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In
1887 two Bradford businessmen, Priestley Waddington and Richard
Jarrett got together to form a company processing butchers'
and abattoir waste. The partnership was an unusual one, admittedly
Priestley was a butcher but what attracted the builder and
stone quarryman Jarrett to the manufacture of glue, dripping
and tallow is anyone's guess.
They
set up shop at Crossley Hall Works, Jesse Street in Fairweather
Green and the raw material was boiled up in large pans and
cooked for many hours to extract the essential oils and fats.
The buckets of dripping were delivered by horse and cart,
each bucket covered with a sheet of brown paper, as a nod
in the direction of hygiene, with the two men sharing the
work of collection and delivery. Later, Priestley's brother
Sam Waddington of J. Waddington in Keighley invested much
needed cash on taking over the business.
The
company occupied these premises for over 80 years and during
World War 2 they came under the control of the Ministry of
Supply. Taking the name Fabons Ltd they controlled the supply
of palm kernel oil to the North East. At the end of the war
the company returned to its traditional products and services
and went from strength to strength under the direction of
Sam Waddington II with John Waddington of Stocksbridge, Keighley
joining in 1945.
Today
that company lives on as one of the UK's premier animal by-product
and waste processors occupying a multi-million pound plant
in the heart of West Yorkshire.
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