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Date Created11th July 2020CommentsChris Foster Foster Possibly the best ever sausages
Todd Kenneth Ryan A-Court Use to come to my place in 80s loved it
Barry Baxter Best Savs
Karen Jones The very best sausages ever. And the free sav for all the kid’s
Heather Cullington My cousin, was talking to him a few days ago.
Judy Bagnall Aww don’t we love him.
JohnandKathleen Ranger Great butcher.
David Carty There was one that used to come to kiata every week while we lived there in the mid 60,s also Johny Harrington ,with his van, great guys, and the kids loved the freebies that they used to get,so the vans never got past home without stopping, great days!!!
Heather Christensen we had a butcher van in Dobson Jacky Fisher he was a bit of a character. great fresh meat !
Catherine Brian Denton Heather Christensen Fishers used to be based in Nelson Creek when we lived on The Coast,and generally went south from Ngahere.
Phyllis Aberhart Catherine Brian Denton and up the Grey Valley wasps used to follow the van
Colleen Rogers Goodness me I would go to his van I think on a Thursday in totara flat kids and all with my dinner plate buying a weeks worth of meat and savs for the children then during the week the ikamatua grocer then fish van also great times
Anne Honey Was he the butcher in Geraldine in the 60s
Judy Bagnall That would have been our uncle Paddy Burrows. He moved from the Totara Flat butchery to Geraldine.
Sandra Arnott He was butcher in grey used to travel around!
George Samuel did john burrows do runanga and dunollie
Graham Ngatuere Yeah....we need these back....
Fairer prices
Fresh on the day...…Garry Dunn The real test of a butcher is the sausages and his were awesome.
James Jackson Best customer service and high quality products
Catherine Brian Denton One of Jack Burrows stories was of the newly-wed wife who asked him how did you roast corned beef.
Des Weston Highlight of the week for hungry guys at nzfs single mans camp totara flat. Raw savoloys great to eat after rugby league practice.
Peter J Hynes Anna Hynes those Savs
Helen Rutherford Best sausages
Kevin Voigt i used to get the truck drivers to p u sasages for me on way thro when we lived at engineers camp my 3 girls were bought up on them and take a peek at them
Margaret Grant This has brought a smile always darn good meat not like the stuff you buy in supermarket..you could eat the savs cold from the truck the kids loved them..
Tracy Alford Best memories of the truck coming up the track on a Friday, free sav for all the kids. Mum would go out with the roast dish and get her weeks worth. Best savs ever.
Miriam Becker Absolutely marg and so miss the banter and local goss. Love the Mr Burrows senior and senior senior.John Warren Miss our local butcher Jonesy
Sid Steel Good old Johnny burrows he was a funny and a good butcher. And great save
Karen Martin Looking good Nerideen Hamill Collett
Ange Hynes Love this pic. The good old days!
Tayleesha Becker If my memory serves, also used to weigh the babies up the valley as well? Best savs ever.
Shelley Campbell I often tell friends about the butcher that came to Haast and “us” kids would always be given saveloys- never tasted anything like it since
Susan Shearer Bestest sausages and pork strips
Che Norris
Miss the past! Great guy john was! Yummy raw savs! Lol. Xxx.
Kevin Voigt
i used to get the truck drivers to p u sasages for me on way thro when we lived at engineers camp my 3 girls were bought up on them and take a peek at them
· Reply · 1w
Margaret Grant
This has brought a smile always darn good meat not like the stuff you buy in supermarket..you could eat the savs cold from the truck the kids loved them..
Tracy Alford
Best memories of the truck coming up the track on a Friday, free sav for all the kids. Mum would go out with the roast dish and get her weeks worth. Best savs ever.
Miriam Becker
Absolutely marg and so miss the banter and local goss. Love the Mr Burrows senior and senior senior.
John Warren
Miss our local butcher Jonesy
Sid Steel
Good old Johnny burrows he was a funny and a good butcher. And great save
Karen Martin
badge icon
Looking good Nerideen Hamill Collett
Ange Hynes
Love this pic. The good old days!
Tayleesha Becker
If my memory serves, also used to weigh the babies up the valley as well? Best savs ever.
Shelley Campbell
I often tell friends about the butcher that came to Haast and “us” kids would always be given saveloys- never tasted anything like it since
Susan Shearer
Bestest sausages and pork strips
Che Norris
Miss the past! Great guy john was! Yummy raw savs! Lol. Xxx.
Heather Newby
hris Boyd
Marg Crawford Erin Walecki
]Cassie Brown
I still remember getting a sav each time he called in Robert W. Brown
Lynley McInroe
Cassie Brown like all you kids did Cassie. Have a feeling it was late breakfast on the days John made his rounds. Our kids wouldn't eat anyone else's savs.
Jeanne Thomson
Is John still living in Blackball I went to Ahaura primary school with John and he use to double me on his bike to Donnelly’s store to catch the NZRailways bus home to Matai when I lived there.
Jeanne Thomson
Other people I remember at school were Glenda Becker the 3 Hannah boys the Sheedy family the Hahn family the Smiths the Painter family the Fosters of Matai the Curtains etc The teachers I remember we Nan Becker, Barbara Becker, Mr Lockhart
Phyllis Hampton
Even Mack the dog waited for John to arrive on a Friday for a sav.
Anne Honey
Was he also Geraldine butcher in the late 1960s.
Kaye McNabb
Anne Honey that was his brother Paddy after he left the coast. Awesome guy.
19h
Anne Honey
Kaye McNabb thank you a lovely family.
Judy Bagnall
Kaye McNabb Gosh Dad missed him when he moved away. We all did
Tony Burrows
Anne Honey no paddy Jack's brother
Kevin O'Regan
Two legends John and his Dad Jack whom used an A model Beford before this J series. Always a Sav for the kids an outrageous story for the Mama's. Great family and boarded with them at Ahaura Hotel early 60's
Patricia August
Kevin O'Regan our cat would let my mother know when the butcher van arrived!!,
Helen McEwen
They had the best sausages and sav the good old day
Jock Allen
Helen McEwen And Bacon a Hard case was John always good for a story
Tony Burrows
My bother john was the mad butcher of the coast great sales man and brother
Dianne Manera
We need more of them with meat we can get our teeth into
Shirley Smith
Great memories and great days.....
Kathleen Ranger
Shirley Smith too true...
Shirley Smith
Kathleen Ranger they sure were Kathleen...
Alan Mitchell
Good old days. Cant see New World dishing out free savolys to the Kids these days.
Stuart Willis
How no
Shelley Campbell Morrissey
Pretty sure he came to Haast back in the day. Would always give us kids a saveloy.
Kevin O'Regan
Shelley Campbell Morrisseyhi Shelley, I don't believe so. Ahaura to Mai Mai was the regular run. Ngahere was serviced by Nelson Creek butchery but south westland No
Ivan Gosling
Lived in totara flat until we moved to christchurch,was 8 or 9 years old,great savaloys
Roma Baker
The best sausages on the Coast! Oh how I wish you could buy sossies like that these days!
Claire Balderstone
Would that have been Terry Burrows father? Used to know him years ago
Stuart Hannah
Claire Balderstone, John is in the photo and he is Terry's brother, Jack was their dad
Cheryl Mottram
It was a highlight when Jack arrived at my Nana's at Hukarere in the 50's. I was always eager for a saveloy.
Heather Reid
He was a hard case
John Bennett
Definitely the good old days, used to hang around the van for the chance of a free Sav
Margaret Grant
Those were the days.
Doug Griffin
I grew up with Jack then our daughter grew up with John
Lorraine O'Donoghue
Their sausages were to die for! Always stopped on the way home to buy some.
Geoffrey King
We use to drive to Nelson Creek to pick up the meat for the Hotel back in the 60's / 70's
Maurice O'Flaherty
played darts with john
11h
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BrianJoyce Hassan
We lived at Waimaunga and Jack called in to sell his meat. Gave us kids savs.Jack and Kitty were a nice couple.
June Briggs
A man who has a great sence of humour. Have had a lot of laughs over his van and about the flies he said where from Fishers van.
Murray Brown
Auntie Edie Sheedy always bought her meat from Burrows Mobile butchers
Loretta Donnelly
The best saveloys.
Wayne Ferguson
Remember that van
Helen Rutherford
And a great butcher was he!
Eric Waghorn
The best meat and service, could of lived on those Savs. Oh that's right I almost did.loved stopping there with dad
Dennis Gibbs
Think they delivered milk to Ikamatua too.
Zane Haddon
Bring back the old ways was better living
Marilyn Hopkins
No where like those days now, sad
Jeanne Thomson
Good old days at Matai
Des Weston
Best sauages and savolys in the world. His arrival Was hightlight at totara flat Forestry camp
Glenn Johnston
Des Weston We lived on their meat at the Totara Flat forestry camp cook house. I liked their hogget/mutton in particular which was very good. They obviously did a series of things right. I would sometimes buy meat off Jack at the shop at Totara Flat and take it to Hokitika or elsewhere for people I would stay with.
Gavin Davy
Used to check Malcy's truck for a COF at the Waiho mill. Lovely guy.
Alan Mitchell
I used to get (the late) Malcolm Rochford to bring back to Hokitika 5 kg of sausages back in Westland Milk Products milk tanker quite often in the 1990s they were the best beef sauages around in those days.
Dave Weir
BUTCH charming the ladies as usual.
Ian Buchanan
I remember that truck long time ago
Helen McEwen
They had the best sausages and sav the good old day
Todd Kenneth Ryan A-Court Use to come to my place in 80s loved it
Barry Baxter Best Savs
Karen Jones The very best sausages ever. And the free sav for all the kid’s
Heather Cullington My cousin, was talking to him a few days ago.
Judy Bagnall Aww don’t we love him.
JohnandKathleen Ranger Great butcher.
David Carty There was one that used to come to kiata every week while we lived there in the mid 60,s also Johny Harrington ,with his van, great guys, and the kids loved the freebies that they used to get,so the vans never got past home without stopping, great days!!!
Heather Christensen we had a butcher van in Dobson Jacky Fisher he was a bit of a character. great fresh meat !
Catherine Brian Denton Heather Christensen Fishers used to be based in Nelson Creek when we lived on The Coast,and generally went south from Ngahere.
Phyllis Aberhart Catherine Brian Denton and up the Grey Valley wasps used to follow the van
Colleen Rogers Goodness me I would go to his van I think on a Thursday in totara flat kids and all with my dinner plate buying a weeks worth of meat and savs for the children then during the week the ikamatua grocer then fish van also great times
Anne Honey Was he the butcher in Geraldine in the 60s
Judy Bagnall That would have been our uncle Paddy Burrows. He moved from the Totara Flat butchery to Geraldine.
Sandra Arnott He was butcher in grey used to travel around!
George Samuel did john burrows do runanga and dunollie
Graham Ngatuere Yeah....we need these back....
Fairer prices
Fresh on the day...…Garry Dunn The real test of a butcher is the sausages and his were awesome.
James Jackson Best customer service and high quality products
Catherine Brian Denton One of Jack Burrows stories was of the newly-wed wife who asked him how did you roast corned beef.
Des Weston Highlight of the week for hungry guys at nzfs single mans camp totara flat. Raw savoloys great to eat after rugby league practice.
Peter J Hynes Anna Hynes those Savs
Helen Rutherford Best sausages
Kevin Voigt i used to get the truck drivers to p u sasages for me on way thro when we lived at engineers camp my 3 girls were bought up on them and take a peek at them
Margaret Grant This has brought a smile always darn good meat not like the stuff you buy in supermarket..you could eat the savs cold from the truck the kids loved them..
Tracy Alford Best memories of the truck coming up the track on a Friday, free sav for all the kids. Mum would go out with the roast dish and get her weeks worth. Best savs ever.
Miriam Becker Absolutely marg and so miss the banter and local goss. Love the Mr Burrows senior and senior senior.John Warren Miss our local butcher Jonesy
Sid Steel Good old Johnny burrows he was a funny and a good butcher. And great save
Karen Martin Looking good Nerideen Hamill Collett
Ange Hynes Love this pic. The good old days!
Tayleesha Becker If my memory serves, also used to weigh the babies up the valley as well? Best savs ever.
Shelley Campbell I often tell friends about the butcher that came to Haast and “us” kids would always be given saveloys- never tasted anything like it since
Susan Shearer Bestest sausages and pork strips
Che Norris
Miss the past! Great guy john was! Yummy raw savs! Lol. Xxx.
Kevin Voigt
i used to get the truck drivers to p u sasages for me on way thro when we lived at engineers camp my 3 girls were bought up on them and take a peek at them
· Reply · 1w
Margaret Grant
This has brought a smile always darn good meat not like the stuff you buy in supermarket..you could eat the savs cold from the truck the kids loved them..
Tracy Alford
Best memories of the truck coming up the track on a Friday, free sav for all the kids. Mum would go out with the roast dish and get her weeks worth. Best savs ever.
Miriam Becker
Absolutely marg and so miss the banter and local goss. Love the Mr Burrows senior and senior senior.
John Warren
Miss our local butcher Jonesy
Sid Steel
Good old Johnny burrows he was a funny and a good butcher. And great save
Karen Martin
badge icon
Looking good Nerideen Hamill Collett
Ange Hynes
Love this pic. The good old days!
Tayleesha Becker
If my memory serves, also used to weigh the babies up the valley as well? Best savs ever.
Shelley Campbell
I often tell friends about the butcher that came to Haast and “us” kids would always be given saveloys- never tasted anything like it since
Susan Shearer
Bestest sausages and pork strips
Che Norris
Miss the past! Great guy john was! Yummy raw savs! Lol. Xxx.
Heather Newby
hris Boyd
Marg Crawford Erin Walecki
]Cassie Brown
I still remember getting a sav each time he called in Robert W. Brown
Lynley McInroe
Cassie Brown like all you kids did Cassie. Have a feeling it was late breakfast on the days John made his rounds. Our kids wouldn't eat anyone else's savs.
Jeanne Thomson
Is John still living in Blackball I went to Ahaura primary school with John and he use to double me on his bike to Donnelly’s store to catch the NZRailways bus home to Matai when I lived there.
Jeanne Thomson
Other people I remember at school were Glenda Becker the 3 Hannah boys the Sheedy family the Hahn family the Smiths the Painter family the Fosters of Matai the Curtains etc The teachers I remember we Nan Becker, Barbara Becker, Mr Lockhart
Phyllis Hampton
Even Mack the dog waited for John to arrive on a Friday for a sav.
Anne Honey
Was he also Geraldine butcher in the late 1960s.
Kaye McNabb
Anne Honey that was his brother Paddy after he left the coast. Awesome guy.
19h
Anne Honey
Kaye McNabb thank you a lovely family.
Judy Bagnall
Kaye McNabb Gosh Dad missed him when he moved away. We all did
Tony Burrows
Anne Honey no paddy Jack's brother
Kevin O'Regan
Two legends John and his Dad Jack whom used an A model Beford before this J series. Always a Sav for the kids an outrageous story for the Mama's. Great family and boarded with them at Ahaura Hotel early 60's
Patricia August
Kevin O'Regan our cat would let my mother know when the butcher van arrived!!,
Helen McEwen
They had the best sausages and sav the good old day
Jock Allen
Helen McEwen And Bacon a Hard case was John always good for a story
Tony Burrows
My bother john was the mad butcher of the coast great sales man and brother
Dianne Manera
We need more of them with meat we can get our teeth into
Shirley Smith
Great memories and great days.....
Kathleen Ranger
Shirley Smith too true...
Shirley Smith
Kathleen Ranger they sure were Kathleen...
Alan Mitchell
Good old days. Cant see New World dishing out free savolys to the Kids these days.
Stuart Willis
How no
Shelley Campbell Morrissey
Pretty sure he came to Haast back in the day. Would always give us kids a saveloy.
Kevin O'Regan
Shelley Campbell Morrisseyhi Shelley, I don't believe so. Ahaura to Mai Mai was the regular run. Ngahere was serviced by Nelson Creek butchery but south westland No
Ivan Gosling
Lived in totara flat until we moved to christchurch,was 8 or 9 years old,great savaloys
Roma Baker
The best sausages on the Coast! Oh how I wish you could buy sossies like that these days!
Claire Balderstone
Would that have been Terry Burrows father? Used to know him years ago
Stuart Hannah
Claire Balderstone, John is in the photo and he is Terry's brother, Jack was their dad
Cheryl Mottram
It was a highlight when Jack arrived at my Nana's at Hukarere in the 50's. I was always eager for a saveloy.
Heather Reid
He was a hard case
John Bennett
Definitely the good old days, used to hang around the van for the chance of a free Sav
Margaret Grant
Those were the days.
Doug Griffin
I grew up with Jack then our daughter grew up with John
Lorraine O'Donoghue
Their sausages were to die for! Always stopped on the way home to buy some.
Geoffrey King
We use to drive to Nelson Creek to pick up the meat for the Hotel back in the 60's / 70's
Maurice O'Flaherty
played darts with john
11h
Reply
BrianJoyce Hassan
We lived at Waimaunga and Jack called in to sell his meat. Gave us kids savs.Jack and Kitty were a nice couple.
June Briggs
A man who has a great sence of humour. Have had a lot of laughs over his van and about the flies he said where from Fishers van.
Murray Brown
Auntie Edie Sheedy always bought her meat from Burrows Mobile butchers
Loretta Donnelly
The best saveloys.
Wayne Ferguson
Remember that van
Helen Rutherford
And a great butcher was he!
Eric Waghorn
The best meat and service, could of lived on those Savs. Oh that's right I almost did.loved stopping there with dad
Dennis Gibbs
Think they delivered milk to Ikamatua too.
Zane Haddon
Bring back the old ways was better living
Marilyn Hopkins
No where like those days now, sad
Jeanne Thomson
Good old days at Matai
Des Weston
Best sauages and savolys in the world. His arrival Was hightlight at totara flat Forestry camp
Glenn Johnston
Des Weston We lived on their meat at the Totara Flat forestry camp cook house. I liked their hogget/mutton in particular which was very good. They obviously did a series of things right. I would sometimes buy meat off Jack at the shop at Totara Flat and take it to Hokitika or elsewhere for people I would stay with.
Gavin Davy
Used to check Malcy's truck for a COF at the Waiho mill. Lovely guy.
Alan Mitchell
I used to get (the late) Malcolm Rochford to bring back to Hokitika 5 kg of sausages back in Westland Milk Products milk tanker quite often in the 1990s they were the best beef sauages around in those days.
Dave Weir
BUTCH charming the ladies as usual.
Ian Buchanan
I remember that truck long time ago
Helen McEwen
They had the best sausages and sav the good old day
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