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<big>'''Blue Anchor Inn,''' ''50 Coinagehall Street, Helston, Cornwall.''</big>


== '''Blue Anchor Inn,''' ''50 Coinagehall Street, Helston, Cornwall.'' ==
A legendary home-brew house founded by 1400 as a monastic foundation and which became an inn by the 18th Century. The exact foundation date of the brewery is unknown, but is likely to be mid 19th century or earlier.


The brewery is still in operation.


Home brew house founded by 1400 as a monastic foundation and became an inn by the 18th Century.  
* Watch: '''A day in the life of the brewers of Helston''' - A 1982 documentary film (26 mins): https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-a-day-in-the-life-of-the-brewers-of-helston-1982-online
 
Still in operation.




'''Views of the brewery'''
'''Views of the brewery'''
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File:Blue Anchor Helston 2005 zmv (2).jpg|The brewery in 2005.
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File:Blue Anchor Helston 2005 zmv (4).jpg|The brewery in 2005.
File:Blue Anchor Helston 2005 zmv (1).jpg|The brewery in 2005.
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File:Helston Cornwall Blue Anchor.jpg|The brewery in 1975. Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Helston Cornwall the Blue Anchor 23 July 1975.jpg|The brewery in 1975. Courtesy Roy Denison
File:HelstonBlueAnchor199306a_SP_June1993.jpg|1993
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'''Views of the brewery during a BHS visit 2017'''
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File:Blue Anchor RD zx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
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Latest revision as of 19:45, 8 July 2023

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Blue Anchor Inn, 50 Coinagehall Street, Helston, Cornwall.

A legendary home-brew house founded by 1400 as a monastic foundation and which became an inn by the 18th Century. The exact foundation date of the brewery is unknown, but is likely to be mid 19th century or earlier.

The brewery is still in operation.


Views of the brewery

Views of the brewery in 2004


Views of the brewery during a BHS visit 2017