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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: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:Falcon Ale 1900s.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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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. Brewery closed 28th February 1968 and has been demolished.


* '''[[List of E. Lacon & Co. Ltd. pubs]]'''
* '''[[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
* 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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Image:Lacon Gt Yarmouth 2&3.jpg
File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth 2&3.jpg
Image:Lacon Gt Yarmouth 4.jpg
File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth 4.jpg
Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores.jpg  
File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores.jpg  
Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores 3.jpg  
File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores 3.jpg  
Lacon Great Yarmouth.jpg  
File:Lacon Great Yarmouth.jpg  
Lacon Great Yarmouth Church Plain.jpg
File:Lacon Great Yarmouth Church Plain.jpg
Lacons Hopton St Peter 1972.jpg
File:Lacons Hopton St Peter 1972.jpg
Lacon signs.jpg
File:Lacon signs.jpg
Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores + Eye.jpg  
File:Lacon Gt Yarmouth stores + Eye.jpg  
File:Lacons RD zx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
</gallery>
File:Lacons RD zx (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
 
File:Lacons RD zx (3).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
 
'''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>




[[Category:Norfolk]]
[[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


Labels, etc