Holder's Brewery Ltd
Holder's Brewery Ltd, Midland Brewery, Nova Scotia Street, Birmingham, West Midlands
Founded in about 1869-1870 by Henry Holder. In 1875, Holder's son, J C (later Sir John) Holder took over the company. Acquired by Mitchells & Butlers Ltd in 1919 and was closed in 1923, the year that Sir John Holder died.
Source: Birmingham Breweries (Joseph McKenna).
The following article about the Swan Hotel, Alcester, and Holder's Brewery, appeared in the November 2016 issue of Local Past, the journal of the Alcester and District Local History Society (ADLHS), and is written by Ian Greig, the editor of the journal. Reproduced by permission of Ian Greig.
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