MEMORIES of Brierley Hill’s Marsh and Baxter pork butchers shops are sought as the Black Country Living Museum recreates the iconic Black Country store as part of its brand new 1940s-60s high street.
The museum is recreating the smaller of Marsh and Baxter’s two butchers’ shops in Brierley Hill, from 70 High Street, as an important part of its new 1940s to 60s development project BCLM: Forging Ahead.
Visitors to the recreated shop, which will be set in the early 1950s while meat was rationed after WWII, will be able to learn about rationing, the history of the firm and food production in the Black Country – and try freshly-made pork pies and faggots.
The museum's collections team would love to talk to anyone with memories of the shop to help them with their recreation of the store inside and out, particularly from the 1950s.
They are keen to find out more about costumes worn by the butchers, the way meat was sold and, as the shop will be set in the year rationing ended, any memories around how the shop changed when restrictions were lifted.
The museum will be having a stall inside Brierley Hill Market on Saturday September 11, as part of Brierley Hill’s Heritage Open Day celebrations organised by the Brierley Hill Community Forum, in the hope that people will stop by and share their memories about the famous firm and shops
A competition offering a chance to win a free family ticket to the museum will also be running.
Anyone who worked at a branch of Marsh and Baxter or who bought produce from its stores in the 1950s is invited to get in touch with the museum team by emailing collections@bclm.com or calling 0121 557 9643.
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