Style & Winch Ltd - Revision history

Bhadmin at 12:20, 16 September 2025

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	* '''The story of [[The “Dungeness Express”]]'''		* '''The story of [[The “Dungeness Express”]]'''

			[[File:Style & Winch Maidstone 1968 EPHS.jpg\|600px]]
	[[~~file~~:~~Buden~~ & ~~Biggs Strood~~ 1968 EPHS.jpg\|600px]]

	''The brewery in 1968. Courtesy East Peckham Historical Society''		''The brewery in 1968. Courtesy East Peckham Historical Society''

Bhadmin at 12:18, 16 September 2025

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	* '''The story of [[The “Dungeness Express”]]'''		* '''The story of [[The “Dungeness Express”]]'''


			[[file:Buden & Biggs Strood 1968 EPHS.jpg\|600px]]

			''The brewery in 1968. Courtesy East Peckham Historical Society''

Bhadmin at 09:16, 27 August 2025

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	[[File:Style dray.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:Style dray.jpg\|thumb]]

	<big>'''Style & Winch Ltd''', ''Medway Brewery, St Peter's Street, Maidstone, Kent.''</big>		<big>'''Style & Winch Ltd,''' ''Medway Brewery, St Peter's Street, Maidstone, Kent.''</big>

	The Medway Brewery was established by William Baldwin in 1799. '''Holmes & Style''' were listed in directories of 1870 and 1882. That partnership was dissolved in December 1883 and the company became '''A F Style & Co'''.		The Medway Brewery was established by William Baldwin in 1799. '''Holmes & Style''' were listed in directories of 1870 and 1882. That partnership was dissolved in December 1883 and the company became '''A F Style & Co'''.
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	File:KingsferryLordNelsonStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Lord Nelson, Kingsferry (from the 1953 film 'The Long Memory').		File:KingsferryLordNelsonStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Lord Nelson, Kingsferry (from the 1953 film 'The Long Memory').
	File:DartfordLongReachStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Long Reach Tavern, near Dartford.		File:DartfordLongReachStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Long Reach Tavern, near Dartford.
			File:Artillery Arms maidstone.jpg\|Artillery Arms, Maidstone
	</gallery>		</gallery>

Bhadmin at 15:22, 23 June 2025

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	[[File:Style & Wibch Medway.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:Style & Wibch Medway.jpg\|thumb]]
	[[file:Style & Winch 2.jpg\|thumb]]		[[file:Style & Winch 2.jpg\|thumb]]
			[[File:Styles advert zxv.JPG\|thumb]]
	[[File:Style dray.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:Style dray.jpg\|thumb]]

SteveP at 15:12, 18 May 2025

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	File:London Hotel Maidstone.jpg\|The London Hotel in Maidstone. Note the early Holmes & Style signage.		File:London Hotel Maidstone.jpg\|The London Hotel in Maidstone. Note the early Holmes & Style signage.
	File:The Mulberry Tree Public House Lower Rainham Road Gillingham, 1900 APPROX.jpg\|The Mulberry Tree, Lower Rainham Road, Gillingham c.1900.		File:The Mulberry Tree Public House Lower Rainham Road Gillingham, 1900 APPROX.jpg\|The Mulberry Tree, Lower Rainham Road, Gillingham c.1900.
	File:STYLE001.jpg\|Man of Kent, Rochester.		File:STYLE001.jpg\|[[Man of Kent, Rochester]].
	File:RochesterManOfKent2011_Corbett.jpg\|Man of Kent, Rochester. Courtesy Roger Corbett 2011.		File:RochesterManOfKent2011_Corbett.jpg\|[[Man of Kent, Rochester]]. Courtesy Roger Corbett 2011.
	File:KingsferryLordNelsonStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Lord Nelson, Kingsferry (from the 1953 film 'The Long Memory').		File:KingsferryLordNelsonStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Lord Nelson, Kingsferry (from the 1953 film 'The Long Memory').
	File:DartfordLongReachStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Long Reach Tavern, near Dartford.		File:DartfordLongReachStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Long Reach Tavern, near Dartford.

Bhadmin at 20:15, 11 May 2024

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	File:Style Winch Maidstone 1985 1.jpg\|The brewery in 1985.		File:Style Winch Maidstone 1985 1.jpg\|The brewery in 1985.
	File:Style & Winch frontage 001.jpg		File:Style & Winch frontage 001.jpg
			File:Medway Brewery Maidstone zx.jpg
	</gallery>		</gallery>

SteveP at 16:59, 28 February 2023

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	[[file:Style & Winch 2.jpg\|thumb]]		[[file:Style & Winch 2.jpg\|thumb]]
	[[File:Style dray.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:Style dray.jpg\|thumb]]
	~~[[File:RainhamGreenLion01a_Style&Winch.jpg\|thumb\|The Lion (now Green Lion) in Rainham High Street. Courtesy Peter Moynihan.]]~~
	~~[[File:London Hotel Maidstone.jpg\|thumb\|The London Hotel in Maidstone. Note the early Holmes & Style signage]]~~
	~~[[File:The Mulberry Tree Public House Lower Rainham Road Gillingham, 1900 APPROX.jpg\|thumb\|The Mulberry Tree, Lower Rainham Road, Gillingham c.1900]]~~
	<big>'''Style & Winch Ltd''', ''Medway Brewery, St Peter's Street, Maidstone, Kent.''</big>		<big>'''Style & Winch Ltd''', ''Medway Brewery, St Peter's Street, Maidstone, Kent.''</big>

	The Medway Brewery was ~~built~~ by William Baldwin in 1799. It became A F Style & Co.		The Medway Brewery was established by William Baldwin in 1799. '''Holmes & Style''' were listed in directories of 1870 and 1882. That partnership was dissolved in December 1883 and the company became '''A F Style & Co'''.

	Registered in March 1899 to merge A F Style & Co, and [[Edward Winch & Sons Ltd]] of Chatham with a total of 356 public houses. The Chatham Brewery was closed in 1899.		During the period 1887 to 1899, the brewery was substantially rebuilt and enlarged. The architect was William Bradford. Registered in March 1899 to merge A F Style & Co, and [[Edward Winch & Sons Ltd]] of Chatham with a total of 356 public houses. The Chatham Brewery was closed in 1899. Style & Winch were acquired by [[Barclay, Perkins & Co. Ltd]] in March 1929 with 600 tied houses. Ceased brewing 1965 and the brewery was demolished.


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	* They acquired [[H & O Vallance]] of Sittingbourne in 1905 and closed that brewery.		* They acquired [[H & O Vallance]] of Sittingbourne in 1905 and closed that brewery.

	* They acquired [[Henry Simmons]] of Hadlow, Kent in 1905 with 14 houses and the brewery was closed.		* They acquired [[Henry Simmons]] of Hadlow, Kent in 1905 with 14 houses and the brewery was closed.

	* [[Tooting Brewery Ltd]] was acquired in November 1907 with 14 tied houses and was closed.		* [[Tooting Brewery Ltd]] was acquired in November 1907 with 14 tied houses and was closed.

	* [[Ashford Breweries Ltd]] Lion Brewery was acquired in 1912 and the brewery was closed.		* [[Ashford Breweries Ltd]] Lion Brewery was acquired in 1912 and the brewery was closed.

	* In 1918 they acquired [[Woodhams & Co. Ltd]] of Rochester and closed it.		* In 1918 they acquired [[Woodhams & Co. Ltd]] of Rochester and closed it.

	* [[Edwin Finn & Sons Ltd]] of Lydd was acquired in 1921 with 42 tied houses and was closed.		* [[Edwin Finn & Sons Ltd]] of Lydd was acquired in 1921 with 42 tied houses and was closed.

	* They acquired [[Royal Brewery (Brentford) Ltd]] in 1922; brewing ceased there in June 1923.		* They acquired [[Royal Brewery (Brentford) Ltd]] in 1922; brewing ceased there in June 1923.

	* The [[Dartford Brewery Co. Ltd]] was acquired in 1924. The Brentford and Dartford companies were identifiable as associate companies into the 1950s.		* The [[Dartford Brewery Co. Ltd]] was acquired in 1924. The Brentford and Dartford companies were identifiable as associate companies into the 1950s.


	~~Style & Winch were acquired by [[Barclay, Perkins & Co. Ltd]] in March 1929 with 600 tied houses.~~		'''The Medway Brewery from "Kent Tells the World", 1933:'''

	~~Ceased brewing 1965 and was demolished.~~


	'''The Medway Brewery from "Kent Tells the World", 1933'''

	''And now for a word or two about the Brewery itself. That great red brick pile on the bank of the Medway, close to the Maidstone Bridge, surmounted by one of the most famous weather vanes in England, the old brown beer jug and glass – it used to be a standing joke to point this out to strangers and ask them to guess the capacity in gallons; the guesses were always wrong, more or less, the height of the vane from the ground being so misleading – here is the correct answer. The jug, which is made of copper, stands 5 feet high and holds 108 gallons; the glass is nearly 3 feet and holds nine gallons.''		''And now for a word or two about the Brewery itself. That great red brick pile on the bank of the Medway, close to the Maidstone Bridge, surmounted by one of the most famous weather vanes in England, the old brown beer jug and glass – it used to be a standing joke to point this out to strangers and ask them to guess the capacity in gallons; the guesses were always wrong, more or less, the height of the vane from the ground being so misleading – here is the correct answer. The jug, which is made of copper, stands 5 feet high and holds 108 gallons; the glass is nearly 3 feet and holds nine gallons.''


	'''The story of [[The “Dungeness Express”]]'''		* '''The story of [[The “Dungeness Express”]]'''


	'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''		'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''


	~~'''The brewery in June 1970. Courtesy Roy Denison'''~~
	~~<gallery>~~
	~~File:Style & Winch Maidstone.jpg~~
	~~File:Style & Winch Medway Brewery 19 June 1970.jpg~~
	~~File:Style & Winch ( A F Style) Maidstone.jpg~~
	~~File:Style & Winch maltings Maidstone.jpg~~
	~~Style & Winch 01 Roy Denison.jpg~~
	~~</gallery>~~

	~~'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''~~
	<gallery>		<gallery>
			File:Style & Winch Maidstone.jpg\|June 1970. Courtesy Roy Denison.
			File:Style & Winch Medway Brewery 19 June 1970.jpg\|June 1970. Courtesy Roy Denison.
			File:Style & Winch ( A F Style) Maidstone.jpg\|June 1970. Courtesy Roy Denison.
			File:Style & Winch maltings Maidstone.jpg\|June 1970. Courtesy Roy Denison.
			File:Style & Winch 01 Roy Denison.jpg\|June 1970. Courtesy Roy Denison.
	File:Style & Winch Maidstone offices on main road.jpg		File:Style & Winch Maidstone offices on main road.jpg
	File:Style & Winch Maidstone river frontage.JPG		File:Style & Winch Maidstone river frontage.JPG
	File:Style & Winch Maidstone river view.jpg		File:Style & Winch Maidstone river view.jpg
	~~File:Style & Winch Farmer Ale tray.jpg\|Courtesy Roy Denison~~
	~~File:Style & Winch Brown Ale tray.jpg\|Courtesy Roy Denison~~
	~~File:Style Maidstone.jpg~~
	~~File:Style Maidstone ad 1890.jpg\|An advert from 1890~~
	File:COURAGE MAIDSTONE 2.jpg		File:COURAGE MAIDSTONE 2.jpg
	File:COURAGE MAIDSTONE 3.jpg		File:COURAGE MAIDSTONE 3.jpg
	File:COURAGE MAIDSTONE 1.jpg		File:COURAGE MAIDSTONE 1.jpg
	Styles & Winch Maidstone 1980 32.jpg \|The brewery in 1980		File:Styles & Winch Maidstone 1980 32.jpg\|The brewery in 1980.
	Style Winch Maidstone 1985 8.jpg \|The brewery in 1985		File:Style Winch Maidstone 1985 8.jpg\|The brewery in 1985.
	Style Winch Maidstone 1985 7.jpg \|The brewery in 1985		File:Style Winch Maidstone 1985 7.jpg\|The brewery in 1985.
	Style Winch Maidstone 1985 6.jpg \|The brewery in 1985		File:Style Winch Maidstone 1985 6.jpg\|The brewery in 1985.
	Style Winch Maidstone 1985 3.jpg \|The brewery in 1985		File:Style Winch Maidstone 1985 3.jpg\|The brewery in 1985.
	Style Winch Maidstone 1985 2.jpg \|The brewery in 1985		File:Style Winch Maidstone 1985 2.jpg\|The brewery in 1985.
	Style Winch Maidstone 1985 1.jpg \|The brewery in 1985		File:Style Winch Maidstone 1985 1.jpg\|The brewery in 1985.
	File:Style & Winch frontage 001.jpg		File:Style & Winch frontage 001.jpg
	~~STYLE001.jpg~~		</gallery>


			'''Various artefacts, labels, etc'''

			<gallery>
	Styles and Winch playing card.jpg		Styles and Winch playing card.jpg
	Style & Winch 02 Roy Denison.jpg		Style & Winch 02 Roy Denison.jpg\|Courtesy Roy Denison.
			File:Style & Winch Farmer Ale tray.jpg\|Courtesy Roy Denison.
			File:Style & Winch Brown Ale tray.jpg\|Courtesy Roy Denison.
			File:Style Maidstone.jpg
			File:Style Maidstone ad 1890.jpg\|An advert from 1890.
	</gallery>		</gallery>


			'''Some Style & Winch pubs'''

			<gallery>
			File:RainhamGreenLion01a_Style&Winch.jpg\|The Lion (now Green Lion) in Rainham High Street. Courtesy Peter Moynihan.
			File:London Hotel Maidstone.jpg\|The London Hotel in Maidstone. Note the early Holmes & Style signage.
			File:The Mulberry Tree Public House Lower Rainham Road Gillingham, 1900 APPROX.jpg\|The Mulberry Tree, Lower Rainham Road, Gillingham c.1900.
			File:STYLE001.jpg\|Man of Kent, Rochester.
			File:RochesterManOfKent2011_Corbett.jpg\|Man of Kent, Rochester. Courtesy Roger Corbett 2011.
			File:KingsferryLordNelsonStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Lord Nelson, Kingsferry (from the 1953 film 'The Long Memory').
			File:DartfordLongReachStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Long Reach Tavern, near Dartford.
			</gallery>



	{{Trade Mark \|regno = 38,245\|desc=Decorated jug & glass\|date=25/6/1884\|seventy=NO}}		{{Trade Mark \|regno = 38,245\|desc=Decorated jug & glass\|date=25/6/1884\|seventy=NO}}
	[[Category:Kent]]		[[Category:Kent]]

Bhadmin at 14:10, 19 June 2021

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	Ceased brewing 1965 and was demolished.		Ceased brewing 1965 and was demolished.



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	''And now for a word or two about the Brewery itself. That great red brick pile on the bank of the Medway, close to the Maidstone Bridge, surmounted by one of the most famous weather vanes in England, the old brown beer jug and glass – it used to be a standing joke to point this out to strangers and ask them to guess the capacity in gallons; the guesses were always wrong, more or less, the height of the vane from the ground being so misleading – here is the correct answer. The jug, which is made of copper, stands 5 feet high and holds 108 gallons; the glass is nearly 3 feet and holds nine gallons.''		''And now for a word or two about the Brewery itself. That great red brick pile on the bank of the Medway, close to the Maidstone Bridge, surmounted by one of the most famous weather vanes in England, the old brown beer jug and glass – it used to be a standing joke to point this out to strangers and ask them to guess the capacity in gallons; the guesses were always wrong, more or less, the height of the vane from the ground being so misleading – here is the correct answer. The jug, which is made of copper, stands 5 feet high and holds 108 gallons; the glass is nearly 3 feet and holds nine gallons.''


			'''The story of [[The “Dungeness Express”]]'''


	'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''		'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''


	'''The brewery in June 1970. Courtesy Roy Denison'''		'''The brewery in June 1970. Courtesy Roy Denison'''

Bhadmin at 12:04, 8 December 2020

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	[[File:RainhamGreenLion01a_Style&Winch.jpg\|thumb\|The Lion (now Green Lion) in Rainham High Street. Courtesy Peter Moynihan.]]		[[File:RainhamGreenLion01a_Style&Winch.jpg\|thumb\|The Lion (now Green Lion) in Rainham High Street. Courtesy Peter Moynihan.]]
	[[File:London Hotel Maidstone.jpg\|thumb\|The London Hotel in Maidstone. Note the early Holmes & Style signage]]		[[File:London Hotel Maidstone.jpg\|thumb\|The London Hotel in Maidstone. Note the early Holmes & Style signage]]
	[[File:The Mulberry Tree Public House Lower Rainham Road Gillingham, 1900 APPROX.jpg\|The Mulberry Tree, Lower Rainham Road, Gillingham c.1900]]		[[File:The Mulberry Tree Public House Lower Rainham Road Gillingham, 1900 APPROX.jpg\|thumb\|The Mulberry Tree, Lower Rainham Road, Gillingham c.1900]]
	<big>'''Style & Winch Ltd''', ''Medway Brewery, St Peter's Street, Maidstone, Kent.''</big>		<big>'''Style & Winch Ltd''', ''Medway Brewery, St Peter's Street, Maidstone, Kent.''</big>

Bhadmin at 12:04, 8 December 2020

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	[[File:RainhamGreenLion01a_Style&Winch.jpg\|thumb\|The Lion (now Green Lion) in Rainham High Street. Courtesy Peter Moynihan.]]		[[File:RainhamGreenLion01a_Style&Winch.jpg\|thumb\|The Lion (now Green Lion) in Rainham High Street. Courtesy Peter Moynihan.]]
	[[File:London Hotel Maidstone.jpg\|thumb\|The London Hotel in Maidstone. Note the early Holmes & Style signage]]		[[File:London Hotel Maidstone.jpg\|thumb\|The London Hotel in Maidstone. Note the early Holmes & Style signage]]
			[[File:The Mulberry Tree Public House Lower Rainham Road Gillingham, 1900 APPROX.jpg\|The Mulberry Tree, Lower Rainham Road, Gillingham c.1900]]
	<big>'''Style & Winch Ltd''', ''Medway Brewery, St Peter's Street, Maidstone, Kent.''</big>		<big>'''Style & Winch Ltd''', ''Medway Brewery, St Peter's Street, Maidstone, Kent.''</big>

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	[[file:Style & Winch 2.jpg\|thumb]]		[[file:Style & Winch 2.jpg\|thumb]]
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	File:London Hotel Maidstone.jpg\|The London Hotel in Maidstone. Note the early Holmes & Style signage.		File:London Hotel Maidstone.jpg\|The London Hotel in Maidstone. Note the early Holmes & Style signage.
	File:The Mulberry Tree Public House Lower Rainham Road Gillingham, 1900 APPROX.jpg\|The Mulberry Tree, Lower Rainham Road, Gillingham c.1900.		File:The Mulberry Tree Public House Lower Rainham Road Gillingham, 1900 APPROX.jpg\|The Mulberry Tree, Lower Rainham Road, Gillingham c.1900.
	File:STYLE001.jpg\|Man of Kent, Rochester.		File:STYLE001.jpg\|[[Man of Kent, Rochester]].
	File:RochesterManOfKent2011_Corbett.jpg\|Man of Kent, Rochester. Courtesy Roger Corbett 2011.		File:RochesterManOfKent2011_Corbett.jpg\|[[Man of Kent, Rochester]]. Courtesy Roger Corbett 2011.
	File:KingsferryLordNelsonStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Lord Nelson, Kingsferry (from the 1953 film 'The Long Memory').		File:KingsferryLordNelsonStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Lord Nelson, Kingsferry (from the 1953 film 'The Long Memory').
	File:DartfordLongReachStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Long Reach Tavern, near Dartford.		File:DartfordLongReachStyle&Winch1a.jpg\|Long Reach Tavern, near Dartford.