Originally Posted by
collegepudding
Great detective work! , really interesting view into past form of industry in that particular spot.
Yes... with the hotter temps in the US, ice and keeping food from spoiling was a bigger deal in the cities.
My wife was quite amazed on her first trip to Liverpool in the late 70's that not everyone had a fridge.The cool pantry on the shaded side of the house and regular trip to the stores around the corner was all that was neded. Supermarkets and working spouses changed all of that pretty quickly.
Like you, I enjoy that part of the practical history, early technology and how things were developed.
That's a lot of meat flowing into the country in 1900...
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By comparison, beef imports to the UK seem to be around 235,000 tonnes in 2011, but you need to add pig and sheep meat...
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