Turkeys being walked by drovers to Attleborough railway station in 1927. The practice of sending live birds to London dwindled with better refrigeration from the mid-1930s
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When turkeys were walked to London for Christmas - BBC
Before railways and refrigeration, the birds had to make the long journey to market on foot.
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