tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post2794561501543730865..comments2024-03-28T10:44:50.179-07:00Comments on RETRO DUNDEE: IT'S ONLY DROSS 'N' COAL BUT I LIGHT ITRETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-40968800702517148052013-05-19T04:33:45.679-07:002013-05-19T04:33:45.679-07:00Coal? What a hot topic!
There would always be a cl...Coal? What a hot topic!<br />There would always be a clinker in the coal bunker waiting to do its party piece indoors.<br />Clinkers didn't burn properly like coal did and so would often explode sending burning shards outwards onto to your carpet.<br />Pity help you if you had a big thick sheepskin rug in front of the fire and you didn't have your fire guard up! <br />Curt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-2647082348376904952011-11-29T04:44:12.418-08:002011-11-29T04:44:12.418-08:00Not IMP but the same stuff
http://www.mackay.co.u...Not IMP but the same stuff<br /><br />http://www.mackay.co.uk/Soot-1869/Decco-459636-Soot-Destroyer-750gm-Tub.htmlPhat Boabnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-90631436701958185242011-11-28T05:33:06.828-08:002011-11-28T05:33:06.828-08:00can you still get IMP lum cleaner ?can you still get IMP lum cleaner ?Dick V Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-19589156954055660342011-11-28T00:40:16.521-08:002011-11-28T00:40:16.521-08:00Definitely Pears back in the 60's.Definitely Pears back in the 60's.RETRO DUNDEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-6949089194403826332011-11-27T14:23:52.846-08:002011-11-27T14:23:52.846-08:00I thought it was Wright's Coal Tar SoapI thought it was Wright's Coal Tar SoapBridiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06598011334068019011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-61402418355385200752011-11-27T09:10:57.048-08:002011-11-27T09:10:57.048-08:00Coal is quite an unusual substance to make a table...Coal is quite an unusual substance to make a table out of but who'd have thought you could make SOAP from it?! Remember "Pears Coal Tar Soap"? Sounds like a contradiction in terms. As a kid it looked like a giant horehound sweetie!RETRO DUNDEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-59113859255045219252011-11-27T06:36:21.151-08:002011-11-27T06:36:21.151-08:00.
The head office of Thos. Muir, Son & Patton ....<br />The head office of Thos. Muir, Son & Patton was Nethergate House. My Mum's aunt and uncle were housekeeper and caretaker there during the 50s and 60s.<br />Uncle Jim gave me a tour round the building one Sunday afternoon in the early 60s.<br />The one thing that stuck in my mind was a circular table, probably around 3 feet in diameter, with the top cut through, like a lace pattern. It was supported by a central stand with feet that splayed out on the floor.<br />The amazing thing was that it was completely made of coal.<br />Apparently, a Spanish Bank bought over the Clydesdale Bank, who then occupied the building and a pile of stuff was cleared out of the house and shipped to Spain.<br />Don't know the truth of that but I often wonder what happened to the coal table...Brian Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-52359693047934734902011-11-27T05:20:32.501-08:002011-11-27T05:20:32.501-08:00he must hae been "Stoned" again, keep af...he must hae been "Stoned" again, keep aff the doobies GG :-)=~Fat Boabnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-41674445148449268042011-11-27T04:17:13.298-08:002011-11-27T04:17:13.298-08:00THAT is your worst punning title yet - I don't...THAT is your worst punning title yet - I don't think you'll ever better it.Gordon C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-14382235364643625592011-11-27T02:59:14.808-08:002011-11-27T02:59:14.808-08:00The tiny window on the Union Street side of the Sm...The tiny window on the Union Street side of the Smith Hood shop always displayed a posh "companion set" and a shiney copper coal scuttle.Bridiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06598011334068019011noreply@blogger.com