Catterall and Swarbrick's Brewery Ltd.
Catterall and Swarbrick's was the major brewery of the seaside town of Blackpool. However, the firm was founded at Poulton-le-Fylde in the early 1870's and did not move 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.
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Chester's-Brewery Co.Ltd.
This company was based at the Ardwick Brewery, a plant 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.
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