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Garfirth & Son
Family Butchers - 20 Harborough Road

Trevor Farmer George Garfirth was born at Wollaston in 1910, son of Ernest and Nellie. He is recorded as George in the 1911 census.

In 1933 George was married to Edna May Cave. Daughter of Harry and Ellen Cave, Edna was baptised along with her five siblings, in 1915 at St Peter's Church.

George took over the butchery from Pettit & Jones. He may have been working for them before they ceased trading.

the van
The van
Their son Roy George Garfirth was baptised at the Mission Church.

In 1957 Roy married Shirley Ferrell, whose family was evacuated to Rushden in 1940.

When some of her family returned to Kentish Town after the war Shirley stayed here.

In the 1970s Roy also supplied meat through Court Stores, to the people of Court Estate.

George died in 1995.

the shop
The shop at 20 Harborough Road

Roy and his father
The shop was kept by TFG Garfirth. About 1960 his son Roy joined the business. Roy continued until about 2000.

Extract from WWII Memories:

Evacuated For Safety— by Shirley Garfirth nee Ferrell

Our family was evacuated to Rushden in 1940, and we were sent to live with Mrs O'Key in Albion Place. We stayed until the end of the war when some of the family returned home to Kentish Town, London. I stayed in Rushden and married a local boy, Roy Garfirth.



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