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Michael John Smith
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Larry Smith
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04/20/2021
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AncientFaces
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04/26/2021
Michael John Smith shoveling coal in the basement. Later, oil was delivered to converted coal furnaces. Life is easier and cleaner now and heating homes (including with fireplaces) was dirty business "in the old days."
Ree Young
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04/27/2021
I didn't shovel coal, but we heated with just a wood stove for nearly 30 years. Hard, dirty, sooty, back-aching work. Not just in the old days, either. Only stopped and switched to electric a couple years ago.
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