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[[File:Lacon 1955.jpg|thumb]]
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[[Image:Lacon Gt Yarmouth 4.jpg|thumb]]  
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[[File:Lacons sign on disused London Pub.jpg|thumb|Oddly, recorded in London's Islington]]
[[File:Lacons sign on disused London Pub.jpg|thumb|Builders Arms (former), 140 St Pauls Road, Islington, London N1]]
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<big>'''E Lacon & Co. Ltd, '''''Falcon Brewery, Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.''</big>
 
 
<big>'''E Lacon & Co. Ltd''', ''Falcon Brewery, Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.''</big>


Founded 1640 and acquired by Lacons 1760.  
Founded 1640 and acquired by Lacons 1760.  
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Brewery closed 28th February 1968 and has been demolished.
Brewery closed 28th February 1968 and has been demolished.


[[List of E. Lacon & Co. Ltd. pubs]]
* '''[[List of E. Lacon & Co. Ltd. pubs]]'''
 


'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''
'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''
<gallery>
<gallery>
Lacons Hopton St Peter 1972.jpg
Lacons Hopton St Peter 1972.jpg
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[[File:Falcon Ale 1900s.jpg|150px]]
[[File:Falcon Ale 1900s.jpg|150px]]
[[Category:Norfolk]]
[[Category:Norfolk]]

Revision as of 11:30, 16 May 2019

Lacon 1955.jpg
Lacon Gt Yarmouth 4.jpg
Builders Arms (former), 140 St Pauls Road, Islington, London N1
Lacon Gt Yarmouth 2&3.jpg


E Lacon & Co. Ltd, Falcon Brewery, Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Founded 1640 and acquired by Lacons 1760.

Registered April 1894 with 204 tied houses.

Public company formed 1952.

Acquired by Whitbread & Co. Ltd. December 1965 with 354 public houses.

Brewery closed 28th February 1968 and has been demolished.


An assortment of images of the brewery

Falcon Ale 1900s.jpg