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Originally Posted by Frank T
A lot of the cattle and sheep taken down Sandy Lane came from farms up Sandy Lane, I used to help my uncle and farmer Philip Flanagan drive the animals down to the abbatoir I can`t remember the name of the street location. It was usually done at weekends but may have been done midweek when I was at school.
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I remember Mr Flanagan the shepard who drove the flocks of sheep through the town centre to the slaughterhose , just him and two dogs .
He ended his working life at Mullards Simonstone glass factory .