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MILES BRIDGE |
ANCHOR
BREWERY |
WESTWICK
STREET |
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Poster dating from
1909 Munnings artwork.
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Anchor Brewery founded 1837 at St Miles Bridge
by Richard Bullard. ( b 08.02.1808 - d 03.02.1864 )
and James Watts.
Bullard & Watts in 1839
and in 1842 when address given as
Bridge Street, St Lawrence.
Partnership dissolved 24th June 1847
Registered as a limited company March 1895
by which time 280 houses were owned and 161 leased.
Telephone No. 5 when first Telephone Exchange
operational in 1888.
By 1950 the number was 20565 ( 2 lines )
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Re-introduction c1980
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Richard Bullard was sole proprietor from 1847.
His son Harry Bullard took over in 1864 with brothers Charley and Fred as
partners.
Trading as Bullard & Sons by 1868
Harry became Sheriff of Norwich 1877.
He was Mayor in 1878, 1879 & 1886 ( Knighted by Queen Victoria 1886 )
Elected as MP for Norwich in 1890 & 1895.
Registered as Bullard & Sons Ltd in 1895 with
Sir Harry Bullard ( Chairman ), John Boyce and Mr George Coller,
directors.
By 1900 the brewery covered some 7 acres.
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Expansion :-
Rock Brewery of Eye, Suffolk - 1897
Bidwell & Co, Thetford - 1924
Hogge & Seppings, Setchy - 1928
Youngs, Crawshay & Youngs, Norwich - 1958
The company shared the Morgans Brewery estate with rivals S&P in 1962
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Heavily stylized by Watney Mann
in 1960's
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1960's report to the Board recorded that the public had preference for
the
bottled WATNEY BROWN ALE ( 1035 SG ), because of its sweet palate
over BULLARDS BROWN ALE ( 1039 SG ),
even though at 1/- a bottle the Bullards product was 3d cheaper.
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licensed houses when taken over by Watney Mann.
( Watney Mann` had purchased over 15% of the company shares' by 1963 )
The Eastern Evening News of 18th October 1966 disclosed that
brewing was to cease at the Anchor Brewery and be transferred to the
old Morgans Brewery in King Street.
The Anchor Brewery buildings were used as a bottling plant until closed 1969
The brewery then covered some 4 acres. Brewery chimney demolished July 1982.
Brewery buildings converted to private dwellings - Anchor Quay. |
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