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houses: The Crooked Billet, The Crown, The Hope and Anchor and The
Railway Hotel.

It was sold to Breakspear’s in 1914, but they only wanted its tied properties
and the Brewery itself closed early in the 1914-18 war.

Continue along Broad Street to:-

6. The Brewery Tap, 13 Broad Street, last mentioned in 1901, now Zizzi
Restaurant

The Brewery Tap was next door to
The Shades and probably interlinked:
they were both used as a direct outlet
for the Wokingham Brewery, behind
these buildings.

At the end of Broad Street:-

7. The George, 5 Broad Street, pre-1668, now Sterling Place.

This was an Inn with stables and a
yard.

It was originally called The
Georges.

Cross the road. Opposite is Clarks shoe shop:-

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