Flower & Sons Ltd

The Old Brewery. Ordnance Survey extract from 1885. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland (http://maps.nls.uk/index.html)

The New Brewery. Ordnance Survey extract from 1913. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland (http://maps.nls.uk/index.html)

George Adlam's 1951 design for their new brewery

An architect's plan for the rebuilding of the brewery in 1951

Olde Swan Hotel, Thames Ditton

Flower & Sons Ltd, Brewery Street (later Birmingham Road), Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

Founded by Edward Fordham Flower in 1831. New brewery built in Birmingham Road in 1874. Registered February 1888.

Acquired by J W Green Ltd of Luton in 1954 who then changed their name to Flowers Breweries Ltd.

The brewery was closed in 1968 when Whitbread merged Flowers with West Country Breweries Ltd to form Whitbread Flowers Ltd. Both breweries demolished.

Read A Social History of Flower's Brewery, by Jonathan Reinarz:

• "A Social History of a Midland Business: Flower & Sons Brewery, 1870-1914 Part I"
• "A Social History of a Midland Business: Flower & Sons Brewery, 1870-1914 Part II"
• "A Social History of a Midland Business: Flower & Sons Brewery, 1870-1914 Part III"
• "A Social History of a Midland Business: Flower & Sons Brewery, 1870-1914 Part IV"

• List of Flower & Sons Ltd pubs

An assortment of views of the brewery.

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  The brewery in 1981.

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  The brewery in 1995 - note the Whitbread corporate identity.

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Advertising, labels, etc

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  Courtesy Roy Denison

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  Courtesy Roy Denison

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  Courtesy Roy Denison

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Entry in the Trade Mark Registry Registration No  : 5,244 Description  : Shakespeare Date of Application  : 29/4/1876 Used Prior to 1875?  : 20 years Registration No  : 5,245 Description  : Shakespeare Date of Application  : 29/4/1876 Used Prior to 1875?  : 20 years Registration No  : 50,492 Description  : Words "Shakespeare Date of Application  : 23/1/1886 Used Prior to 1875?  : 20 years Registration No  : 513,701 Description  : Words "FLOWER DEW" for whisky Date of Application  : 13/06/1930 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO Registration No  : 541,079 Description  : Words "PALX" for beer Date of Application  : 28/04/1933 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO