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Premises resold to [[Charrington & Co. Ltd]]. and were acquired c.1960 by Birdseye Foods.
Premises resold to [[Charrington & Co. Ltd]]. and were acquired c.1960 by Birdseye Foods.
'''The brewery was demolished and replaced by a Birds Eye factory. A statuette of the brewery trademark, an Eagle, was retained and stands above the entrance to the Birds Eye premises.'''
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File:SuffolkLowestoftYoungmanEagle_DTaylor_2003.jpg|Courtesy Derek Taylor 2003.
File:SuffolkLowestoftYoungmanEagle1_MBr_Apr16.jpg|Courtesy Mike Brown  2016.
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Revision as of 19:44, 24 January 2017

An advert from 1880

Youngman & Preston, Eagle Brewery, Rantscore, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Founded by 1844.

Acquired by Lacon & Co. Ltd. 1919 and brewing had ceased by 1922.

Premises resold to Charrington & Co. Ltd. and were acquired c.1960 by Birdseye Foods.

The brewery was demolished and replaced by a Birds Eye factory. A statuette of the brewery trademark, an Eagle, was retained and stands above the entrance to the Birds Eye premises.