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[[File:VauxhallBarrett_OldPC.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Howard Webb Collection]]
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<big>'''Plowman, Barrett & Co. Ltd,''''' 87 Wandsworth Road London SW8.''</big>


Founded 1883.  
<big>'''Plowman, Barrett & Co. Ltd''', ''87 Wandsworth Road, London SW8''</big>


Registered 1886 as Barrett's Brewing & Bottling Co. Ltd.  
Founded 1883. Registered 1886 as Barrett's Brewing & Bottling Co. Ltd. Brewery closed by 1904 but later re-emerged as Vauxhall Brewery Co.  New company registered as above February 1907 when they amalgamated with Plowman & Co. Ltd.  
 
Brewery closed by 1904 but later re-emerged as Vauxhall Brewery Co.  New company registered as above February 1907 when they amalgamated with Plowman & Co. Ltd.  


Acquired by the [[Wenlock Brewery Co. Ltd]]. 1951 when bottlers and mineral waters producer.
Acquired by the [[Wenlock Brewery Co. Ltd]]. 1951 when bottlers and mineral waters producer.
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'''From the Vauxhall civic Society web page on Plowman Barrett & Co Ltd [[http://www.vauxhallcivicsociety.org.uk/2011/01/barretts-brewery-at-vauxhall-stunning-postcards-from-the-archives/]]'''
'''From the Vauxhall civic Society web page on Plowman Barrett & Co Ltd [[https://vauxhallhistory.org/barretts-brewery-bottling-factory]]''': ''The visual image of the "beer factory" had become increasingly important, with the brewery's image being used on bottle labels and in advertisements. Barrett's Vauxhall Brewery (1885) was an extreme example of this trend, with a 119 feet high brewhouse tower topped by a huge, illuminated revolving stout bottle.


''The visual image of the ‘beer factory’ had become increasingly important, with the brewery’s image being used on bottle labels and in advertisements. Barrett’s Vauxhall Brewery (1885) was an extreme example of this trend, with a 119 feet high brewhouse tower topped by a huge, illuminated revolving stout bottle.


'''Images of the brewery'''


<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Barrett Vauxhall bottle at front.jpg
File:Barrett's postcard 2.jpg
File:Plowman Barrett Vauxhall zm.jpg
</gallery>
 
'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''
<gallery>
File:Plowman Barrett Vauxhall 2013 (1).jpg|The brewery in 2013
File:Plowman Barrett Vauxhall 2013 (1).jpg|The brewery in 2013
File:Plowman Barrett Vauxhall 2013 (3).jpg|The brewery in 2013
File:Plowman Barrett Vauxhall 2013 (3).jpg|The brewery in 2013
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File:Plowman Barrett Vauxhall 2013 (5).jpg|The brewery in 2013
File:Plowman Barrett Vauxhall 2013 (5).jpg|The brewery in 2013
</gallery>
</gallery>
[[Category:Greater London]]
 
 
'''Labels and advertising'''
 
<gallery>
File:Plowman Barret aa.jpg
File:Plowman Barret bb.jpg
File:Plowman Barrett ad1935.jpg|1935
File:Plowman Barrett Vauxhall zm.jpg
File:Plowman RD zx.jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison
</gallery>
 
 
[[Category:Bottlers]]
[[category:Greater London]]
{{Trade Mark |regno = 366,136|desc=Label design. TM Old Vauxhall Gardens |date=26/02/1915|seventy=NO}}
{{Trade Mark |regno = 366,136|desc=Label design. TM Old Vauxhall Gardens |date=26/02/1915|seventy=NO}}

Latest revision as of 10:53, 21 April 2021

Courtesy Howard Webb Collection
Plowman Barrett ad.jpg

Plowman, Barrett & Co. Ltd, 87 Wandsworth Road, London SW8

Founded 1883. Registered 1886 as Barrett's Brewing & Bottling Co. Ltd. Brewery closed by 1904 but later re-emerged as Vauxhall Brewery Co. New company registered as above February 1907 when they amalgamated with Plowman & Co. Ltd.

Acquired by the Wenlock Brewery Co. Ltd. 1951 when bottlers and mineral waters producer.

Brewery demolished 2018.


From the Vauxhall civic Society web page on Plowman Barrett & Co Ltd [[1]]: The visual image of the "beer factory" had become increasingly important, with the brewery's image being used on bottle labels and in advertisements. Barrett's Vauxhall Brewery (1885) was an extreme example of this trend, with a 119 feet high brewhouse tower topped by a huge, illuminated revolving stout bottle.


Images of the brewery


Labels and advertising

Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 366,136
Description  : Label design. TM Old Vauxhall Gardens
Date of Application  : 26/02/1915
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO