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When travelling, my camera is probably pointed equally at the sublime and the mundane. Whatever catches my eye.

In this case, a former butchery in West Ulverstone, Tasmania, caught my eye as Victoria drove me from our delicious brunch at Hey Buddy to West Ulverstone beach for a wander (albeit relatively brief as the weather turned wet and windy soon after).

untitled #28 [west ulverstone, tasmania, australia, 2023]

We'd only driven about 160m when the shopfront caught my eye, and I asked Victoria to stop so I could take some photos.

I can't explain why I was drawn to it. Maybe it was the eggshell blue tiles. Maybe it was the faded signage. Maybe a combination of the two.

I don't recall if I registered the logo design fully in the moment, but that is definitely a reason I should have been drawn to it. I've included a crop of the detail of the logo (albeit not the best quality at that size) to explain why it was 100% worth stopping, in my opinion.

^{[I originally posted this entry as early access for my Patreon patrons on 22 March 2023].}

Here's a selection of photographs I took in The Shambles - Shambles and Little Shambles - in York during a visit in 2012.

untitled #36 [shambles, york, yorkshire, england, 2012]

untitled #30 [shambles, york, yorkshire, england, 2012]

Though I've visited York multiple times, I didn't know where the name came from.

untitled #27 [shambles, york, yorkshire, england, 2012]

As a vegetarian for almost 30 years, the revelation of where the name originated was interesting.

untitled #35 [little shambles, york, yorkshire, england, 2012]

From Wikipedia: "Shambles" is an obsolete term for an open-air slaughterhouse and meat market. Streets of that name were so called from having been the sites on which butchers killed and dressed animals for consumption.

untitled #28 [shambles, york, yorkshire, england, 2012]

As you can see, even in 2012, that name was no longer descriptive of the shops that populated the area. And on a quick search, the nearby market doesn't sell much meat either.