Snapshot of the past: Lardner Butchery

A photograph of the old shed that was once the Lardner Butchery.
The butchery was run by Francis Gregory from the late 1870s.
He held a "License for Slaughtering" from 1876 and then sold meat from this butcher shop in Lardner.
Meat was supplied to Warragul, Drouin, Drouin South, Ellinbank and around the district. It was delivered by pack horse.
Costs were 3p per pound for beef and 4p per pound for lamb. However, whilst sometimes payment was cash, other times Francis was paid "in kind" with wallaby skins, hides or raspberries, or in gold sovereigns.
Francis's sons worked in the butchery with him. Robert (F. R Gregory) continued operating the business until 1906 when the licence to slaughter was handed in.
By this time, butchers had established themselves within the main towns of Drouin and Warragul.
The "shop" became a shed for many years. It stood until 2015 when it was demolished.
Francis' granddaughter June Harvey remembers the old butchers shop. Equipment remained in the shed, including the sausage making machine.
Photograph courtesy of June Harvey and information courtesy of the Drouin History Group.
To hear June's story, visit storiesofdrouin.com.au