Page 2 - A History Of Food And Drink In Wokingham

Introduction

This document highlights the impact food and drink has made in Wokingham Town centre
over the years, and has been produced in support of the UK Heritage Day 2021, for which
the theme is 'Edible England'.
The main sources for the articles come from the following: -

Jim Bell’s excellent document, “Wokingham in the News 1858-1999” which is available from
The Wokingham Society’s web site: -
The Wokingham Society - About Wokingham Society

The Wokingham Town Hall Virtual Museum which can be found here: -

Wokingham's Virtual Museum (wokingham-tc.gov.uk)

And “Wokingham Market Place 1900 – 2019” by Paul King. Information about food and drink
premises in the Market Place has mostly been derived from this book which also has
information about all businesses during this period. The book can be purchased from the
Wokingham Town Hall Information Centre.
Other sources of information, not specifically documented are recorded in Appendix C.

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