Cross Street, Reading, looking southwards to Broad Street, 1887. On the right, at No. 21, William Fossett, tripe dresser. Nos. 22 and 23 appear to be empty, and No. 24, formerly D. A. Sims, antiques dealer, is boarded up. On the right, a hoarding advertises Gamlen Brothers, hatters, and Gunn, the bill poster. On the south side of Broad Street, part of Nos. 116-117, is the Angel Brewery and Brewery Tap of Ferguson and Sons. 1880-1889 : Reading Borough Libraries