The Marshall Tavern( Bacon Box)

[Kidorry]

Can anyone tell me how it got the nick name bacon box? This is the one that was on Pitsmoor road. I thought it could have been named after a street or a person.

[Kidorry]

Just found an old book I had, called Pubs and people around Sheffield and there is a suggestion in there that could explain why the Marshall tavern had such a nick name. After the last war ended in 1945 a vast amount of bacon was imported from the continent in wooden boxes about 2 metres long,a metre and a half deep and a metre wide. When you walked into the Marsall tavern it was very similar to walking into a box because when you opened the door to the pub you had to walk down a little passage that was lined with wooden slats. I suppose some wag, ( as suggested in the book) said at one time it was like walking into a bacon box. That sound reasonable to me.