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Friday, 22 July 2011

TRIVIA : SAINSBURY'S MECHANICAL COW, BRICKLAYERS AND THE PICKLE FACTORY.


Time for some pictorial trivia!  Polly Abbotts lived in  Queen's Crescent prior to her marriage. Queen's Crescent is one of London's street markets (still going today as you can see in the picture above) and holds a little place in London retail history. The Sainsbury family opened their original shop in Drury Lane but in 1873 the family moved to live above their new shop at 159 Queen's Crescent. This shop was a dairy selling milk, cheese, eggs and butter.

159 Queen's Crescent

When the shop was closed customers could buy milk through a device in the shop door known as a "Mechanical Cow".  A few years later a second shop was opened at 151 which specialised in ham and bacon which the family imported from Ireland and Denmark. From these modest beginnings sprung the giant supermarket chain we know today.

Jack Abbotts was a bricklayer so it seems appropriate to have a picture of some Victorian era gents engaged in similar work.


I was fascinated to learn that my grandmother Esther and her younger sister Daisy (whom I remember in old age) both worked in a Pickle Factory (*See comment below). I assume it was situated in the Archway area, but where?  I'd love to know.  So, in tribute to pickle factory workers everywhere....


An American pickle factory in the 1880's

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6 comments:

  1. Back of beyond22 July 2011 at 13:25

    If only we'd known we could have got hold of a life time supply of pickle! :-)

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  2. ernest22 July 2011 at 15:17

    Thanks to a nifty piece of research by cousin Alvin it seems highly probable that Esther and Daisy worked at Pinnock's Pickle Factory in Landseer Road, Upper Holloway.

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  3. Sue24 July 2011 at 23:57

    My Grandma Dell, also named Daisy, worked at The Magical Company, somewhere near Kentish Town I think. She made magic tricks and I got a box from her every Christmas. How's that for ancestral one-up-man-ship?

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    1. johnleo21 July 2018 at 23:39

      The Magical Company was situated near Archway on Junction Road - owned by well known magician Ernest Sewell. For more information check out facebook page 'archway revisited' and type 'its a kind of magic - ernest sewell' in search envelope to bring up posting.

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  4. ernest25 July 2011 at 02:38

    I'd still go for the pickles!

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  5. Anonymous11 January 2013 at 07:29

    But working as a bricklayer is very helpful. They build new home for all individuals. Try to check http://www.bricklayer-perth.net.au to learn more..

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