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Manly ran the risk of losing its last butcher shop last week when Council issued a last-minute order for the popular sausage sizzle to shut down.  Local butcher, Steve Stratford. Photo: Manly Daily. Darley Road Butchers has run the weekend sizzle for around 20 years which not only provided a great snag, but also much needed income to make the business viable. Taking over the struggling business 3 months ago, Steve Stratford worked hard to recreate a community butcher in Manly's Village. The unexpected order from the Council was a huge blow putting the viability of the businesses at risk, with no immediate solution in sight. Good For Manly quickly took up the case contacting the Council's General Manager and putting an alert out on Facebook asking locals to sign the butcher's petition and buy some meat. Over 27,000 views on the Good For Manly Facebook page, comments of support and hundreds of signatures on the petition got the community right behind the cause. It was reported that one local, a vegetarian, even bought some meat. It worked! Within 48 hours Council reviewed the order and permission was given for the sizzle to be reinstated. But the issue still remains ... stroke by stroke we are losing the essence of our Manly Village. Recently our last two florists closed. We almost lost our last butcher. It is important that locals support local businesses - otherwise our only options will be the giant franchise businesses which are taking over the area as we are now seeing with KFC and Starbucks recently taking leases.
5 Comments
Don Walker
28/10/2016 08:34:30 am
Agree your comments 100 pc. Why would council support big business over any local small business. We have also lost the only deli. in Manly being forced to utilise the excuse for a deli. in Coles which does not have the range or quality of the small goods previously available. Pity the identity of the restaurant which complained about the butchers BBQ could not be revealed as it could only be sour grapes which caused this complaint to be raised, and why would council listen to 1 complaint as compared to the dozens of people supporting the butcher.
Lisle
28/10/2016 09:10:45 am
What was so extraordinary about this action was that the sausage sizzle is about the only real shopping excitement you will see in Manly. It was the vibe it created in Darley Road on a Saturday & Sunday morning which was so important for the Manly community.
Chris Abbott
28/10/2016 10:17:53 am
I was always going to the Florist to buy flowers and was so sad it shut. The rents are so high in Manly that it makes it very difficult for many small businesses to survive.
Robert Jones
28/10/2016 10:45:36 am
Totaly agree we should support small local business, only as a last resort will we shop at Coles or Woolworths, years ago we lost the local Hardware shop & more consultation with Manly residents should be undertaken via the internet before we are subjected to our Council dictating & money hungry decisions.
Gary O'Brien
2/11/2016 11:17:14 am
You have to wonder what Council were thinking when they closed down this iconic food facility in Manly Leave a Reply. |
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