| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bedfordshire |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bedford, 141 Midland Road | Grafton Hotel | A 'George and Dragon' in the ironwork atop the hanging sign; and two Mann's lanterns. Dating from the expansion of the branding during the Watney-Mann period, as this was a former Truman's pub. | KH photo 2006; SP 2007 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Bedford, 141 Midland Road | Grafton Hotel | On the corner splay at first floor level, a Truman 'eagle' survives in a roundel. The 'TRUMAN' lettering below has been removed but is still just evident. Also more modern Mann's signs. | KH 2006; SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
Watney Combe Reid & Co Ltd - Stag Brewery, Pimlico; and Mortlake Brewery | Dunstable, 93 High Street South | White Swan | The hanging sign has 'WATNEYS', which looks genuinely old. Above the sign bracket is a roundel 'WATNEY COMBE REID ... 1898' surrounding an image of a stag. | WRB photo 2008 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
Mann, Crossman & Paulin - London & Burton-upon-Trent | Kensworth, 216 Common Road | Farmers Boy | Fine leaded windows with diamond-shaped central panes featuring 'Mann Crossman & Paulin Ld' in olde-English style gold lettering. | BHK photo 2007 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
J W Green - Phoenix Brewery, Park Street West, Luton | Luton (Leagrave), Marsh Road | Three Horseshoes (former) | A decorative iron pole sign with scripted initials 'JWG' at the top of the sign. Although the pub was demolished in 1994 the sign still stands in the middle of a roundabout at the road junction which the pub formerly graced, and which is to this day known as the Three Horseshoes roundabout. This is at the junction of Marsh Road and Bramingham Road. | KH photo 2006 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
J W Green - Phoenix Brewery, Park Street West, Luton | Luton, 152 Wellington Street | Alfie's Bar (formerly Fountain) | Etched window - 'J W GREEN'S NOTED WINES & SPIRITS'. | SP 2002; KH photo 2006 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
J W Green - Phoenix Brewery, Park Street West, Luton | Luton, Park Street West | J W Green's Phoenix Brewery (former) | Stone sign above the doorway at the main entrance to the former Brewery Offices of the Phoenix Brewery in Park Street West, Luton: 'J.W.GREEN LTD.' | KH photo 2006 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
J W Green - Phoenix Brewery, Park Street West, Luton | Luton, Guildford Street | Wheelwrights Arms | An old projecting illuminated sign: 'J.W.GREEN'S NOTED LUTON ALES ... THE WHEELWRIGHTS ARMS ... WINES & SPIRITS'. It is understood that this sign was found in the pub's attic and reinstated. | KH photo 2006 | Picture |
Bedfordshire |
J W Green - Phoenix Brewery, Park Street West, Luton | Slip End, 1-3 Front Street | Rising Sun | Two etched windows with lettering: (1) 'J.W.GREEN'S NOTED LUTON ALES & STOUT'; (2) 'J.W.GREENS. WINES & SPIRITS'. They differ in the use of the apostrophe and full stop. | BHK photo 2007 | Picture |