TOWN TRAIL: "History on a Plate"
The answers to the quiz questions on this trail are as follows:
1. Who ran the shop in 9a Bridge Street?
Answer: James Clack
2. For how long did Amy Higgs run the Golden Cross pub?
Answer: 13 years from 1899 to 1912. It was at 3 Stert Street.
3. When did Charles Williams have his greengrocer’s shop?
Answer: 1903 It was at 32 Stert Street.
4. What was the name of the second butcher at 19 Stert Street?
Answer: Fletcher & Co.
5. What did the James Faulkner Refreshment Rooms become in 1920?
Answer: Became The Café Royal in 1920. (36 Stert Street)
6. Where was the Home & Colonial store in 1920?
Answer: 1 The High Street. Now Allen & Harris.
7. When did the Steam Plough open?
Answer: 1873/4. It was at 10 Broad Street.
8. What sort of rooms were in Station Yard?
Answer: Refreshment Rooms.
9. Who managed J E Cottrell’s Butcher & Fishmonger in 1903?
Answer: Robert Hannah - at 22 & 23 Stert Street
10. Where was Smart’s Fish & Chips?
Answer: 7 The Square. Now Papa John’s.
