Packaged Fuel

Filmed this in 1964 to show our family's venture into the retail business by selling smaller bags of coal in convenient, clean paper bags to local shops. These weighed just 28 lbs and could be purchased by homeowners as needed instead of waiting for the weekly coal delivery.
For a look at what it was like in the 1960s to pack and deliver coal in the winter, see this other home movie:
• Winter Coal Deliveries...
The business was located in St Leonards (Coal) Station in the South Side of Edinburgh and is now site to housing and car parking. Coal was brought into town by train from the mines, coming on the line from Duddingston (see my "Innocent Railway" video which was taken in the summer of 1968 covering the last train journey before the line closed - • Innocent Railway - Las... ).
The camera used was a Kodak Brownie 8 - 8mm movie camera with wind-up mechanism (no batteries needed).
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