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<big>'''Border Breweries (Wrexham) Ltd, '''''Nag's Head Brewery, Mount Street, Wrexham, Clwyd.''</big>
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Registered June 1931 to acquire: [[F. W. Soames & Co. Ltd]] (in liquidation), Nag's Head Brewery: The [[Island Green Brewery Co. Ltd]]. and [[Dorsett, Owen & Co]], Oswestry.  
<big>'''Border Breweries (Wrexham) Ltd''', ''Nags Head Brewery, Mount Street, Wrexham, Clwyd.''</big>
 
Registered June 1931 to acquire: [[F. W. Soames & Co. Ltd]], Nags Head Brewery, Wrexham; the [[Island Green Brewery Co. Ltd]], Wrexham; and [[Dorsett, Owen & Co]], Oswestry. Brewing was concentrated at the Nags Head site and surrounding land.


Public company registered 1938.  
Public company registered 1938.  


Acquired by [[Marston, Thompson & Evershed Ltd]]. in November 1984 with 170 public houses and brewing ceased.
In 1984, [[Marston, Thompson & Evershed Ltd]] and [[Burtonwood Brewery Co.(Forshaws) Ltd]] battled for control of Border Breweries and its 170 public houses. Whitbread who owned 19% of Border and 35% of Marstons backed the Marston bid. Despite public statements to the contrary, the Border Brewery was closed down six months after the sale in October 1984.
 
The Nags Head pub, part of the original Soames brewery, is still trading as a Marston's house.
 
'''[[List of Border Breweries (Wrexham) Ltd pubs]]'''


'''Images of the brewery'''


'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''
<gallery>
<gallery>
Border.jpg  
Border Wrexham 1995.jpg|1995
Border Wrexham 1995.jpg |The brewery in 1995
WrexhamBorderBry2017aa_SP_Aug2017.jpg|2017
Border Wrexham -21.jpg  
WrexhamBorderBry2017bbb_SP_Aug2017.jpg|2017
</gallery>
</gallery>
'''Images of the brewery taken on a BHS visit in 2013:'''
<gallery>
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (1).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (3).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (4).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (5).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (9).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (11).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (12).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (13).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (15).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (17).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (19).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (21).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (41).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (42).JPG
File:Wrexham Oct 2013 (43).JPG
</gallery>
'''Some examples of products of the brewery'''
<gallery>
File:Border Ales Wales RD zx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Border Ales Wales RD zx (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Border Ales Wales RD zx (3).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Border Ales Wales RD zx (4).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Border Ales Wales RD zx (5).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Border Ales Wales RD zx (6).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Border Ales Wales RD zx (7).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Border Ales Wales RD zx (8).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
</gallery>
[[category:Wales]]

Latest revision as of 14:59, 26 May 2020

Border Ad 1b.jpg
Border Ad 1a.jpg
Border Wrexham -21.jpg
Border.jpg

Border Breweries (Wrexham) Ltd, Nags Head Brewery, Mount Street, Wrexham, Clwyd.

Registered June 1931 to acquire: F. W. Soames & Co. Ltd, Nags Head Brewery, Wrexham; the Island Green Brewery Co. Ltd, Wrexham; and Dorsett, Owen & Co, Oswestry. Brewing was concentrated at the Nags Head site and surrounding land.

Public company registered 1938.

In 1984, Marston, Thompson & Evershed Ltd and Burtonwood Brewery Co.(Forshaws) Ltd battled for control of Border Breweries and its 170 public houses. Whitbread who owned 19% of Border and 35% of Marstons backed the Marston bid. Despite public statements to the contrary, the Border Brewery was closed down six months after the sale in October 1984.

The Nags Head pub, part of the original Soames brewery, is still trading as a Marston's house.

List of Border Breweries (Wrexham) Ltd pubs

Images of the brewery


Images of the brewery taken on a BHS visit in 2013:

Some examples of products of the brewery