Written with blue ballpoint pen on paper - On the back of this original snapshot is written:- “Taken on Makerua Rd., on the way to the Big Mill. Frank is endeavouring to get meat to his customers during the Recent Floods.” Photo 1924

Mr Frank King with others in horse & cart during flood, Shannon, 1924 1 photocopy {also see #.0008 similar picture}

Taken on Makerua Road on the way to the Big Mill. Frank is endeavouring to get meat to his customers during the recent floods.

Information from reminiscence of Mrs Evelyn Patrick (see Acc.#20003.015.0005) - My father Frank opened his own Butchers Shop working up a good clientele. He had a great talent for his trade & became an excellent “small goods” maker. Several of his recipes, including special sausages, went with him to the grave. He had a thriving little business until the Depression in the mid 1920’s. He was well known delivering meat to his many country customers in his horse & cart – many times thro axle-high flood waters, when the notorious Manawatu River kept breaking its banks.

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Written with blue ballpoint pen on paper - On the back of this original snapshot is written:- “Taken on Makerua Rd., on the way to the Big Mill. Frank is endeavouring to get meat to his customers during the Recent Floods.” Photo 1924

Mr Frank King with others in horse & cart during flood, Shannon, 1924 1 photocopy {also see #.0009 similar picture}

Taken on Makerua Road on the way to the Big Mill. Frank is endeavouring to get meat to his customers during the recent floods.

Information from reminiscence of Mrs Evelyn Patrick (see Acc.#20003.015.0005) - My father Frank opened his own Butchers Shop working up a good clientele. He had a great talent for his trade & became an excellent “small goods” maker. Several of his recipes, including special sausages, went with him to the grave. He had a thriving little business until the Depression in the mid 1920’s. He was well known delivering meat to his many country customers in his horse & cart – many times thro axle-high flood waters, when the notorious Manawatu River kept breaking its banks.

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Written with blue ballpoint pen above picture - Our Family 1938

Written with blue ballpoint pen below picture - Dad Frank King Evelyn King (Patrick) Mother Winifred King Maureen King (Rowland)

Frank & Winifred King with their 2 daughters, 1938 1 photocopy

Left to Right - Mr Frank King, Evelyn (later Mrs Patrick), Mrs Winifred King, Maureen (later Mrs Rowland)

Information from reminiscence of Mrs Evelyn Patrick (see Acc.#20003.015.0005) - Mr Frank (Francis) King, born 4-12-1891 in Gore. Mrs Winifred (Winnie) King, no date of birth given, married in London 1st World War (no date given, presumed 1918). Evelyn Winifred King, born 7-10-1919 in Shannon, later married Mr Patrick (no date given). Maureen King, born 10-4-1920 {?? 6 months after Evelyn}, later married Mr Rowland (no date given).

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Anglican Church (of the Venerable Bede), Shannon 1 Colour Photocopy

Situated in Bryce Street, later (1949) moved to Stout Street. Built in 1898 by E.J.S. Spencer

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View of Shannon (Plimmer Terrace) from the Railway Station, c.1900 1 Colour photocopy (of mounted photograph)

The oval photo used in book – “From Bush & Swamp”, page 51, with caption: This View of Plimmer Terrace from the railway station was taken in the early twentieth century. The premises of Dunckley and Company and W.H. Gunning Limited are still standing, but most of the shops north of Gunning’s have disappeared, mainly the victims of fire.

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Mr Frank King may (?) have worked for the Shannon Meat Company until he opened his own shop. As there is no accompanying information (especially a date and names of persons pictured) it is uncertain if any of the King family are pictured.

Information in reminiscence of Mrs Patrick (see Acc.#2003.015.0005) states: ... Mr Frank King opened his own Butchers Shop {no date given} ... thriving little business until the Depression in the mid 1920’s … moved to Hawkes Bay in 1929 …

Information in book – “From Bush & Swamp”, pages 179, states: ... a buther shop was situated on Plimmer Terrace, near the Albion Hotel … had closed down by the 1930’s … [could this have been Mr King’s shop?]

Shannon Meat Company, c.1920’s (?) 1 Colour photocopy

4 men & 3 women (woman at right is holding a baby) standing in front of shop. Man (2nd from left) could be Mr J.T. Bovis.

Information in book – “From Bush & Swamp”, pages 178 & 179, states: ... S.W. Carter began trading as Shannon Meat Company in 1896, Nathan Terrace from James Gardner’s former Butcher Shop … moved to Ballance Street (near Club Hotel) about 1900, these premises were occupied from 1902 by the Bank of New South Wales when Carter Bros. built a new shop nearby … business was sold to Fred Peach in the early 1930’s … upon his death in 1964, the business was taken over by his son, Ted Peach …

Information on page 207 & 234, indicates that Mr J.T Bovis {born 1887} moved to Shannon in 1909 and began work as secretary-accountant to Carter Bros., and in 1919 may (?) have become an owner of the Shannon Meat Company.

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Update provided by Jim Beech, November 2010:

The Fred Peach family owned and ran the Shannon Butchery for some 80 years or so. The shop was in Ballance Street, their residence was in Ballance Street East and the stock yards and abbitor for the butchery was on rural land off the east end of Ballance Street.

Written with blue ballpoint pen on paper sellotaped to bottom of picture - Grandad Thomas & Granny Catherine King with the first 4 members of their family – Margaret, baby Jack, Thomas (behind, between parents) & my Father Francis (holding straw boater hat!)

Thomas & Catherine King with their 4 eldest children, c.1895 1 photocopy

Left to Right - Margaret, Mr Thomas King, Jack (front), ‘Tom’ Thomas (Jnr), Mrs Catherine King, ‘Frank’ Francis.

Photo believed taken in Gore (South Island) before family moved to Paekakariki about 1898-99.

The 4 youngest children were – Myrtle, Ethel, Irene & James (who had a twin sister who died at birth).

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