Frank Richards& Sons

Francis Henry Richards opened his butcher's shop on the first day of 1934, and his grandson Peter cuts there now — three generations on Western Road, one of the few one-family businesses Lewes has kept through everything the town's rents have attempted. The meat ages on the premises, the sausages and pies are made fresh each day behind the counter, and the customer list runs to the town's institutions: the Brewers Arms, and Harvey's itself. Open from half past seven most mornings, seven on Fridays and Saturdays, shut by mid-afternoon — the hours of a shop that starts when the day's work actually starts.