Watney Mann Ltd
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Watney Mann Ltd
Formed in 1958 by the merger of: Watney, Combe, Reid & Co. Ltd and Mann, Crossman & Paulin Ltd.
- Merged with Usher's Wiltshire Brewery Ltd with their approx. 900 houses in May 1960.
- Amalgamated with Wilsons Brewery Ltd of Manchester in August 1960 with 1,124 houses.
- 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.
- In 1972, they acquired Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd of Halifax with 288 houses.
In 1974, they were taken over by Grand Metropolitan Hotels.