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3 minutes ago, Chagall said:

Manners costs nothing, but do continue defending those who also curtly suggest to others that they use the search facility. 

What does this mean? You've lost me. 

Being by nature a polite fellow, I shan't even take issue with your grammar.

 

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21 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:

 

I thought @Chagall lives completely the other side of the country to where your marina was.

 

Have you got the correct person?

Well then why are they bothering me?

If they thought I was mistaken they would have made an even bigger song and dance when Daniel warned them off.

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We inherited an old beaten up coal scuttle brass or copper, not sure when we bought Nightwatch.  It developed a hole in the base, the scuttle not Nightwatch,  We repaired that by cutting the base off an old metal waste basket and secured it by car body repair kit. That was over ten years ago. It’s not pretty but very functional.

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6 minutes ago, LadyG said:

Well then why are they bothering me?

If they thought I was mistaken they would have made an even bigger song and dance when Daniel warned them off.

Just when did Daniel "warn me off" ?  or "constrained" me, another of the previously claimed triumphs against me.

 

 You have attributed to the username Chagall unpleasant accusations that are completely baseless and as another has pointed out might be unpleasant for those accused in Goole. I think you might owe them an apology. 

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1 hour ago, LadyG said:

I've got a coal scuttle, one, but it's too fat to sit inside the hearth, I have two buckets, one fits inside the coal scuttle, and the other is about 5l, but it's nearly time expired. I sort of fill them all up when weather is nice, but I need two new ones now. 

Coal scuttles seem to be fairly expensive, but the main thing is it needs to be fairly narrow., and I'm not sure they will stand hot ash. 

I think we are thinking of different things. I suggest you Google coal scuttle as I am finding it tricky  to describe. Yes they can be short and fat but they can also be taller and slim. They are usually used for keeping coal in so I don't understand your reference to hot ash. A Tippett ( think that's the right name) is the thing for safely containing hot ash. 

 

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1 hour ago, LadyG said:

 

 

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My mother had coal scuttle for years and it was rusting away. She eventually found one in an old hardware shop and when she asked for it as a coal scuttle was told "that is an earth closet madam" so coal scuttles mat mean different things to different people. I understand the tall upright thing that woudl be a beast to get ash into is called a  coal hod but I suspect there are regional names for the same thing.

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Possibly Joe Bourke, LadyG, Chagall and Dor could start a new thread to establish who they are, when they originally upset each other and so on.

 

Then appropriate apologies or further abuse could continue without the distraction of galvanised buckets?

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These are the ash buckets I previously referred to but I can't find a website, he may just trade on fb I don't know. Does Buckby cans too etc. Made from galaxy Steel, comes recommended.  Obviously you would keep them outside though, as Ash buckets.

I'm slightly unsure if you are after an ash, or coal holder 

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4 minutes ago, Ally said:

 

I'm slightly unsure if you are after an ash, or coal holder 

 

Perhaps both? You fill the bucket with coal. You put the coal on the fire. In the morning, you transfer the ashes to the bucket and take it outside. Hence the container must be capable of carrying coal and of withstanding hot ash and cinders.

   That's how I understood it, anyway.

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9 minutes ago, Ally said:

 

I'm slightly unsure if you are after an ash, or coal holder 

 

From the fact that two pails were mentioned in the first post, I think it might be one of each which is  required.  Different types of receptacles for each function would be advisable, I think

 

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I have a standard hod type, black with bands.

It's too wide to have by fire during the day, I use a small cheapo bucket and also a galvanised bucket for smaller amounts, 

The coal is gravity fed from the bowdeck in to the well deck, so the buckets need to be lower than the bow deck but narrower than the space on the hearth

 

One proper galvanised bucket doubles as ash or as coal bucket, as does the other one if there is not much ash.

 

The black hod type scuttles are OK for coal, if using for ash, I insert the galvanised bucket, this is because the bucket does not look in great order.

Both buckets are at end of life, so I want a big bucket, standard size, but also, a small one, small size ' cos it's handy.

I'm not near shops, and none that I can see are specialist in buckets. There is a specialist sold fuel shop in Worksop, I'll ring them.

Tx all

I 'll get one of those fancy ash buckets too.

I'm not sure if I'm glad I asked, but I'll get one from fb and one from Screwfix

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I bought a stainless steel bucket from a car boot sale for a fiver that I used to use for ash. I think it may have been surplus from a pub so that could be another route to look for something for ash.

 

I have this for sale if it is any good.

 

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It's old and brass and you could polish it if you wanted to but it is pretty solidly made. 

 

I was asking a tenner for it. Are you still on The Chessie? 

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1 minute ago, Nightwatch said:

Regarding ashes. We have a miniature dustbin with lid, stands about a foot tall. Hot ashes in, it stands on the tow path. When cold it stands on the stern deck. When full gets emptied in waste compound in bags.

So do we, cheap as chips from fleabay and now unmarked into its second winter.

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13 minutes ago, Athy said:

Perhaps both? You fill the bucket with coal. You put the coal on the fire. In the morning, you transfer the ashes to the bucket and take it outside. Hence the container must be capable of carrying coal and of withstanding hot ash and cinders.

   That's how I understood it, anyway.

Correct.

5 minutes ago, cheshire~rose said:

I bought a stainless steel bucket from a car boot sale for a fiver that I used to use for ash. I think it may have been surplus from a pub so that could be another route to look for something for ash.

 

I have this for sale if it is any good.

 

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It's old and brass and you could polish it if you wanted to but it is pretty solidly made. 

 

I was asking a tenner for it. Are you still on The Chessie? 

Yes, money is ready now!

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I think it is only fair to mention here that this bucket does have some forum related provenance!

 

We had been looking for something like it for a while for our former boat Carrie~Lou. 

 

On the Thursday before Easter some years back I was due to visit the cheesemonger in Chesterfield to collect our "Wedding cheese" for the wedding banter we were having at Calf Heath that weekend. 

 

Here in Chesterfield Thursday happens to be flea market day and I was far too busy to allow the magnetic attraction of hundreds of stalls of old tat to distract me from the task in hand so I vowed to put my blinkers on as I walked past the market to get to the cheesemonger (which is based between the two sections of market) 

 

I walked briskly and looked straight ahead but somehow this still managed to catch my eye under one of the market tables, suitably distressed so I suspected it was unlikely to a) be out of my price range and b) likely to attract theft like a highly polished version might. 

I checked the price, paid the stall holder and marched on to the cheesemonger. 

 

Walking into a busy shop I suddenly felt a bit out of place clutching a slightly scruffy coal scuttle rather than a shopping bag. I popped it down next to the shelf of oatcakes while the assistant went to fetch our pre-ordered entire round of cheese from the cold store in the back. I took it from her and just walked out the shop clutching my cheese and didn't give a second thought to the coal scuttle until I arrived home! 

 

I called the cheesemonger and yes, they could confirm there was a slightly disreputable coal scuttle by their oatcake display (proving my theory that it was unlikely to get stolen) 

 

Despite being pushed for time we drove back into the town and I went to retrieve the coal scuttle the cheesemonger had kept safe for me in the back of the shop. I felt very sheepish going in to ask for it and it caused much hilarity among my friends a the time when I posted on Facebook what I had done. 

 

We don't have a coal stove any more so it has been in the loft for more than a year since we swapped boats. I found it yesterday so it must have been meant to find a new home with another forum member :) 

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Well now, it's found a forever home and will be cherished , as much as one can ( pun or wot?) , I'm only two minutes from Delhi,/ Dehli so its kismet!

tx all :)

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