Scotts the Coalman
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Anyone remember them delivering coal in the hesian sacks on the back of a truck.
He would load them in the bunker and then at the end you used to get a bundle of sticks.
I can remember it happening in Fenwick Avenue, Simonside and then in Marion Way, Cleadon in the late 60's. I think it stopped because of natural gas coming in probably very early 70's.
He would load them in the bunker and then at the end you used to get a bundle of sticks.
I can remember it happening in Fenwick Avenue, Simonside and then in Marion Way, Cleadon in the late 60's. I think it stopped because of natural gas coming in probably very early 70's.
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Yes I remember them. He used to leave each hessian sack in the corner
of the yard after he'd tipped them into the coal shed. So my Mama could
count them and show he'd delivered the right number.
Coal Fires Bloomin awful fiddly to get started great heat when they were on but as soon as the coal burned away the house went cold again
And it always seemed to be my turn to get another bucketful of coal just as there was something good on telly
of the yard after he'd tipped them into the coal shed. So my Mama could
count them and show he'd delivered the right number.
Coal Fires Bloomin awful fiddly to get started great heat when they were on but as soon as the coal burned away the house went cold again
And it always seemed to be my turn to get another bucketful of coal just as there was something good on telly
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Our coalman was Smithson's. My mother used to watch them like a hawk to make sure that the 10 bags she'd paid for were delivered and they didn't only deliver 9. What a hard job it must have been carrying sacks of coal all day.
I got married in 1963 and after a year of coal fires and all the mess involved changed to gas. Used to come home at 5.30.pm light the fire and the house didn't start getting warm until bedtime. Coal fires are nice to look at but that's all.
I got married in 1963 and after a year of coal fires and all the mess involved changed to gas. Used to come home at 5.30.pm light the fire and the house didn't start getting warm until bedtime. Coal fires are nice to look at but that's all.
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My Dad worked at Monkton Coke Works and used to get a coal allowance. I remember it was tipped from an NCB truck in the street and it had to be shifted to the coal house. Cant remember how much we got free? People from around the doors used to come and ask to buy a bucket of coal. I think the going rate was a shilling a bucket.
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Monkton Coke works killed my Father.
Whenever anyone developed a bad chest and went to the local Docs in
the area he asked them where they lived and then put a pin on a local
map. The pins formed a tear drop of where the prevailing wind blew
smoke from the stack. Bad chests were just the tip of the ice berg the
smoke was carcinogenic.
Thank GOD people had the sense to close it down.
Whenever anyone developed a bad chest and went to the local Docs in
the area he asked them where they lived and then put a pin on a local
map. The pins formed a tear drop of where the prevailing wind blew
smoke from the stack. Bad chests were just the tip of the ice berg the
smoke was carcinogenic.
Thank GOD people had the sense to close it down.
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memor. My dad died of brochiogenic carcinoma (cancer) in Australia about 10yrs after leaving the coke works. He was there 17 years and I'm sure it is what killed him. I was told to put in a family claim over it, but I was out of time. I remember it as very dusty.
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My father in law worked there until he retired, he is now 86. Memor and Jim the coke works was there long before the houses were built. When the council applied to build the houses around the works the coal board objected because they knew about the discharges from the gas production would upset people living near by. It went to a hearing in front of a judge who relucktantly gave the council planning permission. He added a statement to the council saying "let it be on their heads for pushing to build so near the plant"
I'm trying to remember the name of the coal merchants who used to deliver to us..my mam used to go and pay at the offices near the Lord Clyde but I can't remember the companies name. We got a gas fire too in the 70's and it was great to be able to just switch it on.. no more faffing about with blazers etc. I have an open fire in this place but use coalite or logs, when I use that room.memor wrote:Yes I remember them. He used to leave each hessian sack in the corner
of the yard after he'd tipped them into the coal shed. So my Mama could
count them and show he'd delivered the right number.
Coal Fires Bloomin awful fiddly to get started great heat when they were on but as soon as the coal burned away the house went cold again
And it always seemed to be my turn to get another bucketful of coal just as there was something good on telly
Anyway happy days playing on the coal-house roof
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Jarrow Pete your Father -in Law is one lucky man. My Father died of Bladder Cancer.
One of the Chemicals in that smoke causes Bladder Cancer.
My Father worked in the area at Reyrolles.
Babs I not sure where Mama Maplin pay coal bills. I always remember after coal man had been she have big coaly hand prints on her buttocks.
She tell me coal man had mistaken her for bag of coal.
It could be true....!!!!!!!!
One of the Chemicals in that smoke causes Bladder Cancer.
My Father worked in the area at Reyrolles.
Babs I not sure where Mama Maplin pay coal bills. I always remember after coal man had been she have big coaly hand prints on her buttocks.
She tell me coal man had mistaken her for bag of coal.
It could be true....!!!!!!!!
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memor wrote:
Babs I not sure where Mama Maplin pay coal bills. I always remember after coal man had been she have big coaly hand prints on her buttocks. She tell me coal man had mistaken her for bag of coal.
It could be true....!!!!!!!!
Cisco's
that's the one!! your memory is top notchI'm not sure Babs but I think there was a silkburns coal merchants in that area.