Butcher's Site

Statement of Significance

The place is notable as an early site in the business and commercial development of the
town of Woodanilling.

Physical Description

The building was located facing Burt Road near the SE corner of the Carlton St junction.
No remnants remain with the site now an internal driveway for the current owners.
The butchers shop was said to have been a small stone building adjoining the store.

History

The butcher's shop was first established in 1905 when Kealley bought out Harry Oldrey's
store. Oldrey had earlier (August 1903) purchased WJ Rogers General Store after
managing it for Rogers for some time. Oldrey's stock was sold to RL Richardson as
Kealley had no requirement for it.

John Leggoe, whose family moved to Woodanilling in 1914 later recalled
"North of our house in the main street the first building was a small corrugated iron
building used for banking by (I think) the National Bank. Next was a double fronted
verandahed weatherboard building which was the rival store. Originally it was am
branch of Rogers of Katanning, but soon after we went to Woodanilling it was taken over
by Edwin Dival. Adjoining it on the north side was a small stone butchers shop. There
was no butcher but Divals ran it in conjunction with the store on a kind of part time basis.
Behind Dival's store were a series of storage sheds and the house in which the family
lived was a stone structure facing the back street. The elder sons of the Dival family,
Stan and Cecil, served in the shop, Stan having returned from the war with a wounded
right hand In a stable behind the store lived Paddy, a fiery draught horse that Cecil
drove in the store spring cart. Cecil would stand right on the tail of the cart, laying back
on the reins like the driver of a trotting spider. Paddy and the cart were used to bring
supplies for the store from the station yard. Cecil also made a weekly delivery of orders
to farmers in the Cartmeticup area to the east of Woodanilling. "

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