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Wanderte nach Schottland aus und gruendete die Metzgerdynastie. Aus dem Hohenlohischen wanderten damals viele nach GB aus, um Schweinemetzger zu werden. Deutsche Schweinemetzger waren in den wachsenden britischen Städten beliebt, weil sie Wurstwaren und haltbare Fleischprodukte herstellten, was nach und nach den britischen Geschmack veränderte.
Was interred on the Isle of man during WWI for years.
from http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=408853.324
The German pork butchers mostly came into the country via Hull, spread out from there and settled in the industrial towns and harbour towns of northern England like Sheffield, Bradford, Leeds, Manchester and later also Liverpool. A second principal focus was of course the British capital London. In the course of a growing market during the second half of the 19th century they also set up numerous shops in smaller villages. Robert Roberts writes:"By the outbreak of the first world war it is doubtful if there was a single Northern town, large or small, that did not have its German pork butchers." The Germans were absolute specialists in pork butchering.
Roy E. Korner mentions: "Pork butchers were frequently listed separately in trade directories, because, unlike butchers who only sold freshly killed beef and lamb, they also supplied cooked meats and pork products in addition to fresh meat. Wherever German pork butchers arrived in England the local population tended to develop a taste for the range of cooked meats, pies and sausages which they produced. Prior to this the English had preferred traditional roast beef, lamb and mutton...".
However, trade directories show that in bigger towns there were also some local British pork butchers coexistent with the Germans. The question is whether they also offered such a wide variety of products and ready cooked meats to take away as the Germans did.
from https://handforthpowcamp.com/riots/
Riots
At first the enemy aliens were interned principally out of a fear of spying. However, as time went on, the prisoners also arrived for their own protection. Throughout Britain, public anger towards the enemy citizens still free continued to grow. Violence, attacks, even small riots targeting Germans and Austrians became increasingly common. One of the worst incidents in the early months of the war occurred in Crewe.
On 7 May 1915, the great ocean liner, RMS Lusitania, was struck by a German torpedo and sank off the coast of Ireland in less than an hour. The loss of almost 1,200 lives provoked considerable anger. In multiple cities across Britain, there wereriots targeting mainly German and Austrian owned businesses. Liverpool, Manchester, Cardiff and London all witnessed scenes of extreme violence – smashed windows, ransacked shops and frightened civilians were commonplace.
After the Lusitania riots, the British government took the decision to intern all remaining male ‘enemy aliens’, mainly for their own safety. This included George Gronbach, who was arrested at his home in Nantwich, then taken without his young family to the Handforth camp. Once there, he joined hundreds of other Germans, Austrians and Turks recently rounded up from Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool.
Patrick
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