Edwardian Butchers shop
Butchers' shops of the early 1900s were much the same as Victorian Butchers' Sash-windows at the front of the shop allowed the Butcher to openly display and remove his meat. These windows also meant customers on the pavement could be served, whilst also ventilating the shop itself. This was was typical of Edwardian Butchers, where open window displays of hanging carcasses were used to attract customers. Butchers shops would probably have had sawdust on the shop floor to absorb the blood from the meat. By the 1920s the use of granite and glazed tiles allowed Butchers’ shops to be cleaned more easily.
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York 1905Discovering the history of the Melbourne Centre and finding out about life in York around 1905.