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Park Brewery and 214 [[Lorimer & Clark Ltd]] Houses sold to [[Allied Breweries]] in 1980 and ceased brewing 1981.
Park Brewery and 214 [[Lorimer & Clark Ltd]] Houses sold to [[Allied Breweries]] in 1980 and ceased brewing 1981.
'''The office of the distillery business of Ushers, now the Pear Tree. Courtesy the Paul Gunnell Archive'''
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Revision as of 11:49, 30 September 2021

Thomas Usher & Son Ltd, Park Brewery, 106 St.Leonard's Street, Edinburgh, Lothian.

Founded at the Cowgate Brewery by 1817.

Acquired by James Usher and Cunningham 1831. Moved to the Park Brewery 1860.

Registered March 1895.

Acquired by Vaux Breweries Ltd. 1959 with 170 public houses. Name changed to Ushers Brewery Ltd 1972.

Park Brewery and 214 Lorimer & Clark Ltd Houses sold to Allied Breweries in 1980 and ceased brewing 1981.


The office of the distillery business of Ushers, now the Pear Tree. Courtesy the Paul Gunnell Archive