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<big>'''Fremlins Ltd''', ''Pale Ale Brewery, Earl Street, Maidstone, Kent.''</big> | <big>'''Fremlins Ltd''', ''Pale Ale Brewery, Earl Street, Maidstone, Kent.''</big> | ||
Founded c.1790. | Founded c.1790. Acquired by Ralph Fremlin from the executors of John Heathorn in 1861. Registered as Fremlin Brothers Ltd, a private company, in 1920 and as above in 1928. | ||
Acquired by | Acquired by [[Whitbread & Co. Ltd]] in 1967 with 714 public houses. The Maidstone brewery was closed in October 1972 but brewing continued at the former [[Rigden & Co Ltd]] brewery in Faversham, which Fremlins had acquired in 1948. | ||
After closure, used as a depot until 2003 when redeveloped as the Fremlins Centre. | |||
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File:London Transport bus RT 2.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | File:London Transport bus RT 2.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | ||
File:Earl Street Maidstone.jpg|The view up Earl Street c.1950 | File:Earl Street Maidstone.jpg|The view up Earl Street c.1950 | ||
File:Fremlins dray in front of brewery.jpg | |||
File:FREML007.JPG | File:FREML007.JPG | ||
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File:Fremlins Earl St frontage.JPG|The Earl Street frontage | |||
File:Fremlins Nat Saving Scheme advert.jpg|Fremlins participation in a war time savings scheme | |||
File:Fremlins Maidstone 1970s zmx (2).JPG|From circa 1970 | |||
File:Fremlins Maidstone 1970s zmx (1).JPG|From circa 1970 | |||
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File:Fremlins beer mat RD zmx (1).jpg | |||
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Revision as of 18:48, 1 April 2021
Fremlins Ltd, Pale Ale Brewery, Earl Street, Maidstone, Kent.
Founded c.1790. Acquired by Ralph Fremlin from the executors of John Heathorn in 1861. Registered as Fremlin Brothers Ltd, a private company, in 1920 and as above in 1928.
Acquired by Whitbread & Co. Ltd in 1967 with 714 public houses. The Maidstone brewery was closed in October 1972 but brewing continued at the former Rigden & Co Ltd brewery in Faversham, which Fremlins had acquired in 1948.
After closure, used as a depot until 2003 when redeveloped as the Fremlins Centre.
An assortment of views of the brewery
From the collection of Rod Jones
From the collection of Roy Denison
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