Breweries and Bottlers of Wellington by Allan Frost

Breweries and Bottlers of Wellington by Allan Frost

Mention breweries and pop works in Wellington and almost everyone will remember the Murphy family who owned The Wrekin Brewery and O. D. Murphy's Wrekin Minteral Water Works for some fifty years. That, however, is only half the story. With a full account from medieval times until brewing and bottling ceased in 1969, this book explores the business successes and failures of The Shropshire, The Mill Field, The Red Lion, The Union, The Botanical and The Wrekin Brewery. The origins and subsequent fortunes of small bottling firms are covered as well as the various mineral-water manufacturers, who struggled to survive until, as with the breweries, the Murphy family quashed all competition. Lavishly illustrated with plans, memorabilia and many previously unpublished photographs, this is the definitive history of brewing and bottling in the historic medieval market town of Wellington in Shropshire.

Allan Frost is a well-known local historian and author and has published sixteen books, including four for Tempus, the most recent being The Wrekin Hill. He is a prominent figure at the Wellington Literary Festival and lives in Telford.

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ISBN 13	9780752446318
ISBN 10	0752446312
Title	Breweries and Bottlers of Wellington
Author	Allan Frost
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The History Press Ltd
Year published	2008-02-25
Number of pages	128
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