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Coal fires !! Oh yes !! Especially when me mum was not around I set it and got it going. The bit when you held a sheet of newspaper held across the fire opening to encourage a fierce draught through the fire grate to fan the flames. AND BEST OF ALL WHEN THE NEWSPAPER CAUGHT LIGHT.
How I made it out of childhood I'll never know.
My dad had the brushes and used to sweep the chimney himself, he used to send me up the top of the garden to look back and check that the brush was out the top of the chimney for him.