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Come An Av A Warm Our Kid
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Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
NOW THAT TAKES ME BACK
sylviasayers
master brummie
Cum an Av a Warm our Kid
Postie, my gran had a fireplace like that, it had a green chenille cover on the mantlepiece with tassels on. Although she had a gas cooker in her little kitchen she cooked everything on the black lead grate, hers also had a spike thingy on which she hung a black pot in which she cooked stew. To date it, she died in 1948.
Postie, my gran had a fireplace like that, it had a green chenille cover on the mantlepiece with tassels on. Although she had a gas cooker in her little kitchen she cooked everything on the black lead grate, hers also had a spike thingy on which she hung a black pot in which she cooked stew. To date it, she died in 1948.
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Kandor
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We had a range just like it in Ashted Row, we heated up our bath water and irons on there.
Great pic.
Great pic.
brummie nick
master brummie
I think the proximity of the chairs to the fire give some idea of how close you had to be, to be warm.
I stick with my central heating thanks. 
I stick with my central heating thanks. sylviasayers
master brummie
Cum an Av a Warm Our Kid
Nick, I remember we almost sat on top of the open fire to get warm, and got what was called "pickled cabbage" legs, at the same time your back would be frozen especially if someone opened the back door to go to the outside loo.
Nick, I remember we almost sat on top of the open fire to get warm, and got what was called "pickled cabbage" legs, at the same time your back would be frozen especially if someone opened the back door to go to the outside loo.
brummie nick
master brummie
I remember the drafts that came under the back door, they made the lino lift up and down at a rapid rate, luckily our dog 'Bob' liked to lie there. sort of a living draft extruder.
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Catkin
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Triplex
Our's was similar when we lived in The Ridgeway it was called Triplex, lovely in the winter but with five of us we had to take turns. Then there was toast browned on an iron with dripping,Yummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy..Cat
Our's was similar when we lived in The Ridgeway it was called Triplex, lovely in the winter but with five of us we had to take turns. Then there was toast browned on an iron with dripping,Yummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy..Cat
Cheeky
What a beautiful fireplace. We didn't have a nice fire like that but Charlie's post reminded me of my great-auntie Floss who used to walk past our house in Weoley Castle on her way to the shops and would pop in for a cup of tea and a warm up. She would stand with her back to the fire hoist up her skirt and warm up her bum then pour some tea on her saucer to cool and drink.
We kids always got a kick out of that!
What a beautiful fireplace. We didn't have a nice fire like that but Charlie's post reminded me of my great-auntie Floss who used to walk past our house in Weoley Castle on her way to the shops and would pop in for a cup of tea and a warm up. She would stand with her back to the fire hoist up her skirt and warm up her bum then pour some tea on her saucer to cool and drink.
We kids always got a kick out of that!
33bus
master brummie
cracking picture,i remember g,grandmother sitting on her rocking chair by that type of fire in my grandfathers house at 10 clifton place miller st
she always wore her hair in a tight bun on the back of her head with 2 combs one eitherside ,a black crochered type shawl,black long sleeved blouse buttoned right upto her chin ,long black skirt,black apron ,and buttoned bootie type shoes
she used to send me over tne road(miller st)to "arblasters shop" for 2ozs snuff,2ozs stiped humbugs with the warning not to eat any
my wifes memory is not a happyone, as a baby in a highchair she topled the chair onto the fire grate luckily it was a glancing contact
and she is lightly scarred
i also remember my mother saying she hated cleaning and blackening the grate every saturday morning
once again great picture great memories
33bus
tom
she always wore her hair in a tight bun on the back of her head with 2 combs one eitherside ,a black crochered type shawl,black long sleeved blouse buttoned right upto her chin ,long black skirt,black apron ,and buttoned bootie type shoes
she used to send me over tne road(miller st)to "arblasters shop" for 2ozs snuff,2ozs stiped humbugs with the warning not to eat any
my wifes memory is not a happyone, as a baby in a highchair she topled the chair onto the fire grate luckily it was a glancing contact
and she is lightly scarred
i also remember my mother saying she hated cleaning and blackening the grate every saturday morning
once again great picture great memories
33bus
tom
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Wendy
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What a great thread such recollections of grannies etc. I loved Charlie's description of her grannies bombazine skirt.
jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
The picture evokes a lovely warm feeling and those fireplaces and ovens, etc. were the heart of the house. My Aunt Nell had a similar version of this
in her Kingstanding house. She had a scullery with a stove and sink as well.
She was rather skimpy with the coal so the fire in the back room never looked like that one in the photo.
Thanks for posting.
in her Kingstanding house. She had a scullery with a stove and sink as well.
She was rather skimpy with the coal so the fire in the back room never looked like that one in the photo.
Thanks for posting.