In
this extract from Pigot's Directory
we can see two types of local tradesmen who were once very common but
are now much rarer.
Today most people buy shoes made
in factories abroad and sold in shoe shops in Britain.
In Victorian times shoes were nearly all made
locally out of leather tanned locally. With wellington boots
not yet widely available, the local workman would wear hobnailed boots
which he would have repaired when they needed it.
Butchers
slaughtered local animals which were sold as meat in a short space of
time. There were no refrigerators or freezers, so the meat was eaten quickly
or salted or smoked to make it last longer.
Poorer families could not afford to eat much meat in Victorian times.
