GOLDEN OLDIE Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Does anyone remember the old black lead ranges? What could you cook on them? They were usually taken out in the 1950s and replaced with tile fireplaces and gas mizers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sand_dollars Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 My nan used to have one and she used to cook all sorts on it when she died I had it taken out and was put in storage for a very long time I just sold it to an american for £10 k and they are paying the shipping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishall Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 All that black lead never did me any harm!!!! Ha ha ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazel Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Yes we had one when I was young, the centre of our life, providing warmth cooked food, bed warmers, hot water and dried the washing. I used to help my Mom to black lead it with, ? Zebra polish. it had stainless steel edges which we attacked with sand paper. My Dad usd to light the fire early mornings with papersticks and coal, using a shovel with a sheet of newspaper to draw the flames up the chimnay which had a series of metal drawers which were pulled in or out according to whether the fire roared or not. Some had a hob for the kettle to sit on so there was always hot water to mash tea. We had a long handled toasting fork and we toasted slices of bread which was spread with marge and plum jam as the butter ration was always gone by the day it was delivered, my Mom baking bread cakes on the bottom shelf of the oven that day. The shelves were taken out at night covered in bits of blanket and put in bed as warmers. It's odd how comforting they were at night and so cold and uninviteing in the morning. I did hear that some oven doors was left open at night so the cat could sleep in it but not sure whether this was true. hazel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joto Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Welcome to the forum chrishall you look like a fun person to be around My mother and father-in-law lived on Colley Ave and had a black range in the kitchen. It backed onto the fireplace in the living room, the bedrooms above were always warm. In the late 50s and early 60s all the teenagers from the Ebenezer youth club hung out there. I know I was one of them, and I married their son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Is it a type of Aga, because I know that these are still made. No,they were known as Yorkshire range`s I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazel Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Well it did the same job as an Aga but was built into the wall with an open fire grate that was halfway up the range. hazel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushbaby Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 We called it a"Cornish Range" for reasons which are probably lost in the mists of time. To put something on to the mantlepiece would be to "put in on the cornish" My next door neighbour used to bake the most beautiful bread on hers, and she would do a titchy loaf for me. Like a little dolly's loaf. If I shut my eyes very hard I can still smell it. MMmmmm!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trastrick Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Does anyone remember the old black lead ranges? What could you cook on them? They were usually taken out in the 1950s and replaced with tile fireplaces and gas mizers! Granma used to cook and bake everything in that oven. Bread, "fat cakes", and the best rhubarb or apples pies I have ever tasted. Stew with amazing dumplings, etc. and on special occasions mussels in a vinigary sauce. I'd give anything for those simple recipes now. For some reason she used to throw salt in the bottom of the oven before she cooked, maybe when the salt darkened, the temperature was right? The black lead and sandpaper was a ritual but then we "modernised" it and painted it all beige. Funnily enough we couldn't wait to rip it all out and get the new standard tiled fireplace. Put cheap panels over the beautiful old panelled wood doors, and pull switches for the lights. We also broke up rosewood and cherrywood pianos and antique dressers and threw them on the bonfire. Into the brave new "contemporary" world. We thought we had "class". How sad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 My nan used to have one and she used to cook all sorts on it when she died I had it taken out and was put in storage for a very long time I just sold it to an american for £10 k and they are paying the shipping You did well. They can be had for £500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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