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Butchers Shops
Harry
Swann Wright ran a butchers shop in 1896, situated in the terrace of houses /
shop, Bridge Farm, Bridge Street, the business was continued by Charles Jennings
from about 1900 to 1940. It was mainly a pork butchers and had a slaughter house
at the rear in the farmyard of Bridge Farm. The other main butcher which also
had a slaughter house was situated behind the Shop / Post Office, The Street. A
directory shows that Charles Swan ran the business in 1855. The business was
taken over by George Deeks who expanded the business to such an extent that it
employed ten men and supplied meat to several surrounding villages. William
Jennings, a relation of George Deeks, took over in 1907. The business passed to
his son Harold in 1921. The butchery business closed in 1954 although the
slaughter house had closed several years earlier.
©2000 John Gunson, Village Recorder
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