Over the past 84 years, Carrs Pasties' delightfully soft pastry and delicious fillings have won the heart of many a Boltonian.
The family-run bakery initially started as a tripe shop on Halliwell Road prior to the Second World War but began attracting queues of mill workers when freshly-baked whist pies, meat pies and pasties started to be sold.
Then, in 1960, the owners' children John, Bernard, David and Veronica all quit their burgeoning careers to form a limited company and scale up production.
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