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[[File:PakefieldTramwayHotel2019cc_SP_May2019.jpg|thumb|Tramway Hotel, Pakefield]] | |||
[[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]] | |||
[[File:Lacon 1955.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:Lacon 1955.jpg|thumb]] | ||
[[File:Lacons sign on disused London Pub.jpg|thumb|Builders Arms (former), 140 St Pauls Road, Islington, London N1]] | [[File:Lacons sign on disused London Pub.jpg|thumb|Builders Arms (former), 140 St Pauls Road, Islington, London N1]] | ||
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Founded 1640 and acquired by Lacons 1760. Registered April 1894 with 204 tied houses. Public company formed 1952. | 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. | Acquired by [[Whitbread & Co. Ltd]]. December 1965 with 354 public houses. Brewery closed 28th February 1968 and has been demolished. | ||
* '''[[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]]''' | |||
* ''' | * 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 | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth 2&3.jpg | |||
File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth 4.jpg | |||
Lacons Hopton St Peter 1972.jpg | File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores.jpg | ||
Lacon signs.jpg | File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores 3.jpg | ||
Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores.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> | |||
File:Falcon Ale 1900s.jpg|Falcon Ale | |||
File:Lacons RD zx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Lacons RD zx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
File:Lacons RD zx (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Latest revision as of 11:16, 20 April 2022
An Ordnance Survey extract from 1904. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
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.
- 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
- 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
Labels, etc
Falcon Ale
Courtesy Roy Denison
Courtesy Roy Denison
Courtesy Roy Denison
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