120ltr bags for logs

[GarethM]

12 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

You have a coal man who delivers it in sacks?

Where do you live, 1955?

Sussh, they have a coal man and no fire and the milkman is always round when he's out.

[Mick Dempsey]

We used to get it delivered, he poured the sacks directly into the  “bunker” from which it was transported into the house using the “scuttle”. 
 

[daveatdave]

3 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

You have a coal man who delivers it in sacks?

Where do you live, 1955?
 

next door still gets their coal delivered in sacks

[Steven P]

Yup, a proper coal man!

[GarethM]

[kerryp]

Yep still gets delivered in sacks south wales 

[topchippyles]

1 hour ago, kerryp said:

Yep still gets delivered in sacks south wales 

I can confirm that.

[peatff]

On 02/04/2025 at 19:36, Mick Dempsey said:

You have a coal man who delivers it in sacks?

Where do you live, 1955?
 

How else would they carry it to the bunker, one lump at a time ?

[GarethM]

Just now, peatff said:

How else would they carry it to the bunker, one lump at a time ?

Most coal merchants use sealed bags, partly for convenience but also due to keeping things dry.

[Steven P]

Must be a middle of England thing these sealed bags.

 

Sacks are better, reusable, I tend to have a few to carry firewood about as and where I need it away from the house, great for garden stuff, and at the start of the season coalman gets them back again to use for the next season. Few times I've got supermarket coal with plastic bags I end up putting the single use bag in the recycling