A photo would be wonderful. My dad thought there were two shops and a van? Thanks Peter, and glad I am stirring up old memories! Barbara -------------------------------------------------- From: "Peter Patilla" <ppatilla@me.com> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 9:44 AM To: <derbysgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [DBY] BLACKBURN of Matlock > Barbara > My sister reminded me of the other Blackburns Butchers shop on Matlock > Green (which I now remember). > I will look at my old photographs as somewhere I seem to remember it being > on a photo > She confirms the shop was around late 60s and maybe early 70s > I will go and photo search > > peter > > On 19 Dec 2012, at 19:45, Barbara Johnston wrote: > >> That is the kind of background I was looking for Peter, thank you very >> much. >> Must be where my dad inherited his love of sausages! Though surprised >> that >> you think they left in the 1950s. I thought great uncle Walter was still >> in >> butchering business when I was a child in the late 60s but I suppose he >> could have worked for whoever Lewis sold his shop to? Further digging >> needed, is there still a butcher's shop in the same place, do you know? >> >> Barbara >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Peter Patilla" <ppatilla@me.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 7:13 PM >> To: <derbysgen@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: Re: [DBY] BLACKBURN of Matlock >> >>> Barbara >>> Blackburns were Pork Butchers on Crown Square at Matlock >>> Their pork sausages and hazlet were fantastic. >>> I remember going every week on my Rudge bicycle for these items (plus >>> red-skinned polony and black pudding for father) >>> When they left (in the 1950s I think) we hoped they would pass on the >>> recipe for the sausages to the butcher who took over from them. The new >>> butcher told us that they did not do this as the recipe was a family >>> secret and so would not pass it on; it would die with them >>> Since then I have tried to find a comparable sausage and (although it >>> took >>> many years) found that Old English sausage from Crich Butchers is a good >>> match. Rumour has it that is the reason I married a Crich lass! >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> On 19 Dec 2012, at 08:30, Barbara Johnston wrote: >>> >>>> I am searching for info on a great uncle who had butcher's shop or >>>> shops >>>> in Matlock. His name was Lewis Blackburn. Does anyone have any local >>>> knowledge of the shops or even know the address. Google searches don't >>>> seem to bring up anything. The rest of the family stayed in Yorkshire >>>> except for Walter his youngest brother who came to work with Lewis and >>>> only died a few years back. I understand there was a van but don't >>>> know >>>> exactly when he opened his shops or who he worked for beforehand. He >>>> was >>>> an apprentice in the 1911 in Thurnscoe, Yorkshire. >>>> >>>> Hoping somebody can help even with a scrap of info. >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> Barbara Johnston >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message