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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Thomas Molloy

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

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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