Simonds Ltd
H & G Simonds Ltd, Bridge Street, Reading, Berkshire.
Founded in 1768. Registered in November 1885.
Acquired by Courage & Co. Ltd in 1960 to form Courage, Barclay & Simonds Ltd. The Reading brewery became known as Courage (Central) Ltd.
Brewing ceased here in 1979 when the Courage (Worton Grange) brewery opened. The Bridge Street brewery was demolished in 1983 and the site has been redeveloped as the Oracle shopping centre.
- The Simonds' Family web site, courtesy Raymond Simonds
- Simonds Ltd: Acquisition and Closure Trail
- Simonds Ltd: Pubs Picture Gallery
- Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in Berkshire
- Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire
- Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in South-East England
- Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in the West Country
- Simonds Ltd: List of Pubs in Wales
- Simonds Malta Brewery
The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890.
Images of the brewery
Miscellaneous items
Taken by Keith Benjamin in December 2000, during the strip out for conversion to flats long after closure.
Trucks, buses and trolleybuses
Beers from the brewery
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