but I do not think that was built until after the war, the proprietor being Reg. Perrin. There were a couple of houses on the southern side of the hotel, and the big house known as Mawhinneys, this latter still being there with some businesses in its base. Coming back to the western side of the railway line we have already talked about the grocery store. On the opposite corner was the butchers shop, this building still being there, now used for other purposes. These were the days when butcher shops had a layer of sawdust on the floor. How often the sawdust was changed is not known, but hygiene was not a high priority. The proprietor was George Pitt with meat coming in from the slaughter yard a couple of times a week.. I can remember them carrying the shoulders of meat or whatever with dogs nibbling at it as they went along. There was no cold rooms or refrigeration, so fresh meat could only be bought one or two days a week. The rest of the time only salted meat could be bought. Fairly close to the butchers shop was the bakery where they actually baked the loaves on site with the bread being quite satisfactory. I am not sure of the original name, but I think that it was O`Halloran. Further up the street was a newsagency which also sold an assortment of goods. This shop had a number of owners, probably the best remembered one being