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We used to coal and then switched to a furnace. Grandma had the wood stove.

posted by Annicita on October 12, 2022 at 7:18 PM | link to this | reply

My upbringing on the farm was much like that of Goldiec's. There were 2 wood stoves, one that was used for cooking too, and no pipes to freeze; the water came from the deep well or after breaking ice on the river and drawing it up to the house with the horses. The poem makes one nostalgic, a fleeting wish to experience once more those vibrant feelings that seem to matter much less now.

posted by adnohr on September 27, 2022 at 3:42 PM | link to this | reply

Re: Taps

When I was a youngster I stayed at my Great Aunts because the siblings had measles . I still remember the feather mattress it was so inviting. Coal is banned here unless it is expensive smokeless. Archie sells pallet wood he hopes for good sales 

posted by C_C_T on September 25, 2022 at 10:45 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Good Afternoon Goldiec

Yes indeed it does sound so different to most situations. Of course coal is banned here as it made too much fog in winter. I does sound so cosy.

 

posted by C_C_T on September 25, 2022 at 10:39 AM | link to this | reply

Pat

If we were ever ill not counting chilblains we had the little paraffin stove in the bedroom, bliss.

posted by C_C_T on September 25, 2022 at 10:01 AM | link to this | reply

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When gas heating first came out here it was so cheap a man told me that he never turned if off in Winter but opened a window if it felt too warm. Those were the days.

posted by C_C_T on September 25, 2022 at 9:59 AM | link to this | reply

Re: shamasehar

Thank you , we do not suffer cold winters like we once did, but the damp air at times is enough to make one shiver and folk sometimes do not dress for the weather.

posted by C_C_T on September 25, 2022 at 9:55 AM | link to this | reply

Yes winter is round the corner in your part of the world, actually here too though we don't require central heating...with the cost of gas rising due to the war it's going to be tough for so many people....ah! life is never easy...

Nice poem 🌹

 

posted by shamasehar on September 25, 2022 at 7:28 AM | link to this | reply

Good morning

I can almost feel that deep chill in the house that you described. The fireplace would have been a welcome sight on a cold morning. My hubby lived in similar conditions in a huge two-story that had no heat upstairs where they slept when he was a kid. Pennsylvania homes used to be heated by coal or oil in the cold months. Once you ran out, it was an expensive refill that could take a day or two before the delivery guy showed up. They would turn on the oven for heat. Not good for a family of eight. I have always been fortunate enough to have central heat, but I mostly grew up on the west coast where oil and coal heating were not a heat source.

posted by Sherri_G on September 25, 2022 at 6:41 AM | link to this | reply

Your description of the cold nights with no central heating brings back

all kinds of shivers... A story well told. 

posted by Pat_B on September 25, 2022 at 5:34 AM | link to this | reply

Good Afternoon

For the first few years of my life, we lived with my grandparents on their farm.  They heated with a big old coal burner that had a place to heat water for tea.  I used to watch my Grandma open the door of the coal burner and shovel coal into the burner.  It used to scare me because I could see red hot coal inside and she would always tell me to stand back so I wouldn't get hurt.  The farmhouse was always toasty warm even when we'd have 6ft of snow up in the mountains.  We had cozy beds with lots of blankets and pillows.  There was always lots of food.  My grandparents had a chicken coup and fruit cellar that was well-stocked with lots of freshly canned fruits and vegetables from the farm.  We never went without and when I look back on those times we were very blessed.  I never realized how lucky we were to be warm and have food.  I was little and I remember loving being on the farm with my family.  

posted by Goldiec on September 24, 2022 at 1:31 PM | link to this | reply

Our winters here are much like yours but now we have gas furnaces that won't work unless the electricity works because of the controls.  If the electricity goes out the gas furnace won't turn on.  Back in the days of my childhood we had a coal-burning furnace in the basement that only worked if mom or dad went out the back door and around to the cellar door to go down and poke the bedded coals and add fresh chunks to get the fire going.  It would get awfully cold at night but we had goose down featherbeds that my Czechoslovakian grandma made.

posted by TAPS. on September 24, 2022 at 10:52 AM | link to this | reply