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This beer label was first produced in September 1935. Butler's was founded in 1840 and registered in April 1891. Much confusion still exists about the name of the brewery because the company was acquired by Mitchell's and Butler's in 1960. The former managing director of this company was a completely different William Butler. The Springfield Brewery was eventually closed around 1990. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: 1935 Source: Original Beer Label Max Size: 1903x2595 Pixels Max File Size: 14.1 Mb Format: JPEG

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Scarce bottle label image from the brewery in Kimberley that merged with Hanson's in 1930 to form Hardy's and Hanson's, one of the largest breweries in Nottinghamshire. The company was acquired by Greene King in September 2006 and production of the Hardy's and Hanson's brands was switched to Bury St Edmunds. It was in 1832 that Samuel Robinson rented an old bakehouse in Cuckold Alley and established Kimberley’s first commercial brewery. Fourteen years later Stephen Hanson acquired land in Brewery Street and built a rival brewery. Enjoying considerable growth in their business, the Hardy family bought land in Brewery Street in 1861 and erected a modern plant opposite Hanson's. Seven years later the firm acquired their first tied house - the Cricket Player's Arms, which was next to the brewery site. This marked the battle to establish a tied estate to promote further sales and expansion. It was in 1930 that, following secret negotiations, the two rival breweries merged. Apparently, it is not known who first proposed this business deal. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1930 Source: Original Beer Label Max Size: 2109x2695 Pixels Max File Size: 3.07 Mb Format: JPEG

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Bottle label from Blatch's Theale Brewery Ltd., a family-run company swallowed up by Ind Coope in 1965. The brewery was founded in 1830 and bought by the Blatch family 24 years later. The locals of this Berkshire town like to boast that Theale's name is derived from "The Ale" due to the large number of inns that lined the road to Bath. The old brewery was located close to a pub called The Bull which, in more recent years, has been operated by Wadworth's. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1940's Source: Original Beer Label Max Size: 2218x2858 Pixels Max File Size: 3.30 Mb Format: JPEG

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Bottle label for Amber Ale from Allsopp's of Burton-on-Trent. The image is taken from an inter-war label. Although the history of this brewery can be traced back to the 1740's, it was Samuel Allsopp who acquired the brewery in 1807. A new brewery and offices were constructed in 1859-60 close to the railway station. Throughout the 19th century Allsopp's brewing business was second only to Bass in size. The new brewery site alone stretched between Station Street and Horninglow Street. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1930's Source: Original Beer Label Max Size: 2145x2676 Pixels Max File Size: 2.88 Mb Format: JPEG

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Ultra-rare beer label from this Sheffield Brewery that, should you find one, would cost a packet. Founded around 1840 and registered in 1897, the Old Albion Brewery was based in Ecclesall Road, Sheffield. This label is thought to be a 1930's item. Certainly, it has the glamour of the times splashed across the colourful label. The Old Albion Brewery was acquired by the Worksop and Retford Brewery in 1939. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1930 Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 2454x3095 Pixels Maximum File Size: 4.94 Mb Format: JPEG

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A beer produced for the Queen's jubilee in 1977. Jennings have been brewing traditional beers for 160 years, and still use the same traditional methods that were used by their founder as long ago as 1828, in the village of Lorton. In fact, some oral traditions claim the original brewery in Lorton was either at Scales or High Swinside. Certainly John Jennings (Snr) lived and farmed at Scales. He also bought High Swinside in 1845, but more probably the brewery first operated in buildings near to the present Lorton Village Hall which was originally built as a malthouse. John's son, John Jennings Junior (1813-1889) was certainly involved in his father's business, but by 1851 John Junior's business was described in the census as thread manufacturer. The business had outgrown its homebrewed origins in Lorton and there was a need for a larger maltings and a building to house larger fermenting vessels. The nearest market town, Cockermouth, was the ideal base for expansion as it had a larger population with more opportunities to sell beer. Additionally, and just as important, the Castle Brewery site had an abundant supply of pure well water which has been used by the Castle as long ago as Norman times. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: 1977 Source: Original Beer Label Max Size: 2200x2731 Pixels Max File Size: 4.22 Mb Format: JPEG

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A 1940's bottle label for Sparkling Cider bottled at Ansell's Brewery in Aston, Birmingham but the produce of the Tewkesbury Cider Co.Ltd. based at Fiddington in Gloucestershire. This village is a short distance to the south of Ashchurch and is today separated from Tewkesbury by the M5. Transportation of the cider would have been along the old A38 which passed the village and went straight into Aston where Ansell's bottling plant was located. Despite the proliferation of cider in this part of Gloucestershire, there was a beer retailer [William Walker] making a living in Fiddington at the turn of the 20th century. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1930 Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 842x1044 Pixels Maximum File Size: 105 Kb Format: JPEG

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Old beer label from the Ardwick Brewery that opened in 1852 but was a descendent of the older Victoria Brewery in Manchester. The company eventually merged with Threlfall's in 1961 and the Ardwick Brewery was demolished five years later. The beer brands lived on for a while when the merged company was taken over by Whitbread in 1967 but they eventually petered out. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1940 Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 1981x2276 Pixels Maximum File Size: 2.70 Mb Format: JPEG

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A bottle label image from one of the most cherished of breweries in Birmingham. It was located at the Southend Brewery on Belgrave Road. The origins of William Dare & Son, a family-owned company, goes back to the 19th century. They were acquired by Davenport's in 1961. Many older Brummie drinkers still talk about the select group of boozers in the city that sold the mighty Dare's beer. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1930 Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 2145x2676 Pixels Maximum File Size: 3.45 Mb Format: JPEG

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A 1950's bottle label for Prize Pale Ale, a beer produced by John Egan and Son Ltd. The label features the company's registered trademark of The Sphinx. The label also informs us that the beer was brilliant golden in colour - wonder what it tasted like? The brewery was located in Crucifix Lane, a thoroughfare connecting Bermondsey Street and Druid's Lane not a million miles from Guys Hospital and London Bridge. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1950's Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 6589x940 Pixels Maximum File Size: 64.04 Kb Format: JPEG

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A beer label from Atkinson's Brewery in the last decade of their existence. Founded in 1855 as Atkinson's Brothers, this company was based at the Aston Park Brewery. Their legacy can still be found in the fabric of many Birmingham pubs. They did operate public houses in the surrounding areas, particularly in the Black Country. The company was acquired by Mitchell's and Butler's in 1959. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1950's Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 758x949 Pixels Maximum File Size: 375 Kb Format: JPEG

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A post-war bottle beer label from one of Nottingham's lost breweries. The company fell victim to a takeover by Greenhall Whitley. The Star Brewery - which still stands today - operated in New Basford. The firm was founded by James Shipstone in 1852. Visible for miles around, the Red Star of the brewery became a very familiar landmark. Independent status was lost in 1978 when Greenall's of Warrington acquired the company. Just like other Greenhall takeovers, the Star Brewery came under threat from the very beginning. The Warrington firm closed the Wem Brewery in Shropshire, Davenport's in Birmingham and August 31st 1990 the company announced that brewing would cease at Basford. The Star Brewery finally closed in 1991. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1940's Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 814x1014 Pixels Maximum File Size: 464 Kb Format: JPEG

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Beer label for Flower's Strong Brown Ale that was "brewed and bottled for many years by R.Fenwick & Co.Ltd. in Sunderland. The latter was founded in 1770 by Robert Fenwick but was snapped up by George Younger & Son Ltd in 1898. Brewing ceased at the Sunderland Brewery in 1964. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1950's Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 2218x2676 Pixels Maximum File Size: 387 Kb Format: JPEG

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A 1950's beer label from the Abington Brewer Co.Ltd which was based at Wellingborough Road in Northampton. The brewery was constructed around the turn of the 20th century but not as the Abington Brewery, rather Dorman, Pope & Co. Following the liquidation of the latter, the brewery re-opened just before the First World War and traded as the Abington Brewery Co.Ltd. The brewery survived until 1958 when the company ceased production and elected to supply their pubs with ales from Bass. The company, and its estate of 23 public houses, was acquired by Charles Wells in 1963. The brewery was subsequently demolished. The label reveals that Double Ace IPA was bottled for Oak Brewery Co.Ltd. at Wisbech. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1950's Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 2918x3605 Pixels Maximum File Size: 696 Kb Format: JPEG

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A delightful beer label from Aitchinson's Brewery, a company that was founded in 1730 by William Kerr at Peebles. The firm was bought by John Aitchison in 1810 and the operation was moved to Edinburgh around twenty years later. The Canongate Brewery was located in Holyrood Road. The company, and a tied estate of 58 public houses, was acquired by Northern Breweries in 1959 and production at Canongate ceased in 1961. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1950's Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 3272x4698 Pixels Maximum File Size: 994 Kb Format: JPEG

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A 1940's beer label from Cameron's of West Hartlepool. The brewery's history can be traced back to 1852 when it was founded by William Waldon. The business was leased to John William Cameron in 1872 by which time the brewery was supplying a tied estate of 16 public houses. The estate had grown to 750 pubs by the time the company was acquired by Ellerman Lines Ltd in 1974. The estate was streamlined over the next decade and when the company was bought by Barclay Brothers in 1983. Ownership later passed to the Brent Walker Group in 1989 but was snapped up by Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries in three years later. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1940's Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 2727x3277 Pixels Maximum File Size: 726 Kb Format: JPEG

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A beer label image for Nut Brown Ale produced by the Cavendish Brewery belonging to R.F.Case & Co.Ltd. in the 1950's. The company was founded in 1860 in King Street at Ulverston but had moved to Barrow-in-Furness by the middle of the decade. The company had developed an estate of 60 public houses by the time it was acquired by Hammond's United Breweries in 1959. Brewing at the Cavendish Brewery did continue throughout the 1960's but finally closed in 1972. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1950's Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 3600x4588 Pixels Maximum File Size: 0.99 Mb Format: JPEG

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Possibly from the 1950's this old beer label was produced for Harvey's Brown Ale. This brewery has been producing ales in Lewes sfor two centuries. The merchant John Harvey produced ales in the Georgian period on a site opposite the later brewery. The brewery moved in 1838 after John Harvey had built a new production plant. However it was former Wethered's brewer Henry Titlow-Barrett who supervised the construction of a tower brewery constructed in the Victorian Gothic style. This became known as the Cathedral of Lewes. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1950's Source: Original Beer Label Max Size: 3136x3851 Pixels Max File Size: 884 Kb Format: JPEG

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A 1950's beer label for XL Pale Ale produced by Catterall and Swarbrick's, the major brewery of the seaside town of Blackpool. However, the firm was founded at Poulton-le-Fylde in the early 1870's and not moved to Blackpool until 1927. Prior to this the resort's major brewer was Marton's. Based at the Queen's Brewery in Talbot Road, Catterall and Swarbrick's were swallowed up by Northern Breweries in 1961. The deal included the brewery's 104 tied houses. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1950's Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 3027x3796 Pixels Maximum File Size: 718 Kb Format: JPEG

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Bottle label image from the Leeds-based brewery that was founded in 1866. The brewery was located on the York Road. The firm were acquired by Tetley Walker Ltd in 1967. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1940's Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 2945x3742 Pixels Maximum File Size: 848 Kb Format: JPEG

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Bottle label from the Shobnall Brewery of Messrs.Marston, Thompson and Evershed. The brewery was founded by John Marston in 1834 and merged with John Thompson's brewery in 1898. The Evershed name was added in 1905 when the Sydney Evershed operation was acquired. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1930 Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 3109x3742 Pixels Maximum File Size: 800 Kb Format: JPEG

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A 1950's beer label for Home Brewed Export Beer produced at the Hull Brewery. This company was founded by the Ward family in the 1770's. Proprietor of The Portsmouth and the George and Dragon, Thomas Ward teamed up with John Firbank to build a brewery on the corner of Posterngate and Dagger Lane. Through marriage the company evolved into Gleadow, Dibb & Co.Ltd. who moved to the Anchor Brewery in 1868. The Export Beer was not sold to the domestic market until after the Second World War by which time the brewery supplied more than 200 tied houses. The company was acquired by Northern Dairies Ltd. in 1971 and the Hull Brewery name was dropped. The whole enterprise was later bought by the Mansfield Brewery when production at Hull ceased. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1950's Source: Original Beer Label Maximum Size: 3109x3742 Pixels Maximum File Size: 882 Kb Format: JPEG

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Greene King has developed into one of the largest independent brewers in the South of England. Established in 1799, Greene King can certainly boast one of the longest traditions in brewing ale. The brewery stands in Bury St Edmunds in the heart of Suffolk. The town's association with ale dates back nearly one thousand years, when Benedictine monks began brewing with local barley and water from the area's chalk wells. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1950's Source: Original Beer Label Max Size: 836x1051 Pixels Max File Size: 530 Kb Format: JPEG

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A lovely bottle label image from this much-missed brewery of Abingdon in Berkshire. The origins of the company went back to the early 18th century when Benjamin Morland founded a brewery at the Berkshire town of West Ilsley in 1726. It was not until the mid-19th century that the firm moved to Abingdon following the acquisition of the Eagle Brewery in 1861 and the Abbey Brewery five years later. The company was registered in 1885 as United Breweries. Four years later they started to buy out local competitors when they took over O.B.Saxby and Co. who were based in Abingdon's Stert Street. They followed this by buying Field's brewery at Shillingford. Further growth was masterminded by Thomas Skurray who had studied European methods of production and distribution. Several more breweries were taken over and in 1928 they acquired the other major brewery based in Abingdon - that of Belcher and Hapgood Ltd who were based at the Tower Brewery in Ock Street. Just before the end of the Second World War Morland became a public limited company and traded as Morland and Co. PLC. The company was acquired by Greene King in 2000 and production of all brands was transferred to Bury St Edmunds. Many of the old Morland brewery buildings have survived and have been converted for other use. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1960's Source: Original Beer Label Max Size: 1836x2330 Pixels Max File Size: 2.63 Mb Format: JPEG

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A 1950's beer label for Sparkling Ale produced by a firm that can be traced back to the 1760's. The company were based at the Virgin's Inn at Derby's Market Place, a pub that was demolished in the 1880's. Following the death of William Cox, the business was continued by his sons who went into partnership with the attorney Sir Clement Bowring. Continued expansion resulted in the construction of purpose-built premises in Irongate where the company operated the Irongates Hotel. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1950's Source: Original Beer Label Max Size: 2018x2330 Pixels Max File Size: 414 Kb Format: JPEG

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A nicely designed beer label from this Gateshead brewery founded in 1790. The company and its tied estate of 50 public houses were acquired by Whitbread in 1967. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1950's Source: Original Beer Label Max Size: 2290x2840 Pixels Max File Size: 524 Kb Format: JPEG

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Beer label for Tower Nut Brown Ale, probably from the late 1940's. The Tadcaster Tower Brewery was built on the Wetherby Road in 1882. The company operated a tied estate of 247 public houses by the time it was acquired by Hmmond's Bradford Brewery Co.Ltd. in 1946. © Digital Photographic Images TECHNICAL DATA Date: c.1940's Source: Original Beer Label Max Size: 2327x2913 Pixels Max File Size: 518 Kb Format: JPEG

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