Thomas Carr Altham

1942- 2019

Thomas’ first job after leaving school (aged 15) was slaughtering lambs, pigs, & cattle that came over from Ireland to Heysham harbour by boat and were not fit to travel onwards by train.

They would kill 200 lambs on a Sunday morning! Thomas worked at the main Regent Road shop with his father Thomas before taking over the main shop at Queen Street.

One of his early birthday presents from my father was a ‘sow in pig’, it was my first lesson on how to turn an animal into money!

In those days our Christmas turkeys were collected on an open back truck from Penrith and brought to Morecambe for the window display in Queen Street!

After leaving the business in good hands and his sons taking charge, Thomas now enjoys farming full time, with some of his livestock finding its way back through the butchery business over the past few years.