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U.K. weighs whether to restore its old system of imperial measurements

by Stephen Beard

Jun 15, 2022

The prime minister pledged to make the use of pounds and ounces official again after Brexit. We checked sentiment at Shrewsbury Market.

In the imperial measurement system, an inch is based on the length of three grains of barley.

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