Shops are selling grey serving platters or table mats, leading
slate firms to switch their focus to homeware instead of roofing.
APS2M SCHEME to refurbish former council houses in a Snowdonia village will see the properties roofed with Spanish
slate.
But the estate lies in the shadow of the Dinorwic quarry, once the second largest
slate quarry in the world and the lifeblood of the village.
But fans of the Bard have been outraged at the discovery that cutprice Spanish
slate is being used to refurbish the West Dunbartonshire Council-owned landmark.
COUNCIL chiefs have been blasted for spending PS1.3m on a building to celebrate Scottish stone quarrying - then using Spanish
slate for the roof.
Made from Ffestiniog
slate, the pillars are a geological slice through the mountains behind the town.
Leaflets handed out locally have sparked a big response, with one man "buying" 10
slates to carry the names of his grandchildren.
The cluttered ballot, short campaign and uninspiring campaigning, therefore, put a premium on
slates endorsed by a variety of groups.
Mosul (NINA) -- Spokesman for Niniveh Fraternal
Slate, Derman Khatari, said that next week is to witness a decisive meeting with Hadba'
Slate, headed by Governor Atheel al-Nijaifi.
The variations are in the types of
slates and tiles.
Slates vary hugely from area to area, but they're usually laid treble lapped.
Synthetic
slates and shakes are manufactured primarily from polymers or rubber as well as UV inhibitors, fillers, and impact modifiers.
The couple, from Radyr, Cardiff, have adopted one of the colourful
slates that make up the outside walls of the pounds 100m landmark arts centre.