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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/wiki/index.php/File:GeorgeMunro.jpg" title="File:GeorgeMunro.jpg">thumb</a> &lt;big&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;George Munro &amp; Co&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Wine &amp; Spirit Merchants, Ale &amp; Porter Bottlers, Wigan, Bolton and elsewhere&#039;&#039;&lt;/big&gt; * Munro G. &amp; Co., wine, spirit, ale and porter merchants, 10 Millgate (1869 Wigan Directory). * Munro G. &amp; Co., wine, spirit, ale and porter merchants, 35 Market Place, and 3 Millgate (1881 Wigan Directory). * Also at: St George&#039;s Terrace, 66 St George&#039;s Road, Bolton; and 37 Deansgate, Bolton (1871 Directory). &#039;&#039;(Informatio...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:GeorgeMunro.jpg|thumb]]<br /> <br /> &lt;big&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;George Munro &amp; Co&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Wine &amp; Spirit Merchants, Ale &amp; Porter Bottlers, Wigan, Bolton and elsewhere&#039;&#039;&lt;/big&gt;<br /> <br /> * Munro G. &amp; Co., wine, spirit, ale and porter merchants, 10 Millgate (1869 Wigan Directory).<br /> * Munro G. &amp; Co., wine, spirit, ale and porter merchants, 35 Market Place, and 3 Millgate (1881 Wigan Directory).<br /> * Also at: St George&#039;s Terrace, 66 St George&#039;s Road, Bolton; and 37 Deansgate, Bolton (1871 Directory).<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;(Information courtesy Bolton Libraries and others)&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> By 1860, George Munro founded the drinks wholesaling business of George Munro &amp; Co on Deansgate and branches were added in Blackburn, Wigan and Hanley near Stoke-on-Trent. The latter was founded in partnership with John Munro, who was believed to be George’s brother. George Munro &amp; Co bought the Bay Horse in 1865. This was one of Bolton’s oldest pubs.<br /> <br /> By 1871 Munro’s Bolton branch, based at the Bay Horse, employed 10 men, two boys and one woman. Munro also bottled their own brand of beers. It became Ross Munro &amp; Co.<br /> <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Some of Munro&#039;s Pubs:&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> * Bay Horse or Scotch Vaults, 37 Deansgate, Bolton<br /> * Farmers Arms, Bridgeman Street / Fletcher Street, Bolton<br /> * Freemasons Arms, 72 Market Street, Farnworth (built by George Munro 1889): see [[Freemasons Arms, Farnworth]]<br /> * Ross Munro&#039;s Wine House, Bradshawgate, Bolton<br /> * Sun, Bradshawgate, Bolton<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> File:MunroGuinnessLabel.jpg<br /> File:MunrosNutBrownAle.jpg<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> [[category: Greater Manchester]]<br /> [[category: Bottlers]]</div>

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