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They're a familiar Christmas sight - the snaking queues at butchers across Greater Manchester as families make their final festive preparations.
People are queuing 'from dawn until dusk' at shops across the region today (December 23) to make sure they get the best cuts of meat for Christmas. Big queues were spotted as early as 7.30am in Ramsbottom.
In Timperley, the queue snaked around the corner of Thornley Lane as people waited patiently to pick up their Christmas orders from Treadgold's. The family business is a favourite among locals - who say their offerings are a million miles from the supermarkets'.
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James Wright, who lives down the road, has been going to Treadgold's every Christmas for the last six or seven years. The Timperley resident, who waited half an hour for his turkey, said queuing up has become a tradition in itself.
"The turkey's always good," he said. "I don't like buying turkey from the supermarket. I bought one one year and it was rotten. I think we had to have pork chops from the freezer. The queue is almost a tradition."
Chris, also from Timperley, ordered a 19lb turkey for his party of 13. He has been to Treadgold's many times before, but never for Christmas.
"This is my first time," he says. "The reason I'm here is that everyone queues. If everyone's queuing it must be good."
In the queue, he met Ash, who has ordered a chicken. They got chatting as they waited to pick up their orders. By the time the pair got to the door, Ash decided to join Chris's chess club. "It's a great place to meat," he
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