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Old 29-08-2013, 11:31   #11
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Re: Price of coal & nutty slack

I wonder if cashman remembers the lorry driver who lived on Hood Street in the 60's.
He drove a red bulk tipper and brought coal to East and West Lancashire merchants from the Yorkshire coal fields, usually best quality house coal.
He always seemed to have a big stack of coal in his back yard and sold it by the barrow load, bring your own barrow. One Irishman who lived at the top house had an enormous barrow and always got his moneys worth. If I recall correctly it was ten bob a barrowful.

There were still traces of coal dust in the wall inside the yard when I sold the house. Oops, given the game away.
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