Our area went "smoke controlled" about 20 years ago, so bye-bye to our open fire. Only period houses/listed buildings and more rural cottages were allowed to continue to burn wood and coal, unless you went to the big expense of putting in a wood-burner with catalytic converter.
We went for the cheaper option of a "coal effect" gas fire, which, in fact, we hardly ever use. Meantime our neighbour keeps chopping down allegedly dead hundreds-of-years-old trees, and we are regularly disturbed by the noise pollution of chainsaws working overtime.
We don't miss going out in all weathers to refill the coal bucket, stock up the logs, or empty the ashes and do all the extra dusting that comes with an open fire. Our kids and their friends missed lolling on the hearthrug right in front of the fire -until a spark hit them!
The big question for us is when to put the central heating back on; managed without it until a week or so ago. Not bad for Edinburgh!