[Leica] Rainy Day

[Douglas Barry]

Wood burning has only caught on here over the last 30 years or so, 
Brian. Before that, probably like the UK, most urban fires were open and 
burnt coal. The risk of embers was very small, and the tiled hearth 
floor in front caught most of them. However, as a child, our fireplace 
had 6x3 foot heavy wire mesh fireguard with a depth of around a foot to 
stop us from falling in.

Now that I have an extremely mobile two and a half year old grandson who 
is showing the usual resistance to words like "Stop!" "No!" and shows an 
annoying elusiveness and a clean pair of heels to my wizened 
witheredness, maybe I must invest again in a fire guard for the stove.

Douglas



On 04/02/2024 17:30, Brian Reid wrote:
> I just searched for pictures of 'fireguard Ireland'. I hadn't seen 
> those before, but it's obvious what they are. Every house I have ever 
> lived in has had chain-mail curtains on its fireplace. At my current 
> house I took them out and replaced them with hinged doors that can br 
> latched to keep grandchildren out.
>
> On 2024-02-04 08:01, Brian Reid wrote:
>> They are made of iron chain mail; their purpose is to keep embers
>> inside while letting heat through.
>>
>> On 2024-02-04 07:45, Douglas Barry wrote:
>>> The ever revealing orb we stand on shows me something new - fireplace
>>> curtains. I never realised such a thing existed. I have a stove in
>>> this (new to me) place after a life time of open fires and big boxy
>>> fireguards, but curtains? How svelte.
>>>
>>> Nice shot of domestic bliss though, Sonny..
>>>
>>> On 04/02/2024 01:23, Sonny Carter via LUG wrote:
>>>> Rainy day at KK and Pop's house
>>>>
>>>> https://sonc.com/look/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DSC05520.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Sonny
>>>> www.SonC.Com
>>>>
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