My previous post mentioned the Aladdin General Store. As I looked over photos, on their FB page this one caught my eye:
Their stove bears a resemblance to the one recently taking up residence in Buzzy’s Country Store.
I have not yet discussed how the above stove ended up in Buzzy’s because I wanted to talk to Dee Duffy about it before doing so. I wanted some info from Dee because the stove used to be in Duffy’s Tavern and before them Mae Morgan’s at Scotland Beach. I have yet to catch up with Dee.
So today I’ll do a bit of Pulp Fiction on you by starting with the end of the stove story as to how it wound up in Buzzy’s Country Store. I will then jump back to the beginning where the stove was made. Once I do talk with Dee, I will discuss the stove’s Scotland Beach tenure all those years ago. (If you have no clue what I was talking about here with the Pulp Fiction reference go watch it.)
How the stove ended up in Buzzy’s.
A couple months ago, John Carbone called me and said that Marty Redman’s daughter was clearing things out of her Mom’s house and asked if I was interested in their old wood stove. Marty’s husband Red had installed the wood stove in their Scotland Beach home years ago after he had obtained it from the Duffy’s Tavern. Here is John’s photo of the stove in the Redman’s home.
At first, I was reluctant to say yes and not just because the stove cost a couple bills ($500 to be exact.) My bigger concern was the stove taking up room that I don’t really have in Buzzy’s. The Buzzy rule for putting items in the store that took up a chunk of space was that they better be generating some money. I am fairly certain that Buzzy would not have shelled out $500 for what essentially is a conversation piece. (For insurance and other reasons, I really couldn’t install the stove for use in the Store and save some energy costs by firing it up again.) Thus, I was somewhat reluctant to the idea of the stove moving up to Downtown Scotland aka Buzzy’s.
However, the more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea that the old stove’s history did include having been in Mae Morgan’s/Duffy’s. I saw it as a relic from bygone years and one that should remain in Scotland. It also made a good story you know. Thus, I told John I’d take it. A few days later he had Ethan Davis and Kevin Adkins bring it into Buzzy’s.
We positioned the stove in front of the chimney where it now sits and looks like it’s been there for years.
As for the beginnings of the stove, we found an inscription on it saying that it was made by the Bibb Stove Company of Baltimore. I did a little internetting and found the following:
I was even able to locate the original Bibb Building at the Light Street address and was only semi-disappointed to see that it now houses a CVS. From stoves to drugs I guess is how it goes. Good news though, is that the Bibb Stove and Heating Equipment Company is still operating in Pikesville, Maryland (click here.)
Another little tidbit I learned is that the “wood” stove is/was actually a coal burning stove. Hence, that explains the small door opening on the stove.
As for how the stove got to Mae Morgan’s and in turn to the Duffy’s I will learn more once I talk with Dee. So, stay tuned.
Speaking of old buildings, Sotterly is having an event today that you may want to check out if for no other reason than their ad:
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It reminded me of the old movie by that title. How did Gary roll those trays all the way across the room with none of the booze ever spilling nor tipping over?