Potted meat

[paula68]

Blast from 1930's or 40's - has anyone heard of Mrs ____ (?) who used to have a shop somewhere around St James' St/Paradise St area selling potted meat, amongst other things, with the slogan 'it's soft but it's damn good'?

[Bob Dobson]

In 1951 there were no shops in Paradise St, but some opposite the baths next to The Junction pub. Mrs Wixted kept one. She had a daughter, Jean,now will be 70yrs. The potted meat would most likely be Marriott's from their workshop in Oswald St.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Bob Dobson

In 1951 there were no shops in Paradise St, but some opposite the baths next to The Junction pub. Mrs Wixted kept one. She had a daughter, Jean,now will be 70yrs. The potted meat would most likely be Marriott's from their workshop in Oswald St.

The name Wixted rings a bell, three brothers named Wixted, served in the Accrington Pals, one of them, James, was the first of the Pals to die after leaving England, for Egwypt.
Retlaw

[maxthecollie]

There used to be a good chippy across from the baths

[Bob Dobson]

The chippy was kept by Mr Lawson in 1951

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by maxthecollie

There used to be a good chippy across from the baths

They tasted really good after swallowing a gob full of fluoride in the baths

[hassy rvr]

Ere ere remember it well!

[paula68]

Thanks for the replies, Wixted may ring a distant bell, sadly my dad died a few months ago so can't ask him ... apparently the lady selling the potted meat had been to America and was always talking about it and considered something of a show-off. My dad lived on St James St, probably from 1930s to 1947 when he got married, he lived with his auntie and uncle who were tailors.