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Old 09-09-2011, 08:28   #11
Fontayne
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Re: Accrington Pals /Last Miner plates and Clogs

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Originally Posted by Retlaw View Post
Never heard of that either, they were always know as a LAST, dad had one, lump of mallable iron shaped like a foot with a spike on it, driven into the end of an old mangle roller, he aslo had another one with three different size feet on it, that one had to be used on a bench.
Retlaw.
Think we are probably all talking of a similar thing, but dad always referred to the 'last' as a 'clog jack' perhaps just different local terms. His was metal with three different sizes for fit, including a heel piece. I can see him in my mind sitting like a pro, with the nails/tack type things in his mouth, at least he didn't have them inside, but between his lips.
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