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REAL & HOLTON
of
CASTLE CARY
SOMERSET
Est 1936 - 1949
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Real and Holton continued to trade into the 1950s under the name Sparkes of
Cary. This business was the first to use the Roundhouse as a trade mark in Castle Cary. The Roundhouse
was used as the local Lock-Up to secure disorderly prisoners.
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Arthur Real
1886 - 1970
Businessman
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Walter Holton
1873 - 1943
Master Baker and Confectioner
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Left side of picture: Kay Sparkes standing in front of the former Bakehouse door, Castle Cary, Somerset, in
1997.
Right side of picture: The Real and Holton bakehouse staff in the early days before the 1947 Royal Wedding.
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Kay Sparkes beside a poster advertising the exhibition for the Queen and Duke's Diamond Wedding Anniversary.
When Kay attended Buckingham Palace she was able to see a clip of film of the line up of the Wedding Cakes and
spotted the Cake her father had made by Frank Hill, one of his bakers, for the Princess.
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Mr W T Sparkes
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Mr Frank Hill
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Kay Saprkes, author of Royal Icing on the Cake, standing outside the shop in Fore Street where the wedding cake was made for Princess Elizabeth in 1947. The 3 tier wedding cake was personally delivered to Buckingham Palace by Kay's father, Mr Tom Sparkes who owned the business.
This photo was taken in 1953 when the business was then known as Sparkes of Cary.
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The Bakehouse window seen in the distance from the Cart Passage of Fore Street in 2007.
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Mr Frank Hill admires Princess Elizabeth's Wedding Cake he made and decorated in 1947 at the Real & Holton Bakery in Castle Cary, Somerset.
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Right: Entrance to Cart Passage can just be seen in the centre of this picture of Fore Street, Castle Cary,
Somerset.
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The Queen and Duke in their carriage after 60 years of love and marriage.
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Photo copyright © 2008 Leo Kennedy. Used by kind permission.
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