Now I have been quite busy over the last few days inducting coal hole covers in to the Hall of Fame.
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 of them are round, or fit flat on to the ground, 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.
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.
So here are four from Steve, on a day he went for an adventure to St Leonards-on-sea.
My favourite is the first, because I like the contrast between the blue of the iron and the green of the moss.
Although I am warming to the second two, particularly the one above.
That said I wish there was more of the last one, which has suffered the indignity of being covered in cement.
On the other hand it is still, there and might one day be restored.
We shall see.
Location; St Leonards-on-sea
Pictures; coal hole covers, 2019, from the collection of Steve Marland
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 of them are round, or fit flat on to the ground, as we shall see later in the series.
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.
So here are four from Steve, on a day he went for an adventure to St Leonards-on-sea.
Although I am warming to the second two, particularly the one above.
That said I wish there was more of the last one, which has suffered the indignity of being covered in cement.
On the other hand it is still, there and might one day be restored.
We shall see.
Pictures; coal hole covers, 2019, from the collection of Steve Marland
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