tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post4350016673209147743..comments2023-09-14T18:07:21.937-07:00Comments on Wirreandah Wandering: Clean, Cheap and Cheerful?Jofeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-11423318153655718802015-04-13T16:41:32.326-07:002015-04-13T16:41:32.326-07:00Sitting on that sand looks so uncomfortable. I ca...Sitting on that sand looks so uncomfortable. I can feel it now Alright when you're young But what an essential job driving a coal train was. You think of all the people who would benefit from that in the long run. A good subject for a kid's story. Travel with a lump of coal and see where it goes and who it helps, and these days the damage it does !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-20099941302835713442015-04-12T19:24:47.322-07:002015-04-12T19:24:47.322-07:00They mine brown coal, aka lignite here as well as ...They mine brown coal, aka lignite here as well as black. We have visited Weardale too and have been down the mine. Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-75376944084450579142015-04-12T17:50:20.565-07:002015-04-12T17:50:20.565-07:00Black coal. Does it ever come in any other color?
...Black coal. Does it ever come in any other color?<br />It happens that I know about Weardale as my wife once had a holiday cottage there, a former lead miner's row house in Wearhead, still heated by a single ancient coal fire. A bleak treeless high land but beautiful open landscape. There is a fine industrial museum on the site of the last lead mine. It was terrible harsh work for men and boys too. Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-46987890319066403552015-04-12T09:52:20.966-07:002015-04-12T09:52:20.966-07:00Joseph’s job would have been very hard and dirty a...Joseph’s job would have been very hard and dirty and undoubtedly shortened his life, but how sad for Ann to die of a such a disease. The lottery of life.<br />Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-43914612129691110462015-04-12T09:10:15.088-07:002015-04-12T09:10:15.088-07:00That seems so unfair and yes, it's sad. We nev...That seems so unfair and yes, it's sad. We never know where these babies are going to end up in their lives. I just had two new grandchildren and I think of that now, not so much when I was having my own babies.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-8166987763547356412015-04-12T05:44:26.613-07:002015-04-12T05:44:26.613-07:00I recall drying my hair by the coal fire at my Sco...I recall drying my hair by the coal fire at my Scottish uncle's home and thinking it was a rather romantic thing to do (I was a teenager and prone to romantic flights of fancy - plus we didn't have a fire of any sort at our home in Canada). Apparently white blonde hair was not so white when it was done drying.violet shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12394243443725107623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-13816478421904112222015-04-11T17:32:08.249-07:002015-04-11T17:32:08.249-07:00Maybe 'cosy' would have been a good altern...Maybe 'cosy' would have been a good alternative ☺Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-36686556179714600792015-04-11T16:55:01.922-07:002015-04-11T16:55:01.922-07:00It looks like Joseph wasn't planning on going ...It looks like Joseph wasn't planning on going for a swim! So formal.<br />I have photos somewhere of the beautiful trestle rail bridge next to the beach at Kilcunda.Boobookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395043246338753023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-65366710403145902692015-04-11T08:20:24.557-07:002015-04-11T08:20:24.557-07:00I've read about people picking up the fallen c...I've read about people picking up the fallen coal on railroad tracks. Helen Killeen Bauch McHarguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042488205276127209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-2570260338883539122015-04-11T07:07:17.678-07:002015-04-11T07:07:17.678-07:00"Cheerful" is an odd description for coa..."Cheerful" is an odd description for coal, and it is odd that they didn't mention anything about heating. They must have just wanted a "C' word that wasn't too long (like convenient & comfortable).Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-68898474252655275112015-04-10T09:18:44.991-07:002015-04-10T09:18:44.991-07:00Black coal was hard coal & supposedly burned c...Black coal was hard coal & supposedly burned clean without dust or smoke & left no soot behind - according to everything I read in my research online. But personal experience is the true test & it sounds like it didn't quite live up to its hype!La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-78884510685714832292015-04-10T09:01:47.109-07:002015-04-10T09:01:47.109-07:00I had a coal stove for years...we burned hard coal...I had a coal stove for years...we burned hard coal, and it was STILL dusty. I learned about spring cleaning back then...it was for a reason, believe me!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658880722411505714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-77725004638383542752015-04-10T06:44:19.595-07:002015-04-10T06:44:19.595-07:00Jo Featherston9 April 2015 at 21:23
Sad to think t...<br />Jo Featherston9 April 2015 at 21:23<br />Sad to think that 'baby' Ann died of lung cancer in 2002, aged 52, so even younger than her grandfather Joe, and she had never smoked, let alone worked in a coal mine!<br /><br />Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-77369302404470127522015-04-10T05:02:45.140-07:002015-04-10T05:02:45.140-07:00How can coal be clean? Loved Maree's blog abou...How can coal be clean? Loved Maree's blog about cycling around Australia. What an adventurer.diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-81636734083873956982015-04-10T04:51:38.307-07:002015-04-10T04:51:38.307-07:00It takes some clever marketing to advertise coal a...It takes some clever marketing to advertise coal as "cheerful." I have some photos of my family who were railroad men, and they always looked dusty, so they must have been around a lot of coal. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-328783817343632292015-04-09T23:25:04.994-07:002015-04-09T23:25:04.994-07:00It means 'home' in the local aboriginal la...It means 'home' in the local aboriginal language. The town itself was only really established at the same time as the coal mine in 1910.Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-75269872637708702015-04-09T22:04:13.474-07:002015-04-09T22:04:13.474-07:00I want to know where the name Wonthaggi came from,...I want to know where the name Wonthaggi came from, or did you tell us before? Nice to have that mural very much in the style that was prevalent during the mining town's heyday.Brett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753773086042054845.post-83590409823519299232015-04-09T21:16:30.288-07:002015-04-09T21:16:30.288-07:00Awww, just think that baby was once just a little ...Awww, just think that baby was once just a little baby and the grandfather was holding her. Sigh. Anyway, we used to burn coal in our furnace and there was nothing clean about it. Guess I could post a picture of that for sepia saturday this week.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.com