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Oakley and Watling (From Daily Echo)
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Oakley and Watling, High Street, Southampton
in Locations
By Dan Kerins, Digital Editor
The Oakley and Watling building in Southampton High Street
Now an Indian restaurant, the building's facade still gives a hint of what used to go on here.
Look up at the building and you'll notice that it is decorated with stone fruit.
Back in 1912, this was Oakley and Watling, which provided all the fresh fruit and produce for the ships at Southampton docks.
All the meals that were prepared on board Titanic were done using fruit and vegetables that came from this building.
Though this is now an Indian restaurant, fruit is still delivered from the area at the rear of the building and a new fresh fruit and veg market is planned for the site, too.
