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From today's Reading Chronicle:
A retired cook who made the Queen's wedding cake has just celebrated his 91st birthday and still
shows no signs of slowing down.
Sid Janes from Tilehurst, concocted the royal wedding cake in 1952 when he was working for biscuit
kings Huntley and Palmers in Reading and he retired form there in 1977 after 50 years' service.
He first met Miriam at Huntley and Palmers in 1916, they got together again in 1920 and were married
in 1934. She died last year.
Sid also spent six years in uniform during the Second World War in the army as a gunner in the Royal
Artillery based with an anti-aircraft unit in Iceland and later as a corporal cook in the Army
Catering Corps.
And these days son Keith and daughter in law Lynn say they struggle to keep track of him because he
is always out on his bike or in town to meet up with his former work mates.
Sid, who lived in Katesgrove for 64 years, said: "I have never owned a car. I nearly bought one
once, but my wife said she wouldn't get in it so I didn't bother. I am thankful I can still get
about. There's a lot of people who can't. People use their cars just to go 100 yards to the shops
and end up driving around the whole town just to get home again."
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David Roberts
A retired cook who made the Queen's wedding cake has just celebrated his 91st birthday and still
shows no signs of slowing down.
Sid Janes from Tilehurst, concocted the royal wedding cake in 1952 when he was working for biscuit
kings Huntley and Palmers in Reading and he retired form there in 1977 after 50 years' service.
He first met Miriam at Huntley and Palmers in 1916, they got together again in 1920 and were married
in 1934. She died last year.
Sid also spent six years in uniform during the Second World War in the army as a gunner in the Royal
Artillery based with an anti-aircraft unit in Iceland and later as a corporal cook in the Army
Catering Corps.
And these days son Keith and daughter in law Lynn say they struggle to keep track of him because he
is always out on his bike or in town to meet up with his former work mates.
Sid, who lived in Katesgrove for 64 years, said: "I have never owned a car. I nearly bought one
once, but my wife said she wouldn't get in it so I didn't bother. I am thankful I can still get
about. There's a lot of people who can't. People use their cars just to go 100 yards to the shops
and end up driving around the whole town just to get home again."
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David Roberts