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Britain's oldest business: Butcher's shop which gave Henry VIII the chop - Mirror.co.uk

04 November 2011 from The Mirror

A BUTCHERS which was flogging meat before Henry VIII was having his wives' heads chopped off has been declared Britain's oldest business. RJ Balson and Sons started out as a market stall in 1535, the year before the king ordered Anne Boleyn's execution

A BUTCHERS which was flogging meat before Henry VIII was having his wives' heads chopped off has been declared Britain's oldest business. RJ Balson and Sons started out as a market stall in 1535, the year before the king ordered Anne Boleyn's execution

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