Flowers Breweries Ltd

Messrs. J.W. Green Ltd., New (Phoenix) Brewery, Luton, Beds. Brewers’ Journal 15th August 1900

Letterhead in 1923

Letterhead after the name change

Letterhead 1956

Six Bells, Woodchurch, Kent

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.

• 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)

An assortment of views of the brewery.

• 

  The brewery in 1955

• 

  A Green's pub in the 1930s

• 

  The brewery in the 1970s

• 

  An image from Keith Hayward, July 2006, of the JW Green sign on the former offices (now demolished).

• 

  The Wheelwrights Arms in 2006

• 

  The existing remains of the brewery offices

An assortment of labels from the company

• 
• 
• 
• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

• 

  Courtesy Roy Denison

Entry in the Trade Mark Registry Registration No  : 180,482 Description  : Lutonian Pale Ale & stout and signature Date of Application  : Used Prior to 1875?  : NO Registration No  : 518,399 Description  : Man sitting on a barrel Date of Application  : 04/12/1930 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO