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  • 10:47, 25 March 2024From Trainee Chemist to Master Brewer: Walter Showell's Crosswells Brewery (hist | edit) ‎[6,155 bytes]SteveP (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<big>From Trainee Chemist to Master Brewer: Walter Showell's Crosswells Brewery</big>''' '''By Steve James''' * Showell's Brewery Co. Ltd Walter Showell was born in Birmingham in 1832, where he spent his formative years with his aunt at Ashted Row. He started his career as a trainee chemist and moved to Oldbury, where he joined Charles Tonge as an apprentice at his chemist's shop in Birmingham Street. In 1854, he met and married Sarah Harthill, the daughter of...")
  • 17:06, 11 March 2024Bridge Inn, Clayton, Manchester (hist | edit) ‎[556 bytes]SteveP (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<big>'''Bridge Inn''', ''273 Clayton Lane, Manchester, Greater Manchester''</big> Formerly a Chesters Brewery Co. Ltd house, later to Whitbreads. <gallery> File:ClaytonBridgeInn2011aa_TB_Dec2011.jpg|2011 File:ClaytonBridgeInn2011bb_TB_Dec2011.jpg|2011 File:ClaytonBridgeInn2024aa_SP_March24.jpg|2024 File:ClaytonBridgeInn2024cc_SP_March24.jpg|2024 File:ClaytonBridgeInn2024ee_SP_March24.jpg|2024 File:ClaytonBridgeInn2024bb_SP_March24.jpg|2024 File:ClaytonBridgeInn2024...")
  • 16:01, 11 March 2024Crown & Anchor, Manchester City Centre (hist | edit) ‎[696 bytes]SteveP (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<big>'''Crown & Anchor''', ''41 Hilton Street, Manchester City Centre, Greater Manchester''</big> Built by Chesters Brewery Co. Ltd. It retains a fine tiled fascia with Chesters' lettering. <gallery> File:ManchesterCrown&Anchor2012aa_SP_Aug2012.jpg|2012 File:ManchesterCrown&Anchor2012bb_SP_Aug2012.jpg|2012 File:ManchesterCrown&Anchor2012cc_SP_Aug2012.jpg|2012 File:ManchesterCrown&Anchor2023aa_SP_Aug23.jpg|2023 File:ManchesterCrown&Anchor2023bb_SP_Aug23.jpg|2023 Fil...")
  • 20:22, 6 March 2024Peter Austin and the Ringwood Brewery (hist | edit) ‎[8,905 bytes]Bhadmin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<big>'''Peter Austin and the Ringwood Brewery from 1978 to 2024</big>''' <big>'''By</big>''' '''<big>Geoff Dye</big>''' '''The longest living microbrewery in Great Britain.''' The story of Ringwood Brewery starts in the early part of the 1970s, a different time from now when the market in beer and pubs was heavily dominated by a few very large breweries and getting on for a hundred smaller regional and local breweries that had been operating over the early part o...")
  • 14:23, 5 March 2024Brickwoods, a remembrance by Bruce Awford (hist | edit) ‎[7,922 bytes]Bhadmin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<big>'''Return to Brickwoods Ltd'''</big> <big>'''FROM The Brewery History Society Newsletter No 95]]'''</big> <big>Brewing at Brickwoods Ltd in Portsmouth: 1959-1968</big> <big>A remembrance by Bruce Awford</big> I left school in Southampton with moderate A-levels in Maths, Physics and Chemistry and joined Brickwoods as a Pupil Brewer in October 1959. I was 17 years old and not legally allowed to drink alcohol. The Head Brewer was John Clubb who served in t...")
  • 17:12, 26 February 2024Hare & Hounds (Rochdale) (hist | edit) ‎[495 bytes]SteveP (talk | contribs) (Created page with "thumb|Image courtesy Google Maps <big>'''Hare & Hounds''', ''66 Syke Road, Rochdale, Greater Manchester''</big> Also known as the 'Hunters Rest'. A plaque on the frontage records the owners in 1863: James and Sarah Lee. '''James Sladen''' recorded in 1895. The pub passed to Chadwick's Walmersley Brewery Ltd, then to Wilsons Brewery Ltd. It was still a Wilson's house in 2014, but has since been converted to other uses. The Hunters R...")
  • 18:18, 4 February 2024Dead Weight Brewing Co (hist | edit) ‎[295 bytes]SteveP (talk | contribs) (Created page with "thumb <big>'''Dead Weight Brewing Co''', ''Dartington Way, Nuneaton, Warwickshire CV11 4XL''</big> Established by Dale Punnell and David Tompkins in 2019. They have a nautical theme, and their beers are canned and vegan-friendly. category: Warwickshire")
  • 17:39, 25 January 2024Brown Street Brewing (hist | edit) ‎[248 bytes]SteveP (talk | contribs) (Created page with "thumb <big>'''Brown Street Brewing Company''', ''18 Brown Street, Carnoustie, Angus, Tayside DD7 7EZ''</big> Established in Carnoustie in July 2019, but ceased brewing during Covid. category: Scotland")
  • 17:33, 25 January 2024New Street Brewery (Bristol) (hist | edit) ‎[251 bytes]SteveP (talk | contribs) (Created page with "thumb <big>'''New Street Brewing''', ''Volunteer Tavern, 9 New Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire BS2 9DX''</big> Established in late 2020 in a building adjacent to the Volunteer Tavern. category: Gloucestershire")
  • 15:32, 9 January 2024Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in the West Country (hist | edit) ‎[16,245 bytes]SteveP (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<big>'''Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in the West Country'''</big> ''This list includes properties owned by the brewery in 1958, just before the merger with Courage. Many of the pubs in the list were acquired when other breweries were taken over, but there are also some properties here which had closed before 1958. Information provided courtesy of the Simonds Family Archive.'' ==Cornwall== ===Penzance=== # Alexandra, Penzance # Bath Inn, Penzance # Cornish Arms, Pe...")
  • 15:16, 9 January 2024Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in South-East England (hist | edit) ‎[5,028 bytes]SteveP (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<big>Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in South-East England</big>''' ''This list includes properties owned by the brewery in 1958, just before the merger with Courage. Many of the pubs in the list were acquired when other breweries were taken over, but there are also some properties here which had closed before 1958. Information provided courtesy of the Simonds Family Archive.'' ===London=== # Blue Posts, 6 Bennet Street, St James's, London SW1. See: Blue Posts, St...")
  • 15:04, 9 January 2024Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire (hist | edit) ‎[10,884 bytes]SteveP (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<big>Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire</big>''' ''This list includes properties owned by the brewery in 1958, just before the merger with Courage. Many of the pubs in the list were acquired when other breweries were taken over, but there are also some properties here which had closed before 1958. Information provided courtesy of the Simonds Family Archive.'' ===High Wycombe=== # Anchor, Crown Lane, High Wycombe # Antelope, Ch...")
  • 13:56, 9 January 2024Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in Wales (hist | edit) ‎[6,688 bytes]SteveP (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<big>Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in Wales</big>''' ''This list includes properties owned by the brewery in 1958, just before the merger with Courage. Many of the pubs in the list were acquired when other breweries were taken over, but there are also some properties here which had closed before 1958. Information provided courtesy of the Simonds Family Archive.'' ===Blaenau Gwent=== # Beaufort Arms, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent # Bell, Somerset Street, Abertillery, Bl...")
  • 13:44, 9 January 2024Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in Berkshire (hist | edit) ‎[14,338 bytes]SteveP (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<big>'''Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in Berkshire'''</big> ''This list includes properties owned by the brewery in 1958, just before the merger with Courage. Many of the pubs in the list were acquired when other breweries were taken over, but there are also some properties here which had closed before 1958. Information provided courtesy of the Simonds Family Archive.'' ===Reading=== # Allied Arms, 57 St Marys Butts # Anglers Arms, 48 Albert Road # Barley Mow, 55 Lon...")