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Argenta's Butchers Shop and staff

Courtesy of The Cecil Brown Collection

Bridge Place, opposite Watson Road
Worksop
England

The advertisements in the window say that they sell New Zealand and Colonial mutton and lamb. This had become possible with the introduction of refrigerated cargo ships in 1882, Britain and Europe became eager consumers of the meat, and New Zealand entered the overseas market as a major food producer.

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