Memories of Burr’s

Burr’s in Brief

 

Messrs Peter Burr boasted of being Baker, Grocer and General Merchant but, in fact, was much more.  Indeed Burr’s was the Internet of its day, only quicker: order today, delivery tomorrow guaranteed! 

 

That order could be anything from cot to coffin, from food to footwear, from sweets to suites to suits!  

 

Burr’s bakery supplied fresh bread, rolls and cakes for customers and for the tearooms attached to the shop.

 

If you slipped on a too well polished floor you could blame Burr’s!

 

If you wanted to sweet-talk your partner you would head to Burr’s for chocolates!

 

Coal fires and tilley lamps burned brightly, thanks to Burr’s.

 

If your fire burned too brightly the Fire Brigade, stocked entirely by Burr’s men, would extinguish it for you!

 

Burr’s was the main employer for Tongue and its immediate surrounds.

 

Animals were fed and fenced by Burr’s.

 

Burr’s garage kept your car wheels turning and its own business moving smoothly.

 

Burr’s petrol pumps provided fuel for your car.  They also fuelled Burr’s hire cars, buses, vans, haulage and stock-sided lorries.

 

Burr’s vans supplied outlying villages and remote households.

 

If you decided you’d had enough of Tongue Burr’s would flit you to your new home wherever that might be!

Burr’s unique system of payment ensured that its customers lived well, frequently in times of great hardship, without the pressures of obligation.

 

At Burr’s the customer was always right and service was second to none.

 

 

If you see it, we have it.

If we don’t have it, we’ll get it.

If we can’t get it, you’ve had it!

 

Pennies “mak poonds”