I was asked to open a unique event at the Town Hall on Saturday morning. Debbie Hearn, the food journalist with the Newbury Weekly News has been researching fruits famous and rare for some years now. She discovered that the country's most popular pear 'Williams' pear was bread by the headteacher of the Aldermaston primary school in the early 1700s.
To celebrate this event she organised a day of pear promotion, and assisted by Newbury Town Council and the Thames Valley Farmers Market an array of tempting pear dishes and rare fruits was on display to the public. shops and cafes around town were also encouraged to put some unusual pear recipes on their menus for the day.
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