Modern technology hits East Yorkshire.
Posted: 04 Feb 2012, 22:54
I'm in a bit of a quandary and seeking help from those who're possibly more technologically advanced than myself.
Mrs Chas, aka Ermintrude, has for some time been a bit hacked off at having to warm the iron on a hotplate over the open fire, with 18 children ranging in age from 6 to 73 I can understand her anxiety and offered to get another iron cast at the local foundry to speed the job up a bit.
Unfortunately, Ermintrude wasn't impressed with this idea and was intent on embrasing some modern technology, namely a steam iron.
Now, I am familiar with this type of thing having worked on farm engines during the last century, so off we went in search of such an item, on returning home and exiting the Ford Popular we made a point of parading the box infront of the neighbours, such was our pride.
In our rush to evacuate the store in question we forgot to ask for an operators course on said equipment, so I now find myself somewhat flummoxed.
The store had left a large anti theft cable fitted to the steam iron, about 6 foot long it was, anyway I have now removed it, on further examination I have managed to figure out where the water goes,which is an obvious essential for a steam iron, but for the life of me can't find the opening to the firebox and there's no mention of how to get the coal in to the thing.
Can you help.
Mrs Chas, aka Ermintrude, has for some time been a bit hacked off at having to warm the iron on a hotplate over the open fire, with 18 children ranging in age from 6 to 73 I can understand her anxiety and offered to get another iron cast at the local foundry to speed the job up a bit.
Unfortunately, Ermintrude wasn't impressed with this idea and was intent on embrasing some modern technology, namely a steam iron.
Now, I am familiar with this type of thing having worked on farm engines during the last century, so off we went in search of such an item, on returning home and exiting the Ford Popular we made a point of parading the box infront of the neighbours, such was our pride.
In our rush to evacuate the store in question we forgot to ask for an operators course on said equipment, so I now find myself somewhat flummoxed.
The store had left a large anti theft cable fitted to the steam iron, about 6 foot long it was, anyway I have now removed it, on further examination I have managed to figure out where the water goes,which is an obvious essential for a steam iron, but for the life of me can't find the opening to the firebox and there's no mention of how to get the coal in to the thing.
Can you help.
(sorry antoni just a joke 
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