Our History

Bowers Butchers, a listed building dating back to 1487, is located along the Lynn Road

Timeline

1932
1932

1932

George opened a pork butcher’s shop in St James’ Street, King’s Lynn with a loan from his mother. There, he created the recipe for his famous sausage.

1941
1941

1941

George married Jane

1942
1942

1942

George goes to war, leaving Jane to run the business

1943
1943

1943

Richard was born, above the butchers shop in St James’ Street

1959
1959

1959

Richard joins the business, as errand boy on a bike!

1966
1966

1966

Richard and George opened the present shop as a family butchers

1969
1969

1969

Richard marries Rosemarie

1975
1975

1975

George retires and closes the original shop

1988
1988

1988

Winner of the National Gold Award for Pork Sausages

1992
1992

1992

Richard judges pigs at the King’s Lynn Christmas Fatstock Show

2010
2010

2010

Winner of the Best Sausage in the King’s Lynn competition see bangersandsausages.blogspot.co.uk. Runner up in the East of England Competition for the Best Pork Sausage

2012
2012

2012

National Silver Award for Pork Sausages

2014
2014

2014

Winner of the Regional Finals of the National Competition for Best Pork Sausage. James, Richard’s nephew and George’s grandson, joins the business

2015
2015

2015

At the National Sausage Competition we picked up another Gold for our Traditional Norfolk Sausages and a Silver for our new Pork and Wherry Sausages

2016
2016

2016

In May we went to the annual Pork Awards and received awards for our Pork and Wild Garlic Sausages, Pate and Pork Pies. Not only did Joy (our pie maker) collect an award this year for her Pork Pies but she also become a grandparent. It was another great year for our Traditional Norfolk Sausage, as not only did we pick up another Gold at this years National Sausage Competition, but also a Great taste award too.

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