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We don’t know the location of this slaughterhouse. Local historians have suggested that it could be Bolton’s tannery, but it is possible that it is not even in Bolton. If you can help identify it please leave a comment below.
Slaughterhouse By Humphrey Spender
- Copyright Bolton Council
- Image ref. 1993.83.23.37
- Print ref. 1993.2.66
- Print ref. 1993.2.68
- Page author:
Further to my earlier email re location, I think the crane jib showing from the large building to the rear may be that over the loading bay at the rear of Tillotsons which ran into a narrow back road, possibly Folds Street off Bradshawgate. May be possible to check with photos of same – if it fits, this is 100% the Deansgate abattoir, recorded as the Shambles on the 1849 Town Plan. Later high-definition OS maps record this as a ‘space’ – maybe the cartographers didn’t like going there! However, the lower-definition maps still seem to show it. My dad was apprenticed at the age of 11 c 1925, and if the images are of him he is at least in his early/mid twenties.
We’ll definitely look into it. Thank you again Bill!