R&J’s resident butcher Rex Spence is looking forward to new neighbours in Milton’s historic precinct, as more buildings will soon join the butchery there. PHOTO: NICK BROOKA growing sense of history is being mapped out in a South Otago town, the founder of a replica vintage butchery says. R&J’s Butchery shop founder Rex Spence said the South Otago Heritage Society had plans to add a neighbour to the traditional-style butchery shop by Milton Blokes Shed, and develop a park-style area with new facilities for local collections at Milton’s historic precinct behind Rugby Park. "They’re putting in the money to build quite a big shed," Mr Spence said. Near the butchery and the Blokes Shed, the Milton Volunteer Fire Brigade was planning a new structure to serve as a small museum.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 21, 2026 09:30 UTC