Now I have been quite busy over the last
few days inducting coal hole covers in to the Hall of Fame.
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| Gatley |
And in the answer to the question why are you
doing such a nerdy thing? To which I must
answer because.
Although there are of course lots of other
reasons. These start with the obvious
one that and they are a piece of history which are fast vanishing.
Added to which they come in all sorts of
designs and not all are round, as we shall see later in the series.
Which brings me to that serious point, that
they are a reminder that the coal that shot down into the coal cellar the
product of men labouring in the bowels of the earth in hard and dangerous conditions,
and that its delivery to our doors was achieved by men with a horse and cart,
hefting the 56lb bags on their bag from the van to the coal hole.
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| Northenden |
And finally, the collection of these iron
coal hole covers is more than a bit silly and fun to do and I maintain and maintain
most strongly that we should all do one silly thing a day.
Location Northenden
Pictures coal hole covers, 2019, from the
collection of John Knight
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