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Old 29-08-2013, 06:08   #2
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Re: Price of coal & nutty slack

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Originally Posted by Jethro View Post
Hi,
can anybody tell me the price of coal or nutty slack, in the nineteen twenty s.
I know it was a long time ago, so if a mans wage was £2 week and he had to feed and cloth a family of 6 presumably coal was cheap, but how cheap, can any body please help!!!
Jethro
In 1925 best house coal was between 25 shillings and 30 shillings a ton at the pit head. If you are old like me and Cashy, you will know there are 20cwt in a ton.
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