A. Turner Family Butcher

[saraslater]

I have a photo of my grandfather, from the look of his age in this photo

He was born 1908, and emigrated to Canada in 1931, when he would have been about 23.

I'm wondering if this was a photo of him where he worked as a Butcher in Birmingham or whether this was in Toronto. I'm guessing in Birmingham since English Lamb is a speciality? I'm imagining England didn't import lamb to Toronto.

Googling is not giving me results 

[saraslater]

This is on the back.

[keyboard86]

Hi bit young at c 23 to have owned the shop if in Birmingham area, so who was Harry and who were his parents?
Keyboard86

[Jool]

Hi, can you read the currency of the meat prices in the window?, you may be able to see it more clearly on your original photo.

[Schoch]

A thought only. If this was in the Uk then why call it "English Lamb". It should be just "Lamb".

[keyboard86]

A thought only. If this was in the Uk then why call it "English Lamb". It should be just "Lamb".

A Good point, were we importing from New Zealand at all?
Keyboard86

[saraslater]

Oh yes, I don't think he owned it - just worked there.
His parents are:

Harry Swinbourne
1883–1965

Lilian (Lily) Hunt
1885–1959

(Winson Green)

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Jool -- I can not read any signs in the window, no matter how closely I focus my cameron on it.

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Schoh -- good point about "English Lamb".  It's like when I visited Scotland finally, and realized they don't call it Scotch there, they just call it Whiskey!

I'll focus looking in Toronto for now (where I live).

[Schoch]

Lack of refrigeration would I think make that rather hard. So Toronto might be a better area to look (in PEI myself)

[keyboard86]

Lack of refrigeration would I think make that rather hard. So Toronto might be a better area to look (in PEI myself)

  Hi if you are talking re New Zealand lamb google tells me we have been importing it in the 1880's
Keyboard86