Posted by Elizabeth on April 04, 2009 at 15:27:30 user Elizabeth.
In Reply to: Charcoal burning in the US ? posted by Peter H on April 04, 2009 at 14:53:39:
I didn't know anything about the song, but found the following online at: www.songfacts.com--
"Gerry Goffin and Carole King wrote this about Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange, New Jersey, where they lived at the time. (thanks, Mark - Edison, NJ)"
There was a lot of charcoal burning in the US many years ago; not the Billies sort, but in factories and homes, especially where charcoal was readily available. Pennsylvania comes to mind from my hazy memory of history lessons. New Jersey is pretty close by.