Shogun Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 I seem to remember one day walking around the old sheaf market with my Dad and he was telling me about this butcher there that kept an old piece of meat hung up at the back of the counter for years because the customer who ordered it did not collect. it was there for many years I can still see it now it was black and crosley hung up on the butcher's hook,has anyone heard about this or know who the butcher was and was it a true story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptoad Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 I remember seeing it, I'm sure it was at the front of the stall in a box, hanging above the fresh meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alsancak Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Is the market still open ? Not been there for 25 yrs, i can remember it a very busy and thriving market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidneystone Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Is the market still open ? Not been there for 25 yrs, i can remember it a very busy and thriving market. It's still open at the moment while the new market is being built down the moor. The new market is almost complete. See Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I seem to remember one day walking around the old sheaf market with my Dad and he was telling me about this butcher there that kept an old piece of meat hung up at the back of the counter for years because the customer who ordered it did not collect. it was there for many years I can still see it now it was black and crosley hung up on the butcher's hook,has anyone heard about this or know who the butcher was and was it a true story... I remember that piece of meat, I remember seeing it in the fifties, it must have been over fifty years old then, it was hanging high on one of the steel bars in the butchers shop. Seems a man ordered it promising to call back but didn't, did he get drunk and forget, did he die or was he to embarrassed to call for it the next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitehorses Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 The story as I heard it was that it was at a butchers in Dixon Lane. It's probably a Sheffield legend !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 The story as I heard it was that it was at a butchers in Dixon Lane. It's probably a Sheffield legend !! No it was definitely in the Fish Market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttsie Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I bought it last week from Stringers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shogun Posted September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted September 18, 2013 I bought it last week from Stringers. Was it the real one..who knows what was the original,stories go back to the 1940s, it was in the 1970s when I first saw it hanging there...not very hygenic I would have thought.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytingle Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Was it the real one..who knows what was the original,stories go back to the 1940s, it was in the 1970s when I first saw it hanging there...not very hygenic I would have thought.. I worked in Castle Market 1967/1983 Malcomb Smiths butchers had a piece of meat hung in a glass fronted box over the counter , reputed to be 80 yrs old . THATS THE WAY TO DO IT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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