Northallerton Cattle Mart
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Northallerton Cattle Mart
Image: © Bob Embleton Taken: 18 Jun 2007
The octagonal building was used for the auctions of cattle who were paraded around in the centre whilst the farmers and or butchers lined the walls on raised platforms bidding. Sometimes lucky children got to parade the animals around in the early 1960s :-).
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Image Location
Latitude
54.337898
Longitude
-1.435825