Mainly Rank Hovis & Spillers Milling

The Hovis Mill at Trafford Park Manchester in about 1931. It was completely flattened in the Manchester blitz of December 1940, and Greenwoods Mill next to it was badly damaged. The CWS flour mill about half a mile away was also damaged. Ranks acquired Greenwoods and the present Rank Hovis mill in Trafford Park stands on the site of this original Hovis mill.