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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 26, Issue 62, 30 July 1915, Page 7

COOKING ON CHIMNEY-TOP. To cook a potato-pie at the top of a chimney 300 ft. high by meanc of the heat generated in the fires below, would seem an impossible task, yet such a feat has been accomplished by. ■John Faulkner, a famous Lancashire steeplejack. /. ■ The incident was the outcome of a wager between Faulkner and the manager of a Manchester gas-works, who doubted John’s statement regarding the excessive heat. A large iron kettle was procured, and this, being filled with the necessary ingredients —661 b. in weight—was hoisted to the summit of the Mg chimney-stack. ■ Faulkner placed- the receptacle on the outer and cooleet side of the brickwork, bat despite this the contents were found to be thoroughly cooked in one hour and twenty minutes, or ten minutes less than the stipulated, time. Faulkner won his wager, and the pie, which, it was said, was slightly, burned at the bottom, was afterwards distributed among the poor of the distri<*, 1964.