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Meet The Carrs: The 'big in Bolton' pie shop hoping to be massive in Manchester

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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.

READ MORE: Carrs vs Ye Olde Pasty Shoppe - Bolton has its say on the battle of the pastries Bolton Council gave the company a loan in 1975, which continued to help it grow and in 2013, it was passed down to John's children Matt, Joe and Liam.

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