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The Danish Bacon Company factory, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1957. Meat preparation area of the Danish Bacon Company which ran a depot from its Kilnhurst site until it moved to larger premises nearly 50 years later. Since the formation of the English arm of the company, it has always had a mixture of English and Danish directors. In the 1930s, the turnoever of the company was as high as £9 million per year. Due to its central location near Rotherham and its proximity to the A1 and the North Sea ports, Kilnhurst was an ideal base for the company.