My grandfather James Caldecott had a butchers shop's in Handsworth and West Bromwich but sadly he died in 1948. My uncle Jack had just left the air force and the shops had gone by then. I never knew why. My uncle's Jim and Jack worked in butchers shops. Uncle Jack worked at Walter Smiths, and a shop in Brownhills named Ken Terry untill he was 80! Uncle Jim worked for several butchers.
I remember uncle Jack & Jim Caldecott being trained at the Birmingham Meat Market when they left they worked in various butchers shops around the West Midlands.Jack was a manager at Dewhurst in Sutton. I also remember when I worked in Walsall, Uncle Jim worked at Potters Butchers (now Potters Products) in Stafford street just round the corner from where I worked. I used to call in the shop for a chat, and usually came away with a bag of sausages and bacon, much to the delight of my workmates as we'd have a big fry up at lunch time. Happy days LOL
i met walter smith several times buying at the meat market. butchers changed jobs quite often so maybe i did, no one comes to mind who worked for him. a very successful and clever meat retailer,as was HE HAYNES who i worked 5yrs for. ever heard of H.J.LUDLOW. who had a shop in harborne lane.?
Hello Grumlow, I'm new here.ever heard of H.J.LUDLOW. who had a shop in harborne lane.?
'Fraid not, I've lived in South Australia for the last 43 years. But it was a lovely place to live back then, that whole area from Grove Lane across to the golf links and St.Peters Church was almost pristine. It was called the Hilly Fields, my dad used to take me and by brother over there for the day, picnicking and kite flying. The big patch of ground where the "Hilly Fields" pub is now, right over to Reservoir road, was also not built on, so us kids had lots of room to play and explore.you are going back a long time. i do remember them building those shops in grove lane .i remember the butchers shop and when i delivered orders around the area i looked in to see how busy he was. do you still live around that area ? i mention ludlows butchers because my father owned the shop and i worked for him untill i was twenty, 1960) then i went to work for haynes butchers on spring hill just down from dudley road hospital.