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highlander
17-Sep-06, 01:45
I was watching a programme about White cliffs of Dover, which we know is made of chalk, the teachers use chalk, is there chalk mines, and where are they?

Kenn
17-Sep-06, 01:51
No highlander they are not, saddly The White Cliffs of Dover are no so white as those in Sussex!
I seem to have in the back of my mind that the chalk used for blackboards.drawing etc . has nothing to do with The White Clifs,.will do some sticky beaking over the weekend and get back to you.

highlander
17-Sep-06, 01:55
Thanks lizz, its just one of those things u take for granted, but just wondered where we get chalk from

j4bberw0ck
17-Sep-06, 02:12
Highlander, two seconds on Google searching "chalk stick manufacture" yielded >>>this<<< (http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Chalk.html), which I hope you'll find useful.