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Description: | The coal merchants A & H Betts Ltd used this coal or coke shovel. Betts was established in 1887 and based at St Rule Street, Battersea. The company supplied homes and businesses with coal, coke and fuel oil. Until the 1940s, most homes in Britain used coal-burning stoves. The coal merchant would deliver to houses every week. Domestic coal consumption gradually declined after the war, and Betts Coal Merchants closed in 1974. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Museum of London | Subjects: | work Environment | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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