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