More than Biscuits, Beer and Bulbs – Reading’s Other Industries Talk
with Jo Alexander Jones
While Reading is rightly renowned for its baking, brewing and seed businesses, the town had many lesser-known industries that brought with them prosperity and just as importantly jobs, for the wider population. In a time when most companies were privately owned, we will explore a number of these companies and the people who owned them covering industries such as printing, ironworking and brickmaking; names like Cox and Wyman, Katesgrove Foundry and Poulton’s Waterloo Kiln Brickworks.
After the talk, tea/coffee and cake will be available (included in the price).
Pre-booking is preferred, but you can pay on the door, if there are spaces available.
2-3.30pm
Image: Cox and Wyman – courtesy of Jo Alexander Jones
About Berkshire Family History Society
This talk is organised by Berkshire Family History Society CIO, a registered charity number 1204390.
