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[[File:Birmingham M&B Cape Hill.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Birmingham M&B Cape Hill.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Cape Hill.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Beer_-_Mitchells_-_Butlers_-_19510112_Notts_County.jpg|thumb|From a Notts County programme]]
[[File:Beer_-_Mitchells_-_Butlers_-_19510112_Notts_County.jpg|thumb|From a Notts County programme]]
[[File:M&B Cape Hill letterhead.jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1925]]
[[File:M&B 1951.jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1951]]
[[File:M&B 1953.jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1953]]
[[File:Bass M&B.jpg|thumb|Letterhead 1979]]
[[File:M&B.jpg|thumb|Beermats]]
[[File:M&B.jpg|thumb|Beermats]]
[[File:M.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:M.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (2).jpg|thumb]]
[[File:KingsNortonGrantArms_SP_Dec2010.jpg|thumb|Grant Arms, Kings Norton 2010]]
[[File:KingsNortonGrantArms_SP_Dec2010.jpg|thumb|Grant Arms, Kings Norton 2010]]
[[File:SellyParkHighbury_SP_Dec2010.jpg|thumb|Highbury, Selly Park 2010]]
[[File:SellyParkHighbury_SP_Dec2010.jpg|thumb|Highbury, Selly Park 2010]]
[[File:SmethwickBlueGates_SP_Dec2010.jpg|thumb|Blue Gates, Smethwick 2010]]
[[File:SmethwickBlueGates_SP_Dec2010.jpg|thumb|Blue Gates, Smethwick 2010]]
[[File:SparkbrookMarlborough61_SP_Apr2011.jpg|thumb|Marlborough Hotel, Sparkbrook 2011]]
[[File:SparkbrookMarlborough61_SP_Apr2011.jpg|thumb|Marlborough Hotel, Sparkbrook 2011]]
[[File:WorcesterRoyalExchange31_SP_May2013.jpg|thumb|Royal Exchange, Worcester, 2013]]
[[File:WorcesterEagle26_SP_May2013.jpg|thumb|Eagle, Worcester, 2013]]
[[File:ShirleyColebrook2a_SP_06082016.jpg|thumb|Colebrook pub, Shirley]]
[[File:KidderminsterHopkins3b_MBrown_Feb2019.jpg|thumb|Painted sign at Greatfield Road, Kidderminster in 2019 (photo Mike Brown)]]


<big>'''Mitchells & Butlers Ltd''', ''Cape Hill Brewery, Cape Hill, Smethwick, West Midlands.''</big>
The result of the merger between [[Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd]] of Broad Street, Birmingham and [[Henry Mitchell & Co. Ltd]] of Cape Hill, Smethwick in 1898 to form '''Mitchells & Butlers Ltd'''. M&B merged with [[Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd]] in 1961 to form [[Bass, Mitchells & Butlers Ltd]].
Interbrew bought the Bass breweries in 2001. The Cape Hill Brewery was then sold to Coors, who closed it in 2002.


<big>'''Mitchells & Butlers Ltd''', ''Cape Hill Brewery, Cape Hill, Smethwick, West Midlands.''</big>
* '''[[Mitchells & Butlers Ltd - Acquisition History]]'''
* '''[[M&B Cape Hill Brewery - 2002|2002 closure visit to M&B's Cape Hill Brewery in Birmingham]]'''
* '''[[William Waters Butler]]'''


Registered in January 1895.


Result of the merger between [[Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd]] and [[Henry Mitchell & Co. Ltd]]. with 130 houses in 1898 to form Mitchells & Butlers Ltd.
===Pubs===


* '''[[Mitchells & Butlers pubs in Birmingham]]'''
* '''[[Mitchells & Butlers pubs in the Black Country and Staffordshire]]'''
* '''[[Mitchells & Butlers pubs in Coventry and Warwickshire]]'''
* '''[[Mitchells & Butlers pubs in Worcestershire]]'''
* '''[[Mitchells & Butlers pubs in Other Parts]]'''


'''Views of the brewery:'''
===Views of the brewery===


<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Cape Hill coppers 1929.jpg
File:Cape Hill coppers 1929.jpg
File:Cape Hill yard.jpg
File:Cape Hill yard.jpg
File:Cape Hill.jpg
File:M&B Cape Hill 1958.jpg
File:M&B Cape Hill 1958.jpg
File:M&B Cape Hill.jpg
File:M&B Cape Hill.jpg
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</gallery>
</gallery>


 
===Labels, etc===
'''Images of the brewery taken in 2002:'''


<gallery>
<gallery>
File:M&B Cape Hill 2002 1.jpg
File:M&B RD zcx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:M&B Cape Hill 2002 2&3 aa.jpg
File:M&B RD zcx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:M&B Cape Hill 2002 2&3.jpg
File:M&B RD zmx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:M&B Cape Hill 2002 2.jpg
File:M&B RD zmx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:M&B Cape Hill 2002 coppers 2.jpg
File:M&B RD zmx (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
File:M&B Cape Hill 2002 coppers.jpg
File:M&B RD zmxc (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (50).jpg  
File:M&B RD zmxc (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (49).jpg  
File:M&B RD zmxc (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (48).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (47).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (46).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (45).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (44).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (43).jpg
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M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (31).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (30).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (29).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (28).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (27).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (26).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (25).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (24).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (23).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (22).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (21).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (20).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (19).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (17).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (16).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (15).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (14).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (13).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (12).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (11).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (10).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (9).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (8).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (7).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (6).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (5).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (4).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (3).jpg  
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (2).jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (1).jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>


 
===Transport===
'''Transport:'''


<gallery>
<gallery>
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File:M&B Carnival.jpg
File:M&B Carnival.jpg
File:M&B Leyland 53.jpg
File:M&B Leyland 53.jpg
File:M&BLeylandBeaver_BassMuseum2022a_SP.jpg|The Leyland Beaver is garaged at the National Brewery Museum
</gallery>
===Letterheads===
<gallery>
File:M&B Cape Hill letterhead.jpg|Letterhead 1925
File:M&B 1951.jpg|Letterhead 1951
File:M&B 1953.jpg|Letterhead 1953
File:Bass M&B.jpg|Letterhead 1979
</gallery>
</gallery>




{{Trade Mark |regno = 289,872 |date=16/01/1907|desc=Old man and glass|seventy=NO}}
{{Trade Mark |regno = 289,872 |date=16/01/1907|desc=Old man and glass|seventy=NO}}
[[category:West Midlands]]

Latest revision as of 17:20, 16 July 2022

M & B Colour Cape Hill.jpg
Birmingham M&B Cape Hill.jpg
Cape Hill.jpg
From a Notts County programme
Beermats
M.jpg
M&BG Cape Hill 2002 (2).jpg
Grant Arms, Kings Norton 2010
Highbury, Selly Park 2010
Blue Gates, Smethwick 2010
Marlborough Hotel, Sparkbrook 2011
Royal Exchange, Worcester, 2013
Eagle, Worcester, 2013
Colebrook pub, Shirley
Painted sign at Greatfield Road, Kidderminster in 2019 (photo Mike Brown)

Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill Brewery, Cape Hill, Smethwick, West Midlands.

The result of the merger between Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd of Broad Street, Birmingham and Henry Mitchell & Co. Ltd of Cape Hill, Smethwick in 1898 to form Mitchells & Butlers Ltd. M&B merged with Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd in 1961 to form Bass, Mitchells & Butlers Ltd.

Interbrew bought the Bass breweries in 2001. The Cape Hill Brewery was then sold to Coors, who closed it in 2002.


Pubs

Views of the brewery

  • Cape Hill coppers 1929.jpg
  • Cape Hill yard.jpg
  • M&B Cape Hill 1958.jpg
  • M&B Cape Hill.jpg
  • M & B (1).jpg
  • M & B aa (1).jpg
  • M & B aa (2).jpg
  • M & B aa (3).jpg
  • M & B aa (4).jpg
  • M & B aa (5).jpg
  • M & B aa (6).jpg
  • M & B aa (7).jpg
  • M & B aa (8).jpg
  • M & B aa (9).jpg
  • M & B aa (10).jpg
  • M & B aa (11).jpg
  • M & B aa (12).jpg
  • M & B aa (13).jpg
  • M & B aa (14).jpg
  • M & B aa (15).jpg
  • M & B aa (16).jpg
  • M & B aa (17).jpg
  • M & B aa (18).jpg
  • M & B aa (19).jpg
  • M & B aa (20).jpg
  • M & B aa (21).jpg
  • M & B aa (22).jpg
  • M & B aa (23).jpg
  • M & B aa (24).jpg

Labels, etc

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

Transport

  • Cape Hill siding.jpg
  • M&B 2.jpg
  • M&B 53.jpg
  • M&B Carnival.jpg
  • M&B Leyland 53.jpg
  • The Leyland Beaver is garaged at the National Brewery Museum

    The Leyland Beaver is garaged at the National Brewery Museum

Letterheads

  • Letterhead 1925

    Letterhead 1925

  • Letterhead 1951

    Letterhead 1951

  • Letterhead 1953

    Letterhead 1953

  • Letterhead 1979

    Letterhead 1979


Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 289,872
Description  : Old man and glass
Date of Application  : 16/01/1907
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO
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