It’s a carrier, a hod, a scuttle, a pail. Whatever it’s called, it’s a convenient item used to carry coal to a fireplace. The word “hod” seems to be preferred in England. The term “scuttle” or ...
RE your letter from Mrs AE Carr asking if her Jones sewing machine, which must be at least 100 years old, was a record (HAS, May 30). I can at least match it with my Frister and Rossman machine, which ...