NOSTALGIA: Have a butcher’s at this cheeky message in Boston Market Place 35 years ago

By David Seymour
Published 8th Feb 2022, 17:11 BST
Updated 8th Feb 2022, 17:20 BST
Staff at John Swain's outside the shop in Boston Market Place in 1987.Staff at John Swain's outside the shop in Boston Market Place in 1987.
Staff at John Swain's outside the shop in Boston Market Place in 1987.
A butcher’s in Boston’s Market Place was attracting customers with an unusual ploy 35 years ago.

John Swain’s had added the word ‘SEX’ to its window in white wash paint.

Underneath the notice was a smaller message which said that some of the meats were reduced by 10 per cent.

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