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Sunday 15 June 2008

Butchers

I took this picture a while ago but I wanted to find out more about the bull's head before I showed it to you.
Today I went into the shop and asked them if they knew why they had a bull's head above the door. She explained that the shop used to be a butcher's shop.
So now that the mistery has been solved you can see the photo.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

Bonjour Rose,
Cool and funny photo :-) It reminds me my childhood! There were similar butcher signs in France located above the entrance.
That's nice they kept it on that building.
Have a great evening
Dorothee from Boston Snapshot

Hilda said...

Ooh, I love little facts like that too! Cool picture. But it must be kind of creepy to suddenly see a bull's head staring down at you on the street. =D

USelaine said...

Moooost helpful for illiterate folks back in the old days, I suppose.

Bergson said...

a beautiful butcher signs

Anonymous said...

I bet children love walking past this building. A most friendly looking bull.

GiuCe said...

original and funny pic :)

Ms M said...

Cool photo! And it's fun to hear the story behind it.