geared   298 #13 Posted October 4, 2019 16 hours ago, FinBak said: WOW...Me along with a few others never knew that..!..  What Chain?  How come you knew?  It's on companies house, although there's a fair bit of digging to do.  The people might actually know or be related though so there's probably some truth to the tale. Looks like they had a business together started in the late 80's, John left in the 90's a couple of years after setting up his own business.  The other Crawshaw continued and left the business 3 or 4 years ago, the chain then collapsed late last year. Perhaps the people who took over didn't run it correctly? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Longcol   592 #14 Posted October 4, 2019 3 minutes ago, geared said: It's on companies house, although there's a fair bit of digging to do.  The people might actually know or be related though so there's probably some truth to the tale. Looks like they had a business together started in the late 80's, John left in the 90's a couple of years after setting up his own business.  The other Crawshaw continued and left the business 3 or 4 years ago, the chain then collapsed late last year. Perhaps the people who took over didn't run it correctly? Colin expanded the business to become Crawshaws chain before selling up and buying a golf course.  https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/butcher-colin-buys-sutton-coldfield-7689771  John continued to run the Stocksbridge shop and a couple of others.  https://johncrawshaws.co.uk/blogs/our-shops  Their sister Barbara was fancied by about 50% of the population of Stocksbridge and surrounding area.   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   298 #15 Posted October 4, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Longcol said: Colin expanded the business to become Crawshaws chain before selling up and buying a golf course.  https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/butcher-colin-buys-sutton-coldfield-7689771  John continued to run the Stocksbridge shop and a couple of others.  https://johncrawshaws.co.uk/blogs/our-shops  Their sister Barbara was fancied by about 50% of the population of Stocksbridge and surrounding area.   Yea the business that Colin sold was separate to the one John currently runs. JWCrawshaw was incorporated in the late 90's, with John as a director. (Colin was never listed as a director of this company) I assume that is the same company that own and operate the Yellow John Crawshaw butchers shops?  Crawshaw Group PLC is the one Colin sold (and subsequently collapsed)  From their date of birth I'm guessing they're brothers? Edited October 4, 2019 by geared Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
haddy   10 #16 Posted October 4, 2019 14 hours ago, catmiss said: How come they were allowed to trade under the same name? They were the same name Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Longcol   592 #17 Posted October 4, 2019 4 hours ago, geared said:  From their date of birth I'm guessing they're brothers? Yes.  https://johncrawshaws.co.uk/pages/history Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
