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That’s a first for me. I bet that saw was designed for cutting blocks of ice for the commercial freshwater fishery
in places like Lake Winnipeg and so on. Also, people used those big blocks of ice for refrigeration. They would cover the ice with saw dust as insulation to help make it last longer. That rig would cut a lot of smelt ice fishing holes in a day.
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I remember the coal truck backing up to the basement window and the man shovelling coal down the chute into the coal bin. Many a times I filled the coal scuttle and topped up the coal fired beast in the basement. Also, you had to make sure the water tanks on the front did not go dry. The furnace was a big round contraption that went all the way to the basement ceiling and up through to the floor in the main hallway. It was capped with a big metal grate that was the only source of warm air for the entire house. I think a second, smaller grate was installed in the upstairs hall way at a later date.
I remember using my finger nail to write my name in the thin layer of ice that formed on the inner side of the single pane of glass on the bedroom window. Every one had a wool blanket and a home made quilt that one of the relatives made on their bed, Thank goodness for talented relatives.
My older sister had a white mouse she bought at the Metropolitan on Charlotte street if I recall correctly and one day it escaped from its cage. I came running up out of the basement with the coal covered mouse held tightly between my hands and announced “I caught your mouse.” Well, when she tried to clean the coal dust off of her pet, it turned out to be grey.🐭🐭🐭🐭
I remember using my finger nail to write my name in the thin layer of ice that formed on the inner side of the single pane of glass on the bedroom window. Every one had a wool blanket and a home made quilt that one of the relatives made on their bed, Thank goodness for talented relatives.
My older sister had a white mouse she bought at the Metropolitan on Charlotte street if I recall correctly and one day it escaped from its cage. I came running up out of the basement with the coal covered mouse held tightly between my hands and announced “I caught your mouse.” Well, when she tried to clean the coal dust off of her pet, it turned out to be grey.🐭🐭🐭🐭
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