09/10/2026
📸 EVERY FACE HAS A STORY — Meet Dave, Our Local Butcher 🥩
Some faces become part of the fabric of a town, and Dave is certainly one of them.
For decades, Dave has been a familiar face behind the butcher's counter in Camborne. But his journey into the trade began long before he opened his own shop.
From sharpening knives at just 13 years old to running his own business for nearly 35 years, Dave has dedicated his working life to butchery.
Here's his story, in his own words…
"I started out with a Saturday morning job when I was just 13 years old.
By the time I was 15, I was working full-time. My first job was learning how to sharpen knives and trim bones.
I gradually progressed to boning joints of meat, eventually learning how to prepare a whole side of beef.
In those days, every butcher had his own slaughterhouse, and when I was 16, I began learning that side of the trade too.
Two years later, I got my licence. It cost me just one shilling — that's 5p in today's money!
I continued working there until 1992, when I took the plunge and opened my own butcher's shop in Beacon.
Next year will mark my 35th anniversary of running my own business, and I've no plans to stop just yet!
I'd like to thank all my customers for their loyalty, support and custom over the years, and of course my staff, who have been part of the journey."
❤️ There's something rather special about people like Dave. In a world where so much has changed, he's continued doing what he knows and loves, serving generations of local families along the way.
And after all these years, he's still going strong!
Thank you, Dave, for sharing your story and for letting me capture a little piece of Camborne's history through my lens.
📸 Every Face Has a Story is my weekly photography project celebrating the people who make our local community what it is.
Do you know someone with a story worth sharing? I'd love to hear about them!
Photography by Shelley Tasker Photography
