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25 March 2024

  • curprev 11:4711:47, 25 March 2024SteveP talk contribs 6,155 bytes +6,155 Created page with "'''<big>From Trainee Chemist to Master Brewer: Walter Showell's Crosswells Brewery</big>''' '''By Steve James''' * Showell's Brewery Co. Ltd Walter Showell was born in Birmingham in 1832, where he spent his formative years with his aunt at Ashted Row. He started his career as a trainee chemist and moved to Oldbury, where he joined Charles Tonge as an apprentice at his chemist's shop in Birmingham Street. In 1854, he met and married Sarah Harthill, the daughter of..."