Many people in Exeter will remember “Wheatons” and many will have a connection with the company either having worked for them or had family and friends who have worked for them. This book is a must have for all those interested in Wheatons and Exeter’s history. Wheatons – booksellers, stationers, educational publishers and printersOne of Exeter’s oldest companies, Wheatons has origins traceable to 1780. Originally based in Fore Street and extending through to Bartholomew Street, the printing works moved to the Marsh Barton Trading Estate from 1967. The company was acquired by Robert Maxwell’s Pergamon Press, Oxford in 1966. In the following years the business expanded to employ some 500 staff providing skilled and well paid publishing and print industry jobs in Exeter. Wheatons continued under the ownership of the British Printing & Communications Corporation (BPCC), the Polestar Group and finally a management buyout team.The UK printing industry declined because of market and technical changes following the advent of the digital age and online publishing. Wheatons finally closed in 2017 adding to the long list of venerable names in the former British book production industry. As well as the history of Wheatons in Exeter, the publication contains a detailed account of the technical processes used within the printing company over the years.The book also tells the story of the AJW Motorcycle Manufacturing Company based in Exeter, which John Wheaton founded in 1926 prior to joining the printing company after World War II.