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Guru
- Location
- South of The Peaks
Back in the 60's and early 70's when we had a coal fire, we lived on top of a hill with a winding path to the house. The coal men carried sack after sack of coal up that path and along to our coal shed. I was still at primary school and the coal men all seemed oldish guys, but I suspect it was the job, their bent backs and slow, lumbering movements up the hill that made them seem that way to me.
One of my 'chores' was to fill the coal scuttle each night - I could barely carry it with two hands when it was full - so I got a good idea at an early age of how heavy those sacks must have been.
One of my 'chores' was to fill the coal scuttle each night - I could barely carry it with two hands when it was full - so I got a good idea at an early age of how heavy those sacks must have been.