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[[File:Eagle Lowestoft ad 1880.jpg|thumb|An advert from 1880]]
[[File:Eagle Lowestoft ad 1880.jpg|thumb|An advert from 1880]]
<big>'''Youngman & Preston, ''' '' Eagle Brewery, Rantscore, Lowestoft, Suffolk.''</big>
<big>'''Youngman & Preston''', ''Eagle Brewery, Rant Score, Lowestoft, Suffolk.''</big>


Founded by 1844.  
Founded by 1844.  
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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.'''
The brewery was demolished and a statuette of the brewery trademark, an Eagle, was retained and stands above the entrance to the premises.
 
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File:SuffolkLowestoftYoungmanEagle_DTaylor_2003.jpg|Courtesy Derek Taylor 2003.
File:LowestoftYoungman&Preston_OS1904.jpg|An Ordnance Survey extract from 1904. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
File:SuffolkLowestoftYoungmanEagle1_MBr_Apr16.jpg|Courtesy Mike Brown 2016.
File:SuffolkLowestoftYoungmanEagle_DTaylor_2003.jpg|Courtesy Derek Taylor 2003  
File:SuffolkLowestoftYoungmanEagle1_MBr_Apr16.jpg|Courtesy Mike Brown 2016
File:LowestoftYoungman&PrestonBottle2a_PatThomas.jpg|Courtesy Pat Thomas
File:Youngman, Preston Pale Ale.jpg
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Latest revision as of 17:27, 12 July 2019

An advert from 1880

Youngman & Preston, Eagle Brewery, Rant Score, 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 a statuette of the brewery trademark, an Eagle, was retained and stands above the entrance to the premises.