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[[Image:Lacon Gt Yarmouth 4.jpg|thumb]]  
[[File:PakefieldTramwayHotel2019cc_SP_May2019.jpg|thumb|Tramway Hotel, Pakefield]]
[[Image:Lacon Gt Yarmouth 2&3.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:GreatYarmouthLacon_OS1904.jpg|thumb|An Ordnance Survey extract from 1904. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html]]
<big>'''E.Lacon & Co. Ltd, '''''Falcon Brewery, Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.''</big>
[[File:Lacon 1955.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Lacons sign on disused London Pub.jpg|thumb|Builders Arms (former), 140 St Pauls Road, Islington, London N1]]


Founded 1640 and acquired by Lacons 1760.  
<big>'''E Lacon & Co. Ltd''', ''Falcon Brewery, Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.''</big>


Registered April 1894 with 204 tied houses.  
Founded 1640 and acquired by Lacons 1760. Registered April 1894 with 204 tied houses. Public company formed 1952.  


Public company formed 1952.  
Acquired by [[Whitbread & Co. Ltd]]. December 1965 with 354 public houses. Brewery closed 28th February 1968 and has been demolished.


Acquired by [[Whitbread & Co. Ltd]]. December 1965 with 354 public houses.  
* '''[[Lacon & Co. Ltd Pubs in Norfolk]]'''
* '''[[Lacon & Co. Ltd Pubs in Suffolk]]'''
* '''[[Lacon & Co. Ltd Pubs in Cambridgeshire]]'''
* '''[[Lacon & Co. Ltd Pubs in Greater London]]'''


Brewery closed 28th February 1968 and has been demolished.
* Watch: '''"From Barley to the Bar"'''. A 1957 colour film (approx 32 mins) which covers malting, hops, brewing, bottling ... and drinking: https://vimeo.com/456115578




'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''
'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''
<gallery>
File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth 2&3.jpg
File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth 4.jpg
File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores.jpg
File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores 3.jpg
File:Lacon Great Yarmouth.jpg
File:Lacon Great Yarmouth Church Plain.jpg
File:Lacons Hopton St Peter 1972.jpg
File:Lacon signs.jpg
File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores + Eye.jpg
</gallery>
'''Labels, etc'''
<gallery>
<gallery>
Lacons Hopton St Peter 1972.jpg|The brewery in 1972
File:Falcon Ale 1900s.jpg|Falcon Ale
Lacon signs.jpg
File:Lacons RD zx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores.jpg  
File:Lacons RD zx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores 3.jpg  
File:Lacons RD zx (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores + Eye.jpg
Lacon Great Yarmouth.jpg
Lacon Great Yarmouth Church Plain.jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>
[[Category:Norfolk]]

Latest revision as of 11:16, 20 April 2022

Tramway Hotel, Pakefield
An Ordnance Survey extract from 1904. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
Lacon 1955.jpg
Builders Arms (former), 140 St Pauls Road, Islington, London N1

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.

  • Watch: "From Barley to the Bar". A 1957 colour film (approx 32 mins) which covers malting, hops, brewing, bottling ... and drinking: https://vimeo.com/456115578


An assortment of images of the brewery

  • Lacon Gt Yarmouth 2&3.jpg
  • Lacon Gt Yarmouth 4.jpg
  • Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores.jpg
  • Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores 3.jpg
  • Lacon Great Yarmouth.jpg
  • Lacon Great Yarmouth Church Plain.jpg
  • Lacons Hopton St Peter 1972.jpg
  • Lacon signs.jpg
  • Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores + Eye.jpg


Labels, etc

  • Falcon Ale

    Falcon Ale

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

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