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<big>''' Flower's Breweries Ltd | [[Image:GREEN.JPG|thumb|Messrs. J.W. Green Ltd., New (Phoenix) Brewery, Luton, Beds. Brewers’ Journal 15th August 1900]] | ||
[[File:Greens Luton.jpg|thumb]] | |||
[[Image:Flowers 2.jpg|thumb|Letterhead in 1923]] | |||
[[Image:Flowers 1.jpg|thumb|Letterhead after the name change]] | |||
[[File:Flowers 1956.jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1956]] | |||
[[File:Flowers mobile bar.jpg|thumb]] | |||
[[File:WoodchurchSixBells2 Front Road JWGreen - Copy.jpg|thumb|Six Bells, Woodchurch, Kent]] | |||
<big>'''Flower's Breweries Ltd (formerly J W Green Ltd), '''''Phoenix Brewery, Park Street West, Luton, Bedfordshire''</big> | |||
Founded by Henry and Frederick Pearman 1857 and sold to | Founded by Henry and Frederick Pearman in 1857 and sold to John William Green in 1869. | ||
Registered September 1897 as J | Registered in September 1897 as J W Green Ltd. | ||
They acquired [[Mowbray & Co. Ltd]] of Grantham in March 1952 with 200 tied houses. | |||
The | The name was changed to '''Flower's Breweries Ltd''' in 1954 when [[Flower & Sons Ltd]] of Stratford-on-Avon were acquired. | ||
Acquired by [[Whitbread & Co. Ltd]] in 1961. | |||
The Phoenix Brewery was closed 1969 when Whitbread's giant new brewery in Oakley Road [[Whitbread Luton]], was opened (this in turn being closed in 1984). Most of the Park Street brewery was demolished in 1977. However, a test plant may still having been brewing at Park Street in the 1990s. | |||
* '''[[List of J W Green Ltd Bedfordshire pubs]]''' | |||
* '''[[List of J W Green Ltd Buckinghamshire pubs]]''' | |||
* '''[[List of J W Green Ltd Hertfordshire pubs]]''' | |||
* '''[[List of J W Green Ltd Lincolnshire (etc) pubs]]''' (1952) | |||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:Flowers 3.jpg|The brewery in 1955 | Image:Flowers 3.jpg|The brewery in 1955 | ||
Image:Flowers 4.jpg|A Green's pub in the 1930s | Image:Flowers 4.jpg|A Green's pub in the 1930s | ||
Image:Flowers 5.jpg|The brewery in the 1970s | Image:Flowers 5.jpg|The brewery in the 1970s | ||
BedsLutonPhoenixBrewery_KHayward_July06.jpg|An image from Keith Hayward, July 2006, of the JW Green sign on the former offices (now demolished). | |||
BedsLutonWheelwrights_SP_July06.jpg|The Wheelwrights Arms in 2006 | |||
File:Green office Luton.jpg|The existing remains of the brewery offices | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
'''An assortment of labels from the company''' | |||
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File:Greens Luton Labels aa (2).png | |||
File:Greens Luton Labels aa (3).png | |||
File:Greens Luton Labels aa (1).png | |||
File:Flowers Brewery Stratford RD zb.jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers Stratford RD zx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers Stratford RD zx (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers Stratford RD zx (3).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers Stratford RD zx (4).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers Stratford RD zx (5).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers Stratford RD zx (6).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Green Luton RD zb (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Green Luton RD zb (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Green Luton RD zb (4).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Green Luton RD zb (5).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Green Luton RD zc.jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Green Luton RD zx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Green Luton RD zx (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Green Luton RD zx (3).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Green Luton RD zx (4).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers beer mat RD zmx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers beer mat RD zmx (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers beer mat RD zmx (3).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers beer mat RD zmx (4).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers beer mat RD zmx (5).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers beer mat RD zmx (6).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers beer mat RD zmx (7).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Flowers beer mat RD zmx (8).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{Trade Mark 2 |regno = 180,482|desc=Lutonian Pale Ale & stout and signature|date=|seventy=NO | |||
|regno2 = 518,399|desc2=Man sitting on a barrel|date2=04/12/1930|seventy2=NO}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:18, 23 October 2021
Flower's Breweries Ltd (formerly J W Green Ltd), Phoenix Brewery, Park Street West, Luton, Bedfordshire
Founded by Henry and Frederick Pearman in 1857 and sold to John William Green in 1869.
Registered in September 1897 as J W Green Ltd.
They acquired Mowbray & Co. Ltd of Grantham in March 1952 with 200 tied houses.
The name was changed to Flower's Breweries Ltd in 1954 when Flower & Sons Ltd of Stratford-on-Avon were acquired.
Acquired by Whitbread & Co. Ltd in 1961.
The Phoenix Brewery was closed 1969 when Whitbread's giant new brewery in Oakley Road Whitbread Luton, was opened (this in turn being closed in 1984). Most of the Park Street brewery was demolished in 1977. However, a test plant may still having been brewing at Park Street in the 1990s.
An assortment of views of the brewery.
An assortment of labels from the company
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