One of Ascot's best-known characters, Colin Lewis, of C E Lewis butchers in Ascot High Street, sadly past away on 15th July 2019 aged 82 years.
Friends and relatives have described Colin as a great man and a ray of sunshine in Ascot, who was only ever kind to everyone he met. Many will remember meeting him in the street, to be greeted with “Lovely Day!", even if is was pouring with rain!
Colin was the son of a butcher, William Lewis, based in Westfield Old Woking,where the business was set up in 1931. He left school at 14 to join the family business and then moved to Sunningdale in the 1950’s and then to Ascot in the 1960’s - where he has successfully operated his business ever since and been at the heart of Ascot High Street for over 50 years, serving the local community faithfully. In that time, he has seen many businesses come,through recessions,meat scares and rising rents.
HIGH CLASS BUTCHERS IN ASCOT HIGH STREET are looking for full time and part time staff either fully trained or with knowledge and experience of preparing meat Email lawrielyons@googlemail.com Tel. 01344 620481 Colin's motto was “the customer is king" and his legendary Christmas queues down the High Street were testament to his loyal following locally. The shop was his life, his passion, his stage and every day was a new performance - less of a job and more of a vocation in life. It is generally believed that there will never again be a finer butcher.
Over the years he served the Royal Family, other royal families from around the globe, many celebrities and, most importantly, the local people in and around Ascot, with the finest meat money can buy, sourced from small independent farmers.
Colin, friend to many, will be greatly missed in our community.
Colin Lewis 1937 - 2019
Colin's funeral is on Monday 5th August at 2pm, at St. Peter’s church Cranbourne . The hearse will take a route from Ascot high Street from 1.15pm, for a final 'goodbye'.