tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post4001427878318465523..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: It's not cool to have an AGAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-31599406969587662202016-10-04T03:01:06.236-07:002016-10-04T03:01:06.236-07:00Nuts (no, seriously...). Nuts (no, seriously...). Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-52848798566252001332016-10-04T03:00:33.511-07:002016-10-04T03:00:33.511-07:00I would rather have a Raeburn. You can burn anythi...I would rather have a Raeburn. You can burn anything in them and I did. Raeburns bring back memories for me too, but you can never go back. I tried.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-38969373060139753772016-10-04T02:58:19.407-07:002016-10-04T02:58:19.407-07:00That's my mother.That's my mother.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-3644054595834252722016-10-03T21:10:05.017-07:002016-10-03T21:10:05.017-07:00Ours ran on little oval lumps of coal (I can't...Ours ran on little oval lumps of coal (I can't remember what they were called), and it heated up quite quickly. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-39934748550873319492016-10-03T16:06:37.513-07:002016-10-03T16:06:37.513-07:00Isn't odd how something that was once a practi...Isn't odd how something that was once a practical item of equipment can get caught up in a style net?<br /><br />Decades ago, I was fortunate to get to know an elderly couple who lived in a cottage next door to my late Surrey friend. The husband had been a gardener on a large nearby estate and their cottage had been part of his salary. They heated the little cottage in which they'd raised their family via a Raeburn. They gathered wood for the Raeburn from the National Forest that bordered the end of their garden.<br /><br />Sometime I might write a post about this dear couple, but still don't really want to write about the very sad ending.<br /><br />Cro wrote about memory today, and now you have allowed one of my own to surface.<br /><br />Best wishes.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-82437599408481827352016-10-03T16:02:21.122-07:002016-10-03T16:02:21.122-07:00I never new that the Aga Khan needed work .
Is tha...I never new that the Aga Khan needed work .<br />Is that a photo of him since moving to your area, gosh you have treated him badly.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-65014642238018227522016-10-03T13:27:44.941-07:002016-10-03T13:27:44.941-07:00Yes, now you mention it that sounds familiar. A te...Yes, now you mention it that sounds familiar. A terrible way to miss lunch.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-16388838746678318232016-10-03T12:30:53.641-07:002016-10-03T12:30:53.641-07:00He went out for the Sunday papers and never came b...He went out for the Sunday papers and never came back. Crashed the car.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-31330204658669527062016-10-03T10:32:52.122-07:002016-10-03T10:32:52.122-07:00Re your articles - if I wrote for Cosmo or G.H. th...Re your articles - if I wrote for Cosmo or G.H. then I would probably have an AGA from duty.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-19288003525622646452016-10-03T10:31:48.186-07:002016-10-03T10:31:48.186-07:00Much more sensible - both the oil and the hotplate...Much more sensible - both the oil and the hotplate. I used to have a Raeburn, which was complemented by a gas oven when things went wrong - which they always did.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-84710430200429267882016-10-03T10:30:19.019-07:002016-10-03T10:30:19.019-07:00She goes AWOL on a regular basis. Nothing to worry...She goes AWOL on a regular basis. Nothing to worry about.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-50530742980688959152016-10-03T10:29:29.962-07:002016-10-03T10:29:29.962-07:00It's a bit sad. She turned up one day unexpect...It's a bit sad. She turned up one day unexpectedly and asked if she could have a little peep inside. When she got to the room where she and her kids sat around having dinner, she burst into tears. One of her children was killed (in a car accident, I think) and it brought back old memories of him as a child. Poor thing.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-5032927477630345212016-10-03T08:37:20.464-07:002016-10-03T08:37:20.464-07:00I've just been there - it is on again. Was str...I've just been there - it is on again. Was strange, because blogger officially said: "This blog has been removed" etc. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-34552220061323831072016-10-03T08:32:11.867-07:002016-10-03T08:32:11.867-07:00me too!me too!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394558427981331885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-61490620915925923162016-10-03T07:29:25.604-07:002016-10-03T07:29:25.604-07:00My Aga is oil fired and I never turn it off. Luck...My Aga is oil fired and I never turn it off. Luckily we have a big farmhouse kitchen and in addition I am a very cold mortal - luckily. My only other means of cooking is an electric hotplate.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-23466840771004670682016-10-03T05:19:40.101-07:002016-10-03T05:19:40.101-07:00What happened to Rachel's blog??? It is off.What happened to Rachel's blog??? It is off. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-58019665544158258842016-10-03T05:16:14.578-07:002016-10-03T05:16:14.578-07:00I was almost in danger to wish one (all those year...I was almost in danger to wish one (all those years I had an abonnement of "Good Housekeeping" left traces; Cosmpolitan, British version, in another way, too) -- though the pink AGA I showed two posts ago would not have fitted in colour. Nor in my hand baggage.Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-37563262982806425292016-10-03T04:31:05.995-07:002016-10-03T04:31:05.995-07:00Mary berry's old home.....I would have creamed...Mary berry's old home.....I would have creamed my knickersJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-68175436576265543402016-10-03T03:21:07.131-07:002016-10-03T03:21:07.131-07:00It is amazing what people will pay to be so horrib...It is amazing what people will pay to be so horribly inconvenienced. Status symbol maybe - but with no full-time cook?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-84822652669581678582016-10-03T02:57:46.257-07:002016-10-03T02:57:46.257-07:00We had an ancient AGA in a house of ours. My husba...We had an ancient AGA in a house of ours. My husband was going to get rid of it until friends of ours said we should try and sell it. This monster was vintage 1930s I think. The response was amazing and we had to set up appointments for people to view it. Two people that came almost came to blows over who was there first! In the end we sold it for £400 and they had to pay removal and dismantling costs, which must have been exorbitant! The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.com