BRADFORD TOPS MARKET

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 305, 30 December 1935, Page 9

BRADFORD TOPS MARKET

Received Dec. 24, 5.15 p.m. BRADFORD,-Dec. 27. Latest quotations on Bradford tops market are as follows: — Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec.

A FIELD THAT GROWS PUZZLE TO GEOLOGISTS. LONDON, Nov. 5. A field of clay that has puzzled geologists sustains the oldest rural industry in Glamorgan. The ground, which is about 90 yards square, is situated near the picture-squely-named village of Ewenny. Since 1610 it has been dug over again and again and the clay carted to feed the kilns of the local potteries. Hundreds of thousands of tons have been removed, but the field is all but at its original level. The potter cannot explain the phenomenon except by saying: 1 ‘The clay seems to re-create itself, of it may be that there is an enormous bed of it which constantly wells up as the top surface is dug away.” The potteries are a family concern, having been worked and passed in direct ownership from one Jenkins to another for more than 120 years. Beehive kilns built 300 years ago are still in use. _________

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