J.W.Hemingway Ltd.
This brewery was founded in 1866. The brewery was located on York Road in Leeds, a short distance from the public baths. The firm were acquired by Tetley Walker Ltd. in 1967.
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Hull-Brewery Company Limited
This company was founded by the Ward family in the 1770's. Proprietor of The Portsmouth and the George and Dragon public houses, 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 [see label below] 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.
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Old-Albion-Brewery
Founded around 1840 and registered in 1897, the Old Albion Brewery was based in Ecclesall Road, Sheffield. The brewery was acquired by the Worksop and Retford Brewery in 1939.
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Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd.
Timothy Taylor began brewing beer in Cook Lane in the West Riding town of Keighley. He clearly struck upon a successful formula for in 1863 he set up and built a larger brewery at Knowle Spring where the company has remained ever since. A key factor in the success of Taylor's ales is the spring water that wells up from deep under the Pennines which is still used today to produce their traditional cask ales. The brewery remains in the Taylor family and is now the last independent brewery of its type left in West Yorkshire. This independence has enabled Taylor's to survive as one of the few brewers still brewing true cask ales in the same way it has always done. Taylor's beer have won many awards and world-wide acclaim. The Landlord won the 1999 Champion British Ale at the CAMRA Olympia Festival and this was not the first time it had won this prestigious award.
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“Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think
about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer,
they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered.  Then I say to myself,
"It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.”
Jack Handy
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