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rsdsharp

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1. In the house in which I grew up, there was a hinged window above the coal bin in the basement.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Nov 27, 2024, 10:09 PM

Nov 2024

The truck drove up, the window was latched in the up position, the coal was dropped in, and the window closed.

We got a gas furnace when air was three.

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Remember then? [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2024 OP

In the house in which I grew up, there was a hinged window above the coal bin in the basement. rsdsharp Nov 2024 #1

Sure do. LoisB Nov 2024 #2

I have a coal room in my old house Americanme Nov 2024 #3

Yep, my next door neighbor had one. Watched the coal truck dump, then the guys would Clouds Passing Nov 2024 #4

I once got a parking ticket for blocking a neighbor's sidewalk coal chute. hunter Nov 2024 #5

I remember the smell, but I also remember the cinders that were rurallib Nov 2024 #9

We had one of these JoseBalow Nov 2024 #6

Nothing like that in SoCal but we did have an incinerator in the backyard. quaint Nov 2024 #7

Yes I remember the coal truck backing up the driveway and Emile Nov 2024 #8