10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NUTTY SLACK»
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nutty slack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nutty slack and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inventing Pollution: Coal, Smoke, and Culture in Britain ...
As the winter heating season began in , the board energetically promoted “
nutty slack”for use in household heating.In contrast to ordinary coal,which would
remain subject to rationing until , the board announced with much fanfare ...
6d. per point (the lowest tender received) ; J. W. Brooke & Co., 50 lamp-posts, at
33s. Od. per post ; and Melloine & Goulder, Bestwood nutty slacK, 10s. 9d. per
ton up to 1,500 tons, E. Foster & Co., 1,000 tons Ibstock large steam coal, at 14s.
... bituminous nutty slack coal: Phillips & Co., 10,000 tons, 2s. 6d. at pit's mouth,
9s. Bd. delivered; Charrington, Sells, Dale & Co., 3,000 tons, 2s. 5d. at pit's mouth
, 9s. ld. delivered. \Volverhampton Electricity committee have accepted the tender
...
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Dali's Dead - Funeral Friday
Hessian bags full of nutty slack stood in a pile under an ancient chestnut tree,
and William used to spread a copy of the Daily Mirror to protect his brown overall
from the patina of coat dust that covered everything, even the tree. There,
perched ...
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The Other Side of Medicine
It's cos aave got a bag of nutty slack in me chest.' I obviously looked confused. '
Nutty slack is them crappy little bits of coal they canna sell, so the pit owners
generously hand it oot free to the workers, but if you've been doon lang enough
you've ...
Peter Tate Staff, Peter Tate, 2006
“Nutty slack' was, as the name suggests, composed of somewhat larger pieces.
Wet slack was used to bank the fire overnight that is, to keep it burning; this both
heated the house and avoided the need to rekindle the fire in the morning. As
with ...
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Lestrade and the Sign of Nine
Constable Albert 'Nutty' Slack stood at ease on Lestrade's threadbare carpet at
the Yard, second floor back. One day, when he'd been at inspectorial level for
fifteen years, he might gravitate to first floor front, but by then, they'd all have
moved ...
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Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons Official ...
House of Commons Official report Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
National Coal Board, compared with normal house coals ; what quantity of nutty
slack is to be available, in total, during the present coal-winter ; the market ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1953
That's fine, but you can't run cars on nutty slack. And large-scale conversion of
coal into liquid fuels is still at least a decade away. Gas production in the UK
would be increased by the gas-gathering network recommended to the
Government by ...
Even children's prams, built for small dolls, were commandeered to carry a
hundredweight or so of nutty slack. As often as not, the axles would collapse or
the wheels would buckle hopelessly as its owner toiled and puffed, trying to push
it up ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NUTTY SLACK»
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nutty slack is used in the context of the following news items.
Two weeks of fun set to begin at Hartlepool Carnival
They include the return of old favourites such as the Nutty Slack Race, Family Treasure Dig and Children's Talent Competition. The Raft Race ... «Hartlepool Mail, Jul 15»
Photo gallery: Meet the Norwich City mascot who pedalled the Broads
Restoration of Bert 'Nobby' Clarke's water bicycle - The Nutty Slack - at the Museum of the Broads in Stalham which received a grant from the ... «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Jan 15»
Whatever happened to… Hi-de-Hi!'s Ruth Madoc?
She was a woman of her time – like two tonnes of nutty slack rolling down the Welsh valleys. Viewers loved Hi-de-Hi! because it had great ... «Express.co.uk, Jun 14»
Resource Generation (Resgen)
Nevertheless, with the international coal market currently more nutty slack than briskly blazing, this is a time when only the most outstanding ... «Business Excellence Magazine, May 14»
On Cooking Southern: Go Nuts
It later also came to refer to a poor grade of heating coal known as nutty slack that would burn slowly and with erratic explosions. The fruitcake ... «HottyToddy.com, Dec 13»
Simon Hoggart's sketch: MPs sense blood of a dead parrot
I took this to mean, "throw another tonne of stinking brown nutty slack on the fire, energy companies, we don't mind! Just get us through the next ... «The Guardian, Dec 13»
China's air quality could be disastrous, as London and Pittsburgh …
As coal supplies dwindled, the National Coal Board lifted restrictions on the use of a particularly low- quality, smoky fuel known as "nutty slack," ... «OregonLive.com, Nov 13»
SLIDESHOW: Thousands at Headland Carnival parade
As well as the parade there was also the nutty slack race, which sees competitors carrying a bag of coal on their back from the Headland Gate ... «Hartlepool Mail, Aug 13»
Headland Carnival is all ready to rock
BEAUTY contests, bonny baby competitions, the popular nutty slack race and the grand parade – the Headland Carnival is back. And the fun ... «Hartlepool Mail, Jul 13»
Fireman stashed £215000 of drugs to pay debts
The former Brierton and Hartlepool Sixth Form College student previously appeared in the Mail when he won the nutty slack race at Headland ... «Hartlepool Mail, Feb 13»
