Crawfords Bakery

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Does anybody have any photos of Crawfords Bakery ... :?:
its not there now ,,its was on the site of Mac,donalds ,Tescos..Bede tradeing est ..
my mam use to work there ,and she used to bring loads of cakes home ,, :P
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my mate met his wife there years ago
there still together
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they might have some photos .. :D
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Anna you were lucky your Mam's name was not Edith because you can't have your cake and Edith to.
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OH CRUMBS :D :D :D :D
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Me and the wife actually met, while we were working there.


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So is she still the icing on your bun Axeman ...? :D
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i remember the small van that they used to have outside the factory, you could buy any of their products that were a day out of date, there used to be a huge que in the morn
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Remember camping out nearby and eating the old the cream cakes out of the big skip, (perish the thought)
Remember the van outside selling cakes on Saturday mornings with long que
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rocker if i remember you came from the POSH part of sima not like me from the poor part so you should have paid full price not getting it on the cheap and depriving us street urchins of our only meal of the day :lol:
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Aye that was during my rebelious teens with Martin and Co (LOL) [-X [-X [-X [-X
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I used to queue at the Crawfords on Whiteleas Way at about half 8, to avoid the rushto get the bread,cakes from the day before their Bismarks were brill :P :P :P :P
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Ivegot photos from side back in 1973.. But I don't know how to upload them
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