Leighton Buzzard High Street
on market day c.1920 [Z1130/72/29]
Wednesday
6th February 1918: The shortage of animals available for sale at
Leighton Buzzard market continues to be acute. Yesterday only seven fat cattle
and five sheep were sent for sale, although the auctioneers Messrs. Cumberland
and Hopkins were able to increase the supply to fourteen cattle and twenty
eight sheep. All the local butchers were therefore able to receive a reasonable
quantity of meat, although still some way short of the amount to which they are
entitled. Most have closed their shops again today and are intending to open
only for half the day tomorrow and Saturday. A hundred poultry were also sold
at the market, realising prices ranging from six shillings for an ancient
rooster to sixteen shillings and sixpence, with an average price of ten
shillings.
Source:
Leighton Buzzard Observer, 12th February 1918
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