in, accompanied by complaints that I was doing so, because obviously I'd put way too much in, so I didn't have to go out later to get more...