Wayne Walker Quality Meats / Stoke-on-Trent
About
Walkers Butcher Shop - The Artisan Butcher - Ripley
Welcome to Walkers Butcher Shop. You’ll find us on Oxford Street in Ripley, Derbyshire, where we’ve been a popular feature of the local community since the early 1980s
From our award-winning sausages, made on-site from locally sourced outdoor reared pork, to mouth-watering cuts of beef and lamb, hung on the premises for a minimum of 21 days, you are guaranteed to enjoy our exceptional produce.
Because of the hanging process, our meat has a better flavour and far less shrinkage than you get from the supermarkets, giving you more meat for your money and on your plate.
We sell meat that is locally sourced from free range farms and nearby farmers’ markets to support farming in the region. These suppliers are committed to the emotional and physical wellbeing of their livestock.
Our popular Walkers Butcher Shop lunch menu features our handmade sausages and burgers, as well as chicken, pork and succulent steak cobs.
We look forward to seeing you.
A family business
Walkers Butcher Shop is now run by me, Paul Walker. The shop was a prominent part of my childhood and I began working here with my father on Saturdays from the age of 13. When I left school in 1987, I decided to follow in my father’s footsteps and train as a butcher. For 14 years, my father and I worked side by side, until he retired in 2001.
Walkers Butcher Shop, Est. 1961
My father, Mr Peter Walker, originally opened Walkers Butcher Shop in 1961 on Shaftesbury Street in Derby, where it became a familiar part of daily life in the local community for the next few years.
In the early 1970s, he moved to Nottingham Road, Ripley, then In 1981, Walkers Butcher Shop moved to its present day location, here in Oxford Street, Ripley, where the premises had been used as a butcher shop since the early 1960s. When my father took over, the shop was known for the sale of fancy goods but he began its journey towards selling the high quality cooked and raw meats, as well as cooked lunchtime foods, for which we’re renowned today.
Wayne Walker Quality Meats, Stoke-on-Trent
Davenport St, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire England, ST6 4RB Tel : 01782 817755
Opening hours
Monday 07:00 - 17:30
Tuesday 07:00 - 17:30
Wednesday 07:00 - 17:30
Thursday 07:00 - 17:30
Friday 07:00 - 17:30
Saturday 07:00 - 18:00
Sunday 07:00 - 16:00
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Shopping village plan for derelict pottery factory
ตอบลบA Stoke-on-Trent businessman wants to transform a derelict pottery factory into a shopping village.
Wayne Walker, owner of Wayne Walker Quality Meats, has bought the Grade II* listed Price and Kensington Teapot Works in Longport.
The early 19th Century potbank closed 20 years ago and has fallen into serious disrepair, suffering fires and fly-tipping.
Mr Walker wants the site, which is next to his existing business, to become a "destination" mixed-use scheme.
Historic England has placed the factory on its heritage at risk register due to its condition, and Stoke-on-Trent City Council has previously taken enforcement action against its former owner.
Revealing his plans in a Facebook video, Mr Walker said he had been working on the project for more than two years, and had recently bought the site.
"It’s going to be absolutely fantastic. We’ve got loads of great plans for it, a cash and carry, a restaurant, a gaming hub. We’ll be developing that whole site."
"We’re still going to keep the heritage of the site, and use the building to its full potential."
A Stoke-on-Trent City Council spokesperson said: “We are committed to protecting and enhancing the heritage of our city and welcome working with the new owner of Price and Kensington to regenerate the site.”
This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.
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Derelict pottery factory in Stoke-on-Trent could become 'destination' shopping village
ตอบลบA Stoke-on-Trent businessman has unveiled plans to transform a derelict pottery factory into a major shopping village.
Wayne Walker, owner of Wayne Walker Quality Meats, has purchased the Grade II*-listed Price and Kensington Teapot Works in Longport, and has revealed his ambitions for the site.
Mr Walker wants to bring the whole site back into use as a 'destination' mixed-use scheme, with a discount cash-and-carry along with a raft of other shops. A 'vision document' includes proposals for a beer warehouse, a butchers, green grocers, florists, craft shops, along with restaurants and cafes. There could also be apartments, a performance area, artists' studios and a museum.
The potbank, which dates back to the early 19th century, closed 20 years ago and since then it has fallen into serious disrepair, with repeated fires and fly-tipping taking place. Historic England has placed the factory on its heritage at risk register and Stoke-on-Trent City Council has previously taken enforcement action against its former owner.
Mr Walker, whose existing business lies next to the potbank, says he has been working with the city council and other organisations on his plans, which he revealed in Facebook video.
He said: "We've been working on this project for two-and-a-half years. We've finally signed the deal for the new site about three weeks ago. We've actually purchased the Price Kensington site. It's going to be absolutely fantastic. We've got loads of great plans for it – a cash-and-carry, a restaurant, a gaming hub. We'll be developing that whole site.
"It's going to look a lot better as soon as we put the roof on it. We're still going to keep the heritage of the site, and use the building to its full potential.
"We're working very closely with the council and everyone else – it's taking a long time, it's very frustrating, but hopefully we'll be going there very soon and we can start putting this building back together."
The city council took former owner Charles Lewis and Co to court in 2019 after it had failed to comply with an improvement notice, which resulted in £1,000 fine. The authority also had to demolish part of the potbank which was deemed unsafe. Charles Lewis and Co received a £72,000 fine following further enforcement action in 2021.
Mr Walker had previously hinted at his plans for the Price and Kensington site, when a CGI of a restored factory was included in a planning application to turn neighbouring land into a car park for Wayne Walker Quality Meats last year.
Council leader Jane Ashworth, who is also ward councillor for Burslem, said: "I've been chatting with Wayne about this for a while, and I think it's absolutely fantastic what he's doing. Here we have a successful local business person who is looking to turn around this site, and he's already made great strides with the work he's done with the area in front. This is just what we need.
"Price and Kensington is such an important heritage site, a gateway into Burslem, but it has turned into an eyesore. Hopefully that will change now."
A Stoke-on-Trent City Council spokesperson said: "We are committed to protecting and enhancing the heritage of our city and welcome working with the new owner of Price and Kensington to regenerate the site."
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