Long forgotten Livestock Marts

JP1 · Mar 20, 2016

Oxford cattle market

JP1 · Mar 20, 2016

Leek market in the 50's

JP1 · Mar 20, 2016

Sadly most of Banbury Stockyard's photos seem to have been air brushed from history or are in the hands of commercial stock photo agencies. Unbelievable considering it was Europe's largest market until it's closure in 1998

JP1 · Mar 20, 2016

Not a mart as such but love the composition and history in this photo

CrevisbigX · Mar 20, 2016

Congleton cattle market.

Philip Watkins · Mar 20, 2016

Hereford, Broad Street 1881

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Philip Watkins · Mar 20, 2016

Hereford market 1965

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Philip Watkins · Mar 20, 2016

Leominster, now Coop supermarket and carpark.

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Following pics were captioned 1983 before demolition.

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fingermouse · Mar 20, 2016

It does seem that pictures of old markets are hard to come by and lost in the mists of time ,I used to go with Dad to,Chester ,both the old market and the newer one down Sealand rd ,Crewe,Hampton and occasionally Congleton all Cheshire auctions sadly now gone to make way for progress

Also local were Wrexham and Whitchurch again gone for Development
A real good read is The fall of the hammer .a potted history of Cheshire auctions though many names are familiar to Me you don't have to be from Cheshire to get the feel of a long forgotten age

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JP1 · Mar 20, 2016

Think this will be becoming one of my favourite threads

Wombat · Mar 20, 2016

I think we have some of York when it was against the city walls somewhere, will try and dig em out

Dave6170 · Mar 20, 2016

Hamiltons & ua thurso 1982

quattro · Mar 20, 2016

Wombat said:
I think we have some of York when it was against the city walls somewhere, will try and dig em out

Remember going through York on market day all the pens backed onto the walls didn't they

Wombat · Mar 20, 2016

quattro said:
Remember going through York on market day all the pens backed onto the walls didn't they

Before my time

but from dads photos yes they went all the way round to what is now the Barbican

RobFZS · Mar 20, 2016

fingermouse said:
It does seem that pictures of old markets are hard to come by and lost in the mists of time ,I used to go with Dad to,Chester ,both the old market and the newer one down Sealand rd ,Crewe,Hampton and occasionally Congleton all Cheshire auctions sadly now gone to make way for progress Also local were Wrexham and Whitchurch again gone for Development
A real good read is The fall of the hammer .a potted history of Cheshire auctions though many names are familiar to Me you don't have to be from Cheshire to get the feel of a long forgotten age
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never can seem to find many pics of crewe market itself, i remember going a few times and my dad and workman went to sell calves on the last day it was open

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pic of hampton mart

YorkshireAndrew · Mar 20, 2016

quattro said:
Remember going through York on market day all the pens backed onto the walls didn't they

We used to pass the stalls as my dad drove through on the way to the East coast before the York bypass was built .

kmo · Mar 20, 2016

JP1 said:
Not a mart as such but love the composition and history in this photo

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Wonder where in Radnorshire that was taken?

Av Gorritt · Mar 20, 2016

Marple (Ches) was a real village market run by Brady's of Stockport . Couple of calves , a broody hen with chicks , few lambs ----- Holmfirth had 2 auctions , the farmer's one still running , but also a municipal one that's now a car park I think . Penistone had 2 auction companies using the one yard, alternating to go on first . William Sykes was one , forget the other . Huddersfield had a municipal auction that went a bit slack , went attested at the time with Sykes , but didn't last long . Shut down now along with the abattoir at the bottom of the mart yard . Otley had 2 , only one surviving , Hellifield had one . Manchester abattoir used to be round about where the Granada studios is now . That was a real Victorian place open to the road for all to see . They had a kosher part , with the black gowned priests with wellies and beards flecked with blood and bits of flesh , (and a really ripe stink too ) The "new " Manchester abattoir was said to be obsolete before it ever went into production . They had a longish slide from the railway siding down which pigs were supposed to slide ,. Don't think that was ever used . There was also a slaughter facility in Pendleton (Salford) with an outside ramp up to the slaughter floor . The cattle walked up the ramp to be killed and after that it was all gravity back down to the sale hall . It was the only one to my knowledge that paid by the poundage , x lbs fat , y lbs hide , z lbs meat etc. Most of the above are long gone , and I'm afraid I have no photos . Llamedos might well have though , from the municipal archives , which generally are very good ,

Tonka · Mar 20, 2016

Pannal................now houses
Ripon..............still stood empty after many years of non-use

Cowabunga · Mar 20, 2016

rc mx110 said:
Anyone got pics of the 2 marts in lampeter? I can barely remember the new one open

I remember the old one better than the new one. I think I only ever visited the new one two or three times. It didn't last long. Did the auctioneer go bust or something? The old one is now a little Sainsburys and its tiny car park and I can't imagine the site being big enough for a mart. It must have shrunk.

The old Carmarthen mart is now difficult to place. I think it was where Debenhams and the multi-storey car park is now, but I remember it being level with the road, not raised as these are now.

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