Shoulder of Mutton Field : the retail butcher's trade in Camden

Annotation Drawing from technical and privately published family histories, this remarkable account provides a broad understanding of the development of the meat industry utilizing England’s Kentish Town as a model. With research on the decline of retail butcher shops from 45,000 in 1945 to fewer than 6,000 in 2010, this record not only describes the expertise and skill required of each trade associated with the meat industry but also catalogs how social changes impacted the business. The history of the urban butcher's shop is comparatively modern, and whilst particular districts in the Borough of Camden created in 1965 may be unfamiliar to some readers, their growth followed similar patterns elsewhere. It is not possible to profile every butchers shop and therefore Kentish Town has been chosen as representing the development of the trade. The story is not solely confined to statistics or even great events, but just as importantly the employees and customers, essential to their success. It was a time when meat was only second in importance to bread and customers regularly v Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Open for Business -- -- 2. guild Connection -- -- 3. Small Investment -- -- 4. Men, Meat and Motivation -- -- 5. Royal Patronage -- -- 6. Business and Community -- -- 7. Spoilt for Choice -- -- 8. Tolerance and Trade -- -- 9. Fifth Quarter -- -- 10. Divided by Boundaries -- -- 11. Silent Salesman -- -- 12. Deliveries Daily -- -- 13. Good Name -- -- 14. Greatest Shop -- -- 15. Time and Fashion -- APPENDICES -- Research and Sources -- Further Reading -- List of Kentish Town Butchers Shops.