Ton of coal, may be more.

[izwozral]

Ton of coal for free and coal bunker if you want it, will need collecting from Stretford, Manchester. The coal is NOT smokeless, it's the good old fashioned proper stuff we had as kids.
Ton of coal is about £275-£300. Donation to an animal charity would be much appreciated.

 

[caledonia]

Ton of coal for free and coal bunker if you want it, will need collecting from Stretford, Manchester. The coal is NOT smokeless, it's the good old fashioned proper stuff we had as kids.
Ton of coal is about £275-£300. Donation to an animal charity would be much appreciated.

Can you bag it and send it up via Hermes.

 

[izwozral]

Can you bag it and send it up via Hermes.

I wouldn't want to deprive you the joy of bagging it.

 

[GreggBear]

Hang onto it mate, it's getting to be a rarity now might be collectable soon....

 

[izwozral]

I should have put the word 'antique' into the description, it's millions of years old after all!

 

[witzend]

I should have put the word 'antique' into the description, it's millions of years old after all!

A few years ago after a request I went to see a old couple in our village They asked me to take away some coal as they wanted to get some fresh in for the winter nothing I said would convince them they didn't need to change it

 

[Asterix]

If I was a bit closer I'd grab 100kg,I normally use smokeless in my wagon but beggars choosers etc. I wonder if a local charity would take it,must be a few oldies about still heating with coal.

 

[Asterix]

A few years ago after a request I went to see a old couple in our village They asked me to take away some coal as they wanted to get some fresh in for the winter nothing I said would convince them they didn't need to change it

After a billion years it reached it's use by date the year after they got it?

 

[izwozral]

A few years ago after a request I went to see a old couple in our village They asked me to take away some coal as they wanted to get some fresh in for the winter nothing I said would convince them they didn't need to change it

The coal is at my deceased aunts, she used to buy it by the ton and was one of the first in her area to have central heating installed, years before the smokeless zones were introduced. When we first moved into our hovel we used a couple of hundred weight before renovating the house. One lump of coal was too big to fit into a two gallon bucket!

 

[witzend]

One lump of coal was too big to fit into a two gallon bucket!

I'd have it but were in Cornwall. Coals to Newcastle springs to mind

 

[Robmac]

You hang onto it Ral.

You'll need it for your future motor home which will be powered by steam.

 

[Pauljenny]

Can't help, Ral.
I've asked all.my neighbours, here.
They've not the foggiest what I'm trying to describe..
Whatever it is, they have always managed without it

 

[izwozral]

I remember buying a bag of sweets in Spain that looked like coal, all odd shapes, bit into it and it was just black sugar.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

I remember buying a bag of sweets in Spain that looked like coal, all odd shapes, bit into it and it was just black sugar.

Is that why you exhort all of us to smile while we still have teeth?

 

[trevskoda]

I have not seen coal in over 40 years,coal is 4/5 times more costly to heat a house than oil/gas and is not controlable,looked good burning at xmas in our old house sitting room though.

 

[mossypossy]

Whatever you do, don't walk on it.
Your carbon footprint will be terrible.

We still use nutty slack but not so keen on using our one tonne payload plus 500 mile round trip.
Can you imagine the headlines?

 

[izwozral]

You would get kicked in the slacky nuts!

 

[QFour]

I would keep it. Next year when it's illegal to buy it it will be worth more than gold. You could offer it to the local railway society but it will only keep one of their monsters in steam for a couple of hours.

 

[trevskoda]

This thread has gone a bit SLACK today,maybe its the COAL weather.