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[[File:Flowers Stratford 1951 reconstruction (1).jpg|thumb|George Adlam's 1951 design for their new brewery]] | [[File:Flowers Stratford 1951 reconstruction (1).jpg|thumb|George Adlam's 1951 design for their new brewery]] | ||
[[File:Flowers Stratford 1951 reconstruction (2).jpg|thumb|An architect's plan for the rebuilding of the brewery in 1951]] | |||
[[File:ThamesDittonSwanHotel_ca1955.jpg|thumb|Olde Swan Hotel, Thames Ditton]] | [[File:ThamesDittonSwanHotel_ca1955.jpg|thumb|Olde Swan Hotel, Thames Ditton]] | ||
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* '''[http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/146/Flowers3.pdf "A Social History of a Midland Business: Flower & Sons Brewery, 1870-1914 Part III"]''' | * '''[http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/146/Flowers3.pdf "A Social History of a Midland Business: Flower & Sons Brewery, 1870-1914 Part III"]''' | ||
* '''[http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/149/Flowers4.pdf "A Social History of a Midland Business: Flower & Sons Brewery, 1870-1914 Part IV"]''' | * '''[http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/149/Flowers4.pdf "A Social History of a Midland Business: Flower & Sons Brewery, 1870-1914 Part IV"]''' | ||
* '''[[List of Flower & Sons Ltd pubs]]''' | * '''[[List of Flower & Sons Ltd pubs]]''' | ||
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Image:Flowers 14.jpg|The brewery in 1981. | Image:Flowers 14.jpg|The brewery in 1981. | ||
Image:Flowers 15.jpg|The brewery in 1995 - note the Whitbread corporate identity. | Image:Flowers 15.jpg|The brewery in 1995 - note the Whitbread corporate identity. | ||
File:Flowers general view.jpg | File:Flowers general view.jpg | ||
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'''Advertising, labels, etc''' | |||
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Flowers Stratford RD zx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | Flowers Stratford RD zx (1).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | ||
Flowers Stratford RD zx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | Flowers Stratford RD zx (2).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | ||
Flowers Stratford RD zx (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | Flowers Stratford RD zx (3).jpg|Courtesy Roy Denison | ||
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|regno4 = 513,701|desc4=Words "FLOWER DEW" for whisky|date4=13/06/1930|seventy4=NO | |regno4 = 513,701|desc4=Words "FLOWER DEW" for whisky|date4=13/06/1930|seventy4=NO | ||
|regno5 = 541,079|desc5=Words "PALX" for beer|date5=28/04/1933|seventy5=NO}} | |regno5 = 541,079|desc5=Words "PALX" for beer|date5=28/04/1933|seventy5=NO}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:48, 16 May 2022
Flower & Sons Ltd, Brewery Street (later Birmingham Road), Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
Founded by Edward Fordham Flower in 1831. New brewery built in Birmingham Road in 1874. Registered February 1888.
Acquired by J W Green Ltd of Luton in 1954 who then changed their name to Flowers Breweries Ltd.
The brewery was closed in 1968 when Whitbread merged Flowers with West Country Breweries Ltd to form Whitbread Flowers Ltd. Both breweries demolished.
Read A Social History of Flower's Brewery, by Jonathan Reinarz:
- "A Social History of a Midland Business: Flower & Sons Brewery, 1870-1914 Part I"
- "A Social History of a Midland Business: Flower & Sons Brewery, 1870-1914 Part II"
- "A Social History of a Midland Business: Flower & Sons Brewery, 1870-1914 Part III"
- "A Social History of a Midland Business: Flower & Sons Brewery, 1870-1914 Part IV"
An assortment of views of the brewery.
Advertising, labels, etc
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