Vestey supplying the Royal Navy

[Niggle]

Went to Liverpool yesterday and took this photo of a Vestey lorry delivering stores to the new Prince of Wales aircraft carrier berthed on the cruise terminal unti sailing today

[David Fox]

Nice one Niggle. Still that maritime connection. Obviously supplying the Old Man's private stores, as they tend to sell the exotics for the carriage trade, not your run of the mill bag of shackles and plum duff.

Is that a rocket I see.

[David Fox]

Here's one you won't see now.

[David Fox]

Some butchers shops that the Vesteys bought were called Argenta Meat Co. which later became Dewhirsts.

Argenta Meat Co started in Oldham with 100 branches in the North West. Argenta sold many shops in 1912 to Vesteys, Union Cold Storage who imported refrigerated meat. Most shops were eventually rebranded as Dewhursts. The Argenta name persisted locally however for several years. At this time, they had some six shops in Burnley, this photo is of 179 St. James's St., property which no longer exists, near Westgate.

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