Olden days

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Anyone know what a setpot was, and its construction ?

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[neddy]

ANYONE KNOW WHAT A SETPOT WAS, AND ITS CONSTRUCTION. SKEETS

Ours was a cast iron pot set in the corner next to the kitchen range, fire underneath and a link to the main chimney.

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NEDDY 10 OUT OF 10

[SteveHB]

A Set Pot, was like click > this Skeets, we had one in our old house.

Rumor goes that it was sometimes used by families for making a big stew and also for bathing the baby .. :o

[RichardB]

Nice work, a grate Sheffield History question !

<Groan>, sorry a pun asked to be kicked through the goalposts.

[ukelele lady]

A Set Pot, was like click > this Skeets, we had one in our old house.

Rumor goes that it was sometimes used by families for making a big stew and also for bathing the baby ..

I never knew they called them setpots, we use to call them copper boilers.

I remember mother standing me in it to wash me down but I had to keep hopping about because it use to get

quite warm under foot. I hope she didn't do the stew in it as well. lol

[hougomont]

I never knew they called them setpots, we use to call them copper boilers.

I remember mother standing me in it to wash me down but I had to keep hopping about because it use to get

quite warm under foot. I hope she didn't do the stew in it as well.

Wonderful to read all the comments regarding setpots, we had one and it was used for doing the weekly wash and bathing my sister and I when we were little, but not with the fire underneath!,my dad removed it and had gas boiler put in,remember them?

My mother had a saying when anyone had a glum face or looked displeased she used to say"They had a face like a setpot"