You learn something every day. My aunt stopped by for coffee and cake today. She told me a bit of local history that I didn't know. This building across the road from me has been a restaurant for the last decade or so. During those years the house have been rebuilt a couple of times, (this photo is from earlier in the week). Before that it was a private house for many years and back in the 1970s a local teacher, Ulla Nygren lived there. What I didn't know was that my family owned the land here between 1908 and some time in the 1950s. Kerstin told me that when she was a little girl her parents grew raspberries here. That was around 1948 or so. A couple of years later a butcher from Handen, called Franzén, bought the land and built a new home for himself, his wife, and his three daughters. They also set up a butchers shop here. The store was then bought by another family, The Danielsson's. They opened a grocery store here and also a cafe that my mother used to visit,possibly with my aunt as they were school mates.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
The butcher's old place
You learn something every day. My aunt stopped by for coffee and cake today. She told me a bit of local history that I didn't know. This building across the road from me has been a restaurant for the last decade or so. During those years the house have been rebuilt a couple of times, (this photo is from earlier in the week). Before that it was a private house for many years and back in the 1970s a local teacher, Ulla Nygren lived there. What I didn't know was that my family owned the land here between 1908 and some time in the 1950s. Kerstin told me that when she was a little girl her parents grew raspberries here. That was around 1948 or so. A couple of years later a butcher from Handen, called Franzén, bought the land and built a new home for himself, his wife, and his three daughters. They also set up a butchers shop here. The store was then bought by another family, The Danielsson's. They opened a grocery store here and also a cafe that my mother used to visit,possibly with my aunt as they were school mates.
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Adding to the house or the store OR both.
Interesting bit of family and town history.
Nice to find out bits of family history! I love all the shots from yesterday.
Fascinating to find out some local history, for you and for us, Steffe!
They are adding a lot of square footage.
I agree that I didn't nail the photo in today's post. Sometimes I like the photo, sometimes I like the topic, sometimes both. Today I thought the topic was interesting but I didn't have a better photo so I went with what I had.
It looks like the owners may live above their shop. Seems ideal for a local business.
I think it is a young woman that lives there. Possibly the owner's daughter. When the building was new it was white and square.
That's quite some history this house has had Steffe, I wonder why it changes hands so often and what it'll be next!!
I am always fascinated to hear the history of the houses, buildings and neighborhoods in my city. My neighbors have lived in their house since it was built in the 1950s, and the wife was able to tell me about every single person who's lived in my house before me. She even told me what kind of trees were growing in the yard over the years!
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