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Slaughter house - Paul Ellis (19th Jan 2011 - 09:18:30) My wife and I came to Liphook in 1964. Is it my imagination or was there a slaughter house close to the village still operating at that time? When the A3 by-pass was being built I remember coming across animal bones that had been dredged up during it's construction.

Re: Slaughter house - Michael (19th Jan 2011 - 15:22:11) Paul, There was a slaughter house 'Allees'. As it goes the poor pony others are talking about on here resides in their field. How ironic. Michael Interesting - Allee Drive nearly backs onto that field. The Parish Council bought 10 acres, adjacent to A3 London Road, from Mr. W. R. Allee on October 31st 1977(£6,000) and ALLOTMENT LAND situated off Tunbridge Lane, Bramshott, 2.75 acres in size. - freehold brought from the Allee Trust for £1 in 1991 and a further 6.75 acres bought for £36,500 in 1996.

Re: Slaughter house - Paul Robinson (19th Jan 2011 - 19:33:18) Many moons ago, before the bypass was built, Alees Field was the site of the annual Fun Fair on Carnival night. And I recall, with many other Dads, helping our sons who were Scouts deposit their newspaper collections in a large corrugated iron shed which must have been part of the slaughter house at one time. Saturday morning was a hive of activity as cars and vans came and went with their bundles of newspapers. Paul Robinson

Re: Slaughter house - Russ Ellis (20th Jan 2011 - 10:58:38) I remember the old slaughter house well as I spent a good deal of my younger days there. My dad came to work for Mr Allee in 1946 when the slaughter house was a very primitive affair. It was set up as a service for the farms in the area to collect and dispose of sick and wounded animals which could not be used for human consumption. It then developed into a processing plant making such things as the finest born meal for gardens in the south. Dad developed the dog meat trade in the area and he was known as Freddy Ellis the dog meat man. Many of the older residents of the village will still remember him with his dog meat stalls in the area. The shed mentioned was the store for the bone meal ready for collection. The man who ran the processing plant Mr Rodney Lock still lives in the London Road. If I can help you with any more information please give me a ring. Russ Ellis (what a coincidence? No relation that I know of) 723823

Re: Slaughter house - Robin Lock (6th Feb 2011 - 14:07:29) Hi yes there were animals buried by the police in the 1950s the cows had anthrax ! my father worked there all his life Rodney Lock

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