Doris Pardoe, Old Swan Brewery
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Doris C Pardoe, Old Swan Brewery, 89 Halesowen Road, Netherton, West Midlands
A home-brew house founded in 1835. This was one of just four historic home-brew houses which survived into the 1970s.
Fred Pardoe took up the tenancy in 1932, and after his death, his widow Doris ran the pub and brewery until her death in 1984.
Acquired by Hoskins Ltd of Leicester 1987 and was sold to the Wiltshire Brewery, Tisbury.
Brewing ceased 1993 but restarted in 2001 following extensive refurbishment by Punch Taverns.
An assortment of images of the brewery
An assortment of views of the brewery taken in 2003. Courtesy Jeff Sechiari