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Alan and Mavis's 5 children all helped out in the shop before and after school and
eventually Alan's sons began their apprenticeships. The family opened
up a second store diagonally across the street on Given Terrace
(now Turkish Restaurant "Harem" - next to the Kookaburra Cafe) along with stores in Spring Hill
and Everton Park.
1960s
When Alan's oldest son Dennis Spencer - a Vietnam Veteran who served with D Company in the iconic Battle Of Long Tan - returned from service, they sold the Spring Hill
and Everton Park butcher shops. They opened a new shop at Baroona Rd in Milton, which Dennis ran. Alan continued running the Latrobe Terrace shop and Shaun's father Mick
Spencer took over the running of the Given Terrace shop.
In 1971, Mick opened a new Spencer's Meats at the Barry
Park Drive Shopping Centre in the newly developing surburb of The Gap. Alan
closed the Latrobe Tce store and took over the Given Tce location.
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