Winter warmers

[chrishall 10]

Who remembers them?  In cold weather we would look for an empty tin can and a length of wire,  punch a few ventilation holes in the can plus a couple more for the wire handle, fill with a few bits of kindling and paper, light it and twirl round to get going. With a bit of energetic twirling and fuel it would be glowing red, pinch a piece of coal or coke from somewhere and you was well away. 

 

Happy days. 

[beezerboy 12]

20 minutes ago, chrishall said:

Who remembers them?  In cold weather we would look for an empty tin can and a length of wire,  punch a few ventilation holes in the can plus a couple more for the wire handle, fill with a few bits of kindling and paper, light it and twirl round to get going. With a bit of energetic twirling and fuel it would be glowing red, pinch a piece of coal or coke from somewhere and you was well away. 

 

Happy days. 

We made them from clay , shaped like a house brick but hollowed out. Holes were punched in the side to let air through, Same idea for fuel , blow in hole to get started. Used long enough baked the clay

[Jim Hardie 523]

Clay seems to hold sway on this thread.

[Padders 2,849]

The inventor of the winter warmer was,  Benjamin Huntsman.