BUTCHER SHOP IN CANTERBURY WITH AN OLD SCHOOL FOUNDATION, ON ITS WAY TO THE FUTURE!
JACKS MEATS WAS STARTED IN 2013, FROM THE FOUNDATIONS OF ONE OF THE LAST OLD SCHOOL BUTCHERS IN SYDNEY. JACK SKELTON STARTED HIS CAREER IN THE 1950s, WORKING AT VARIOUS BUTCHER SHOPS IN SYDNEY CITY. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER HE MOVED AROUND ALOT. JOINING THE ARMY AND NARROWLY MISSING OUT ON SERVING IN THE WAR, HE BECAME THE HEAD BUTCHER WHERE HE WAS STATIONED AT HOLSWORTHY BARRACKS. AFTER HIS TIME WITH THE ARMY HE WAS CONTRACTED BY STRUGGLING BUTCHER SHOPS, SPENDING 6 TO 12 MONTHS AT A TIME BRINGING THEM BACK TO LIFE. FROM SYDNEY, FORBES, ALL THE WAY TO DARWIN AND FINALLY BACK TO SYDNEY, JACK STARTED HIS OWN LITTLE FIXER UPPER LOCATED IN PARK AVE ASHFIELD. HIS PLANS TO FIX UP AND MOVE ON FROM 'PARK AVENUE MEATS' FAILED WHEN HE REALISED HE LOVED THE LITTLE SHOP AND HE ENDED UP STAYING THERE FROM 1974 UNTIL HIS UNEXPECTED DEATH IN 2013.
MY NAME IS STUART AND I WAS JACKS PROTEGE. STARTING WITH HIM AS A WASH UP BOY ON SATURDAYS, I COULDN’T LEAVE. AFTER YEAR 12 I STARTED AN APPRENTICESHIP AS HE WANTED ME TO KEEP PARK AVENUE MEATS RUNNING IN HIS PLACE WHEN HE RETIRED. BUT IT WASN’T MEANT TO BE. DUE TO THE UNTIMELINESS OF HIS DEATH, I WASN'T ABLE TO STAY AT THE PREMISES. THIS IS WHERE MY BUSINESS PARTNER MARYLOU CAME IN AND SAVED THE DAY. TOGETHER WE MADE THE DECISION TO JOIN FORCES AND LOOK FOR ANOTHER SHOP. WE HAD A STROKE OF LUCK WHEN WE FOUND ANOTHER OLD SCHOOL BUTCHER WHO WAS LOOKING TO SELL.
AFTER 40 YEARS AT PARK AVE MEATS, JACK HAD BUILT A SOLID FOUNDATION OF CLIENTELE, WITH CLUB RAFFLES, NURSING HOMES, SOCCER CLUBS AND ALL THE LOCAL COMMUNITY KNOWING WHERE TO GET THE BEST QUALITY AND FRIENDLIEST SERVICE. THIS IS THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH JACKS MEATS WAS BUILT AND ITS WHAT WE STRIVE TO EXPAND ON. WHILE OUR STORE IN CANTERBURY KEEPS THE VIBE OF AN OLD FASHIONED BUTCHERY, THIS WEBSITE NOT ONLY SHOWCASES WHAT WE’RE ALL ABOUT, BUT ITS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW, WITH ONLINE ORDERING FOR SYDNEY SIDERS. SO HELP US MAKE JACK PROUD AND TRY US OUT!
