Pictures from the past – March 11, 2011 « Shropshire Star

Pictures from the past – March 11, 2011

Well, here’s a first. In all our years doing Pictures From The Past, we have never previously featured a big lump of coal. This picture has been loaned by Mr Norman Barton of St Martins, near Oswestry, who says this huge block came from Ifton Colliery and was used for an event somewhere around Oswestry between 1939 and 1945. “It has the name ‘C Williams’ and ‘166 set, new crut’ chalked on it. “I would like to know if any readers remember the year and what it was used for.” If the word is indeed “crut” (as opposed to cut), it apparently means “a rough, shaggy part of oak bark.”

Well, here’s a first. In all our years doing Pictures From The Past, we have never previously featured a big lump of coal. This picture has been loaned by Mr Norman Barton of St Martins, near Oswestry, who says this huge block came from Ifton Colliery and was used for an event somewhere around Oswestry between 1939 and 1945. “It has the name ‘C Williams’ and ‘166 set, new crut’ chalked on it. “I would like to know if any readers remember the year and what it was used for.” If the word is indeed “crut” (as opposed to cut), it apparently means “a rough, shaggy part of oak bark.”

This picture was posted on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 at 08:41.
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Well, here’s a first. In all our years doing Pictures From The Past, we have never previously featured a big lump of coal. This picture has been loaned by Mr Norman Barton of St Martins, near Oswestry, who says this huge block came from Ifton Colliery and was used for an event somewhere around Oswestry between 1939 and 1945. “It has the name ‘C Williams’ and ‘166 set, new crut’ chalked on it. “I would like to know if any readers remember the year and what it was used for.” If the word is indeed “crut” (as opposed to cut), it apparently means “a rough, shaggy part of oak bark.”

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