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Old 17th January 2021, 08:23
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Thanks for that Roger, very interesting. It brings back memories of queuing at the local gas works in a line of prams, pushchairs and wheelbarrows for a sack of coke. Coal was rationed until 1957 but you could have as much coke as you could transport. I recall the teacher saying there were around a hundred by-products that were produced in the manufacture of town gas, including aspirin.
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