Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance Weights & Measures C.d 31 May

[May54]

Any help with the following clues would be very welcome! All answers are weights or measures and no letter count given. 6. ? Gang 8. Staffordshire one? 25. ? of cloth. Thanks

[fiction-factory]

chain gang

[shoota]

6 Chain gang

[fiction-factory]

pole if clue says Staffs?

[fiction-factory]

a yard of cloth sounds vaguely familiar

[fiction-factory]

(it was 37 inches)

[May54]

Thanks fiction-factory and shoota. Should have got chain gang! The clue says Staffordshire, can you explain pole please? I thought of a yard of cloth but I've already got yard for No.13 ? Stick.

[elliemay1]

an ell of cloth?

[fiction-factory]

a staff can be a stick or pole or rod
pole and rod were both measurements of length.
But doesn't work if clue says Staffordshire

[elliemay1]

//Ell. ... An ell (from Proto-Germanic *alinō, cognate with Latin ulna) is a unit of measurement originally understood as a cubit, the combined length of the forearm and extended hand.//

[Davemano]

8 Staffordshire Knot is a type of fastening(ropes etc). A Knot is also a nautical measure.

[fiction-factory]

Staffordshire one could be Stone (a place in Staffs. Or if St is abbreviation for Staffordshire the Staffordshire one= ST one)

[May54]

Thanks elliemay1 that's a good suggestion. Of course a staff can be a pole, fiction-factory, my mind just wasn't thinking that way! If I can't think of anything else I'll use that answer despite it not really fitting the clue. Thanks everyone for your help

[fiction-factory]

knot is better

[shoota]

25 Bolt of cloth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_(fabric)

[May54]

Sorry, Davemano, hadn't seen your answer - that sounds good, thanks. Also fiction-factory, another good idea! Will make my choice, thanks again for your help.

[May54]

Thanks shoota for adding that suggestion for the cloth as I hadn't realised I already had Ell as another answer! I'd never heard of that - it's amazing what you learn on the AB!

[shoota]

It's what we used to call a length of cloth in Yorkshire but I never knew it was a specific length so I didn't suggest it earlier...