BREWING RECORDS APPEAL

 How Do All ,

A Non Beery Info tidied up Re Post today ;

  As a few of you may know , I`m very interested in tracing brewing production records from 

Various breweries in the north of England * .

  

  After a fairly exhaustive search , 

I`ve been unable to locate quite a number of records of  interest from a number of breweries 

I`ve been trying to trace for over 5 Years !!!

 Though I`ve made a thorough search of the catalogues of publicly available archives ,

I `ve  been unable to locate a great many brewer`s production records , with records from  some breweries surviving, though the Brewing Records may have been separated from other archives ;

 So if any readers are able to assist with access to or , 

By sending photos of brewing production records ;

 Please get in touch with me , I`d love to hear from you .

   Here`s a Non Exhaustive List of some of the brewer`s records I`m attempting to trace ;

1922 Photo of ` Matty`s ` Pole St Brewery from ;
https://www.mylancs.uk

                          Photo taken during preperations for the 1922 Preston Guild  Merchant

                                                          LANCASHIRE

      

Bent`s Brewery Co Ltd NewBrewery Johnson Street Liverpool Lancashire

Bought : 1967 Bass, Mitchells & Butlers Ceased Brewing : March 1975

W & R Wilkins Ltd Marsh Lane Longton                                 Nr Preston                                  Lancashire

Bought : 1952 Groves & Whitnall Ltd Ceased Brewing : Ca 1952

Yates`s Castle Brewery Co Ltd                         Castle Breweries                                   Market Place           Fairfield St Birkenhead             Ardwick                                    Manchester Lancashire

Bought : 1961 John Smith`s Tadcaster Brewery Ltd Ceased Brewing Birkenhead : 1934   Ardwick  : 1961

H . C Breakell & Co Ltd Victoria Brewery Church Street Liverpool Lancashire

Bought : 1947 by Caterall & Swarbrick

W T Rothwell Ltd Heath Brewery Oldham Road Newton Heath Manchester Lancashire

Bought 1961 Marston , Thompson & Evershed Ltd Ceased Brewing : 1968

Mashing Room at The Lockwood Brewery Image ;
From the Brewery History Society Webpage on Bentley & Shaw Ltd

                                                        YORKSHIRE

Bentley & Shaw Ltd Lockwood Brewery Bridge Street Huddersfield West Riding Yorkshire

Bought : 1944 Hammond`s Bradford Brewery Co Ltd Ceased Brewing : 1963

Bentley`s Old Brewery ( Rotherham ) Ltd Old Brewery Canklow Road Rotherham Yorkshire

Bought : 1956 Hammond`s Bradford Brewery Co Ltd Ceased Brewing : 1956

Thomas Ramsden & Son Ltd Stone Trough Brewery Commercial Street Halifax West Riding Yorkshire

Bought  : 1964 by Allied Breweries Ceased Brewing : 1964

Melbourne Brewery ( Leeds ) Ltd Melbourne Brewery Regent St Leeds West Riding Yorkshire

Bought : 1960 by Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd Ceased Brewing : Ca  1962 – 3 ?

Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd Fountain Head Brewery Ovenden Wood Halifax West Riding Yorkshire

Bought : 1972 Watney – Mann Ltd Ceased Brewing : 1991

Cheers All 🍻 ,

Edd