Two quotes from the past week have prompted a couple of Newbury memories for me, from some 50 years ago. The Ford dealer in Newbury before Gowrings was Pass & Co and their showroom was opposite Marks and Spencers in Northbrook Street. My father was the works manager there for years and our entry to the dealership, for my brothers and I, was usually through the showroom and down a pathway full of Fordson tractors to the workshops that were off of West Street. An occasional treat was for my brothers and I to go from his office to Chiver's Bakery in Pembroke Lane to get a original sugar/jam doughnut and a lardie cake to take home for tea. If I try hard enough I can remember what it was like to try to eat the doughnut without licking my lips and the wonderful smell that came from the bakery each time you got anywhere near the place.
You might be interested in a little book written by Frances Berry titled, "The way we were in Dear Old Newbury". ISBN 0 9527860 1 X. I would think that it is no longer in print as it was printed by Pentalith printers in Craven Road who are long gone but perhaps the odd copy may come along on Ebay.
Frances, who I believe is still alive, spent a lot of her youth living in the long East facing terrace which is still there called, in its day, Carnarvon Terrace in West Street and latterly to Pembroke Road where the bakery was situated. She was related as her mother was a daughter of the Chivers family the bakers and small grocers and tells a good tale of her young days. Her father was James Blackford a welder/blacksmith who worked in a building alongside the little Chiver's shop.
You might be interested in a little book written by Frances Berry titled, "The way we were in Dear Old Newbury". ISBN 0 9527860 1 X. I would think that it is no longer in print as it was printed by Pentalith printers in Craven Road who are long gone but perhaps the odd copy may come along on Ebay.
The ISBN appears to be incorrect, but there are a number available at http://www.bookfinder.com if you input title and author. The cheapest is over £17. There are none on eBay.
As far as lardy cakes are concerned, the ones at Hethertons in Bart Street take some beating.
The ISBN appears to be incorrect, but there are a number available at http://www.bookfinder.com if you input title and author. The cheapest is over £17. There are none on eBay.
Might as well save some cash and buy a new copy from the Museum - and then offer it for sale via bookfinder at £16.
Might as well save some cash and buy a new copy from the Museum - and then offer it for sale via bookfinder at £16.
I did buy a copy from the Museum today priced £6.25, which included a specially printed museum carrier bag. It did appear to be the last copy currently in stock, although I was assured that fresh supplies could be obtained.
I keep reading old threads and came across a mention of Pentalith Printers. I knew them quite well. The Boss and (I believe) the girl who became his wife. I was smitten with her at a very young age. She quite rightly preferred the bloke with money.
They printed programmes for the Watermill. many of which are quite interesting from the late 60s/early 70s, (apart from the fact that I am mentioned)....David Suchet had his first professional appearance there. Bill Nighy too. ce
I keep reading old threads and came across a mention of Pentalith Printers. I knew them quite well. The Boss and (I believe) the girl who became his wife. I was smitten with her at a very young age. She quite rightly preferred the bloke with money.
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