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PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 25 Mar 2022 19:47

it was only a short book Belle :-D :-D

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 25 Mar 2022 19:48

Oh gawd yes…living dangerously
:-0 :-0 :-0

Fly

Fly Report 25 Mar 2022 19:48

:-D :-D :-D :-D Von

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 25 Mar 2022 19:50

My chimney sweep will have been a sweep 40 years this October, his father was a sweep before him :-D :-D

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 25 Mar 2022 19:50

:-D :-D :-D Von

Fly

Fly Report 25 Mar 2022 19:51

Some people just like getting dirty Belle ;-)

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 25 Mar 2022 19:51

When I used to set the fire I used to throw sugar on it to get it going :-0 :-0

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 25 Mar 2022 19:52

:-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0

Von

Von Report 25 Mar 2022 19:53

Didn’t you get treacle Ann ;-) ;-)

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 25 Mar 2022 19:54

It worked Pat..not sure why :-D :-D

My grandad worked at Courtaulds and used to bring the empty thread cones home for starting the fire
:-D

Fly

Fly Report 25 Mar 2022 19:55

:-D :-D :-D :-D

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 25 Mar 2022 19:55

I was never allowed to set the fire....think we might have got central heating before I was old enough, doing a Fly here :-D :-D :-D

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 25 Mar 2022 19:55

Not quite Von…..I can hear me mum now…..Ann have you been wasting the sugar again :-D :-D

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 25 Mar 2022 19:56

It's what it breaks down to when the water evaporates Ann :-0

Von

Von Report 25 Mar 2022 19:56

We used to make paper sticks ;-)

It was a question of learn how to light the fire or freeze :-|

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 25 Mar 2022 19:57

Well you was posh Belle :-D :-D

We didn’t have a bathroom till I was 11 :-0 :-0

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 25 Mar 2022 19:57

Never heard of sugar to start a fire :-S :-D

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 25 Mar 2022 19:58

Twisted paper :-D :-D

Thank god for firefighters coming on the scene :-D :-D

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 25 Mar 2022 19:58

Oh gawd, Ann ....did you bath in a Copper :-0 ;-) :-D :-D

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 25 Mar 2022 19:59

Tis safer than petrol Belle :-D :-D