Introduction

Imagine a time when life was so certain that when you built a building for your business you were confident enough in the future that you put the name of the business into the very fabric of the building.

This is not a time of mergers and takeovers of globalisation and restructure, this is when life was more local and certain.

There are a number of such buildings around and so this blog is an attempt to record some of them and more importantly a bit of the history of the business which by and large are no longer with us.

If you know something about any of these business please add a comment. You can do this without having to sign up for anything and can be anonomous if you prefer.



Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Bezett and Sons Butchers

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This is 214 Main South Road Green Island

I believe the Bezett in the title was Ted Bezett and the son would be Brian Bezett, there may have been more than one son originally but I believe in the end it was just Brian running the family business. On the other hand given that Ted had 7 sons he may just have been being hopeful when he named the business.

This business was probably run originally as a sole trader by Ted and was incorporated in 1967 (potentially by Brian) and finally ceased trading in 2001, a likely victim of the trend towards supermarket meat counters rather than specialist butchers. Ironically the sign Super Value in the window is an advert for the supermarket which is next door.

The Bezett name is still prominent in Dunedin with John Bezett (one of the & Sons) being a long standing city councillor.
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