Mitchells & Butlers Ltd: Difference between revisions

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From a Notts County programme

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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.

Acquisition History

In 1899, they acquired Alfred Homer Ltd's brewery of Aston with about 39 pubs.

In 1913, they acquired Cheshire's Brewery Ltd, Windmill Brewery, Smethwick.

They acquired George Jones (Bordesley) with about 10 houses in 1913.

Holder's Brewery Ltd of Birmingham was acquired in 1919 with over 200 pubs, and was closed in 1923.

The tied houses of John Jordan & Co, Oldbury were acquired in 1920.

Highgate & Walsall Brewery Co. Ltd was acquired in August 1939 with about 30 tied houses. This brewery was not closed by M&B, and was later sold off to its management.

On 1 June 1942, they acquired Joseph Henry Davies of Netherton with 11 houses.

A H Clarke (Wellington)'s brewery; and Thompson's Brewery Ltd of Studley (with 5 pubs) were both acquired in 1945.

They acquired the Darlaston brewery of James Pritchard & Son in 1946.

In 1949, they acquired Thatcher's Brewery Ltd of Newport, Gwent with 20 tied houses.

They acquired Darby's Brewery Ltd of Greets Green in 1951 with over 100 public houses and closed it in 1968.

Atkinson's Brewery Ltd of Aston were acquired in 1959 with about 200 pubs, and the brewery was closed in 1962.

In 1960, they acquired William Butler & Co. Ltd of Wolverhampton with about 830 tied houses. Brewing continued here until 1991.

M&B merged with Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd in 1961 to form Bass, Mitchells & Butlers Ltd.

In 1965, they acquired Hunt, Edmunds & Co. Ltd of Banbury with 187 public houses. Brewing ceased there on 1 May 1967.

The Cape Hill Brewery was closed in 2002.

2002 closure visit to M&B's Cape Hill Brewery in Birmingham

List of Mitchells & Butlers Ltd. pubs

William Waters Butler

Courtesy Roy Denison
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Views of the brewery:

Transport:

Letterheads:

Letterhead 1925
Letterhead 1951
Letterhead 1953
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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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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Registration No : 289,872
Description : Old man and glass
Date of Application : 16/01/1907
Used Prior to 1875? : NO