Rob Davies
Here
are further entries from Slater's Directory of
1858 showing more tradesmen from the Knighton area.
In Victorian times there were no
big shops in the countryside selling goods from far off lands.
Local people had their boots and shoes and many other things made by local
craftsmen. Likewise most of the furniture in the houses was made in local
workshops. 
In
this picture we can see a shoemaker working
on his last. This is the iron frame or stand on which he shapes the shoes.
Butchers
sold meat from local farms in their shops. With no refrigeration meat
could go bad very quickly so animals were slaughtered as they were needed.
Poorer families ate little meat, though many kept their own pig which
they slaughtered and smoked or salted the meat to preserve it.
