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<big>''' Robert Eadie & Sons, ''' '' New Street Brewery , Blackford , Tayside .''</big>
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William Eadie operating brewery in 1880 but in hands of James Eadie by 1889, when visited by Barnard.
<big>'''W B Thomson Ltd''', ''Moray Street, Blackford, Perth and Kinross''</big>


Acquired by W B Thomson of Perth in 1897 and a new brewery built.  
W B Thomson of Perth acquired [[William Eadie (Blackford)|William Eadie]]'s inn and former brewery in 1895. He commissioned a new brewery and maltings on land at the rear, opened in 1897. Registered in 1898 as W B Thomson Ltd but acquired by J A Davidson of [[Coldstream Brewery Co. Ltd]] in 1916.


Registered in 1898 but acquired by Davidsons of Coldstream in 1916. Possibly the oldest brewery in Scotland reputed to date from 1488.
The Blackford Hotel still stands on Moray Street, with Thomson's former maltings behind.
 
See: '''[http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/161/BlackfordC.pdf "The brewers and breweries of Blackford, Perthshire" by Forbes Gibb and Alan Sangster]'''
 
 
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File:Blackford Thompson 3.jpg
File:Blackford Thompson.jpg
File:Maltings Blackford 2013 PG (1).jpg|The maltings in 2013. Courtesy Paul Gunnell
File:Maltings Blackford 2013 PG (2).jpg|The maltings in 2013. Courtesy Paul Gunnell
File:Thomson Craik label.jpg
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{{Trade Mark|regno = 266,385|desc=Hand holding tankard with monograms|date=20/09/1904|seventy=NO}}
 
 
 
[[category:Scotland]]

Latest revision as of 15:11, 6 February 2023

Blackford Thompson 4.jpg
Davidsons Coldstream.jpg

W B Thomson Ltd, Moray Street, Blackford, Perth and Kinross

W B Thomson of Perth acquired William Eadie's inn and former brewery in 1895. He commissioned a new brewery and maltings on land at the rear, opened in 1897. Registered in 1898 as W B Thomson Ltd but acquired by J A Davidson of Coldstream Brewery Co. Ltd in 1916.

The Blackford Hotel still stands on Moray Street, with Thomson's former maltings behind.

See: "The brewers and breweries of Blackford, Perthshire" by Forbes Gibb and Alan Sangster


  • Blackford Thompson 3.jpg
  • Blackford Thompson.jpg
  • The maltings in 2013. Courtesy Paul Gunnell

    The maltings in 2013. Courtesy Paul Gunnell

  • The maltings in 2013. Courtesy Paul Gunnell

    The maltings in 2013. Courtesy Paul Gunnell

  • Thomson Craik label.jpg


Entry in the Trade Mark Registry

Registration No  : 266,385
Description  : Hand holding tankard with monograms
Date of Application  : 20/09/1904
Used Prior to 1875?  : NO
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