The Bread Basket, Holyhead

Image: © Jaggery Taken: 26 Mar 2012

Bakery at 3 Church Terrace. A plaque on the wall states that this has been a family-run business since 1886. In view of NEW CHESTER HOUSE CAFE on the wall, perhaps the business began elsewhere. The empty shop on the left was formerly a post office. Update July 2012. The following information is from Dr Colin Kirkpatrick: "This building was named after Chester House, which used to be on the corner of Cecil Street and London Road. Chester House was a bakery, grocery shop, and later a sub-post office and off-license. But the bakery was the hub of the business and provided products for many local shops as well as for the mail-boats that plied the Irish Sea. It was originally owned by Mr Joseph Evans (d. 1972). He lived at a house called "Fron Haul" near Valley, on the Valley-Trearddur Bay Road and won many national and international awards for his baking skills. The company was later managed by his son Mr Glyn Evans (1907-1991) who lived with his family at a house called “The Rest” (now demolished) on Newry Beach, on the corner of Waltthew Avenue and St David's Road. The Rest incidentally, was for a time a café and restaurant and part of the same company. The restaurant was managed by the wife of Glyn Evans, Mrs. Lillias Evans (1905-1991) who also oversaw the management of New Chester House and the shop in Stanley Street. New Chester House was designed as a second bakery outlet and was bought by Glyn Evans in the mid 1950s. It also contained a large cafe and an upstairs room that was often used for wedding receptions. Mr Glyn Evans sold the entire business (including Chester House, New Chester House and another outlet at 12 Stanley Street) about 1976."

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