Herbert James Has Baked His Last Batch Of Bread At The Obelisk Steam Bakery, Warminster

Thursday 16th March 1989

Herbert James. 

Herbert James is hanging up his apron after
more than 30 years of baking traditional bread.
He has closed the door of the Obelisk Steam
Bakery at Silver Street, Warminster, but says he
will carry on baking his own bread for himself.

“I still want to eat real bread and not the sort of
stuff you buy in a supermarket,” he said. Mr
James made his bread using the old methods of
kneading dough  and moulding by hand before
baking in steam ovens.

The Obelisk Steam Bakery, one of the oldest
bakeries in Wiltshire, is now up for sale. But
Mr James is finding it hard to break the habit of
a lifetime. “I still wake up at four in the morning,”
he said, “but at least I know I don’t have to get up!” 

Mr James’ last batch of bread was made and
delivered out from the Obelisk Steam Bakery
on Saturday 11th March 1989.