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'''Takeover and closure trail (to 1974):'''
'''Takeover and closure trail (to 1974):'''


* Acquired [[Tamplin & Sons Ltd]] in 1953 with 500 houses.
* Acquired [[Tamplin & Sons Ltd]] in 1953 with 400 houses.


* Merged with [[Usher's Wiltshire Brewery Ltd]] with their approx. 900 houses in May 1960.
* Merged with [[Usher's Wiltshire Brewery Ltd]] with their approx. 900 houses in May 1960.

Revision as of 16:14, 4 October 2019

Watney Mann Ltd

Formed in 1958 by the merger of: Watney, Combe, Reid & Co. Ltd and Mann, Crossman & Paulin Ltd.

In 1974, they were taken over by Grand Metropolitan Hotels, and the Watney-Mann company was merged with Trumans Ltd from October 1974.


Takeover and closure trail (to 1974):

  • Phipps Northampton Brewery Co. Ltd (see Phipps & Co. Ltd) were also acquired in 1960 with 1,171 houses. Ceased brewing in 1972 to be replaced by the modern Calsberg brewery.
  • Drybrough & Co. Ltd of Edinburgh were acquired in 1965 with 441 houses. The brewery was then sold to Allied-Lyons in January 1987 with 187 tied houses and brewing ceased there in the same month.
  • Beverley Brothers Ltd of Wakefield were acquired in March 1967 with 173 public houses and brewing ceased October 1968.