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Butchers Shop Warrington Road, Abram.
Butchers Shop Warrington Road, Abram.
Photo: Maxine Williams
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Item #: 22020
This is a scan of a scan, so sorry for the quality of the picture. It is I believe Fred Robinson. The shop is where Havlin's butchers were on Warrington Road (opposite the end of Park Lane). Fred was married to Ann and they had a son called Aubrey who became the butcher after his dad. I think the picrure was taken in the early 1900's - not sure of the exact date though!

Comment by: TomasTom)Walsh. on 27th November 2012 at 09:30

What price Salmonella then,no refrigeration,meat hung outside open to the elements , yet people survived. I read recently that the biggest reason for increased longevity, more so than all the drugs,is hygiene .

Comment by: irene roberts on 27th November 2012 at 09:51

This is great, Maxine. A real bit of Abram History.

Comment by: Mark Calter on 27th November 2012 at 14:21

Higsons had the shop when we lived in Fisher Ave, that was in the early 50s

Comment by: Phil Taylor on 27th November 2012 at 14:57

Aubrey died in the 1950's and the family moved to the Blackpool area.Aubrey's son Brian was a mate of
mine and was in the same class as me at Abram school.Behind the Butchers shop there was as abattoir but I can't remember it being used.

Comment by: Maxine Williams on 27th November 2012 at 17:43

Was talking to Roy Livesey and he remembers the slaughterhouse being used. He said as kids they used to sit and watch what went on!

Comment by: Jordan Robinson on 15th October 2023 at 18:42

My Grandad (Brian Robinson)take the family here every so often to show us his old 'playground' as he calls it, always enjoy hearing the storys and being show the area he grew up. I was there with him today and he was talking about the old farm house and was trying to work out where it would have been, i had a look online for it and came across this picture- 5 minutes later we were outside of the butchers/his house

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