George Munro & Co
George Munro & Co, Wine & Spirit Merchants, Ale & Porter Bottlers, Wigan, Bolton and elsewhere
- Munro G. & Co., wine, spirit, ale and porter merchants, 10 Millgate (1869 Wigan Directory).
- Munro G. & Co., wine, spirit, ale and porter merchants, 35 Market Place, and 3 Millgate (1881 Wigan Directory).
- Also at: St George's Terrace, 66 St George's Road, Bolton; and 37 Deansgate, Bolton (1871 Directory).
(Information courtesy Bolton Libraries and others)
By 1860, George Munro founded the drinks wholesaling business of George Munro & 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 & Co bought the Bay Horse in 1865. This was one of Bolton’s oldest pubs.
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 & Co.
Some of Munro's Pubs:
- Bay Horse or Scotch Vaults, 37 Deansgate, Bolton
- Farmers Arms, Bridgeman Street / Fletcher Street, Bolton
- Freemasons Arms, 72 Market Street, Farnworth (built by George Munro 1889): see Freemasons Arms, Farnworth
- Ross Munro's Wine House, Bradshawgate, Bolton
- Sun, Bradshawgate, Bolton
