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[[image:Gibbs Mew Salisbury 1955.jpg |thumb]] | [[image:Gibbs Mew Salisbury 1955.jpg|thumb|1955]] | ||
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[[File:Gibbs Mew (2).jpg|thumb]] | [[File:Gibbs Mew (2).jpg|thumb|1991]] | ||
[[image:Gibbs mew pub salisbury.jpg|thumb|A Salisbury pub]] | [[image:Gibbs mew pub salisbury.jpg|thumb|A Salisbury pub]] | ||
[[File:Gibbs Blue Keg.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:Gibbs Blue Keg.jpg|thumb]] | ||
<big>'''Gibbs, Mew & Co. Ltd,''' ''Anchor Brewery, Gigant Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire''</big> | |||
Founded at the Swan, Haslemere, Surrey c.1750. George Bridger Gibbs became a partner in Fawcett's Brewery 1838 and moved to the Anchor Brewery, Salisbury in 1858. Registered in May 1898 to acquire Bridger Gibbs & Son and [[Herbert Mew]]'s brewery. They also acquired [[William Rossiter (Bath)]]'s Royal Oak Brewery. | |||
In June 1960, they bought [[Lancashire Clubs Federation Brewery Ltd]] to produce keg beer for Northern clubs. In 1994, they bought the PubCo '''Centric Inns'''. This added Centric's 197 pubs to Gibbs' 121 pubs at the time. | |||
In 1997, they closed their Salisbury brewery and became a PubCo themselves. Gibbs Mew beers were initially brewed by Ushers of Trowbridge. In 2011, the company with its 310 tied houses was sold to Enterprise Inns. Some buildings remain, but most of the brewery site has been redeveloped. | |||
* '''[[List of Gibbs Mew & Co Ltd pubs]]''' | |||
'''Views of the brewery:''' | |||
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Gibbs Mew staff c 1895a.jpg|The staff circa 1895 | |||
Gibbs Mew 1970s -22.jpg|1970s | Gibbs Mew 1970s -22.jpg|1970s | ||
Salisbury 1989 (7).jpg|1989 | Salisbury 1989 (7).jpg|1989 | ||
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Gibbs Mew 1991.jpg|1991 | Gibbs Mew 1991.jpg|1991 | ||
Gibbs Mew 1.jpg | Gibbs Mew 1.jpg | ||
File:Salisbury Gibbs Mew old photo.jpg | |||
File:WiltsSalisburyGibbsMew1_SP_Oct2000.jpg|2000 | |||
File:WiltsSalisburyGibbsMew2_SP_Oct2000.jpg|2000 | |||
File:SalisburyGibbsMew_1932_CopperDrawing.jpg|Drawing of copper, 1932 | |||
File:SalisburyGibbsMew_1958_CoopersLetter.jpg|Cooper's Letter, 1958 | |||
File: | File:SalisburyGibbsMew_1961_Wages_Proposal.jpg|Wages Proposal, 1961 | ||
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Copper.jpg|Copper | Copper.jpg|Copper | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
'''Labels, publicity, etc:''' | |||
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File:Gibbs Mew Salisbury label zm.jpg | |||
File:Gibbs Mew RD zx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Gibbs Mew RD zx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Gibbs Mew RD zx (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Gibbs Mew RD zx (4).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Gibbs Mew RD zx (5).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Gibbs Mew RD zmx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Gibbs Mew RD zmx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Gibbs Mew RD zmx (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{Trade Mark |regno = 64,579|desc=Barley & crossed hop pockets, words "Purity & strength"|date=4/5/1887|seventy=NO}} | {{Trade Mark |regno = 64,579|desc=Barley & crossed hop pockets, words "Purity & strength"|date=4/5/1887|seventy=NO}} | ||
[[Category:Wiltshire]] | [[Category:Wiltshire]] |
Latest revision as of 21:02, 23 October 2021
Gibbs, Mew & Co. Ltd, Anchor Brewery, Gigant Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Founded at the Swan, Haslemere, Surrey c.1750. George Bridger Gibbs became a partner in Fawcett's Brewery 1838 and moved to the Anchor Brewery, Salisbury in 1858. Registered in May 1898 to acquire Bridger Gibbs & Son and Herbert Mew's brewery. They also acquired William Rossiter (Bath)'s Royal Oak Brewery.
In June 1960, they bought Lancashire Clubs Federation Brewery Ltd to produce keg beer for Northern clubs. In 1994, they bought the PubCo Centric Inns. This added Centric's 197 pubs to Gibbs' 121 pubs at the time.
In 1997, they closed their Salisbury brewery and became a PubCo themselves. Gibbs Mew beers were initially brewed by Ushers of Trowbridge. In 2011, the company with its 310 tied houses was sold to Enterprise Inns. Some buildings remain, but most of the brewery site has been redeveloped.
Views of the brewery:
Within the brewery:
Labels, publicity, etc:
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