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UPDATED - 14.40 GMT 27/1/2010 - SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.

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HAMMONDS BREWERY ADVERTISING FROM JUNE 1931

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LOST BRADFORD LOCALS - CHURCH BANK & LOWER LEEDS ROAD

Newspaper advert of the Church Hill from May 1925
Hey's advert from May 1925

Churchill & former Old Park (white building) hotel, 13 & 15, Peckover St; photo 1983
Churchill and former Old Park Hotel (white building), 13-15, Peckover Street, photographed in 1983

The original Church Hill, Church Bank, Bradford, stood on the opposite side of the road from it's late 1950s replacement. Bradford Council tore down the old pub to enable erection of multi-storey housing.
The new pub (pictured above), with the name altered to Churchill in honour of the great statesman and wartime leader, opened on 25/3/1957 (date from Peter Robinson, Halifax). For a time in the 1980s Vaux owned the house but around the early 1990s the building was converted into an office.
The Old Park Hotel, Peckover Street, traded as a beerhouse in 1938 and later became a club I believe.

The Junction, Leeds Road, Bradford, opened sometime in the early 1830s. Waller & Son, Trafalgar Brewery, Bradford, bought the property in 1890 for £9,200.
A plan of the time shows the pub then had a bar parlour, and a 'vaults' divided into three areas.
Demolision took place in the 1980s when lower Leeds Road transformed into a dual carriageway.

The Junction, dwarfed by its neighbours, in 1983.

Flying Dutchman Hotel (lastly known as 'Funny's'), Leeds Road, Bradford, was rebuilt by Hammonds Brewery in 1900. Its facilities then included a smoke room, bar, tap room, bar parlour and upstairs club room. On the Garnett Street side of the building was the entrance to the 'off' sales room, known locally as a Bottle & Jug department.
This pub also 'fell' to the Leeds Road widening scheme.

The Flying Dutchman (later Funny's) and part of The Garnett (white building on right), Garnett Street, the latter became a taxi office.
The Flying Dutchman and part of The Garnett (white building on right), Garnett Street, the latter became a taxi office.

The Eastbrook Hotel adjoined the former old mansion Eastbrook House (left). In the early Victorian period the house stood in its own landscaped gardens.
The pub closed in 1955 when sales of beer amounted to just over one barrel (36 gallons) a week. This building was swept away in 1987 for highway 'improvements', an inner ring-road.

Details on the Eastbrook, Flying Dutchman and Junction, from Paul Jennings book 'Bradford Pubs, (Images of England) published by Tempus.

The former Eastbrook Hotel, East Parade, demolished for inner ring-road in 1987.
Former Eastbrook Hotel, East Parade, in 1983

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HAMMONDS BREWERY ADVERTISING, JUNE 1931

Hammond's Bradford Brewery advert June 1931

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Tetley Brewery Yorkshire Squares

Joshua Tetley image produced for 175 anniversary in 1997
Just eleven years after the 175 anniversary of Joshua Tetley purchasing William Sykes brewery for £400, Carlsberg have announced that their Leeds brewery will close in 2011.

Carlsberg acquired the Joshua Tetley & Son, The Brewery, Leeds, via a merger with Allied Breweries in 1992. Calsberg-Tetley has created, in 2004 the Tetley name was dropped.

Tetley's first purchase was in 1954 when Duncan Gilmour & Co Ltd; of Sheffield, with 350 licensed properties.
In 1959 Tetley's acquired William Whitaker & Co. Ltd; of Bradford, who were owners of 119 pubs. The company had ceased brewing in 1928, but the firm continued bottling Bass, Guinness, Tetley, and their owned spirit brands. Tetley's draught beer was sold in Whitaker's houses but Tetley sign on their pubs did not carry the legend "One of Tetley's Houses."
The following year local rivals Melbourne Brewery, Regent Street, Leeds, asked to be taken over rather than be acquired by Hammonds United Breweries Ltd; Bradford. By that time Canadian Edward Taylor had effective control of Hammonds and the Chairman of Melbourne would not deal with him as he did not believe E. P. Taylor to be a gentleman. Melbourne Brewery owned 245 pubs which all carried the firm's famous courtier trade mark. Tetley's kept the Melbourne Brewery open for a year until closure 1961.

Tetley Brewery Yorkshire Square Room
The one of the two Tetley "Quality Street" fermentation rooms
Each room held 24 x 270 barrel open Yorkshire square fermentation vessels. The first room was installed in 1961 and the second in 1964. All of which have either been chopped up for scrap, or are in the process of being scrapped.
Carlsberg now only use enclosed Yorkshire squares for the production of Tetley cask conditioned beer, these were constructed in 1996 and can be cleaned automatically. The "Dickie Bird" room contains 19 x 540 barrel squares. The old vessels had to be cleaned manually.

At the same time as Joshua Tetley were in negotiations with Melbourne Brewery talks went on with Walker Cain Ltd; to arrange a merger. Walker Cain had a brewery at Warrington and head office in Liverpool. A deal was completed in October 1960. Tetley Walker Ltd; was formed but the breweries continued to be run separately.
In 1961 Allied Breweries Ltd (Ansell, Birmingham, Ind Coope, of Burton & Romford, & Tetley Walker) was created, mainly to avert the possible takeover of either company.
Thomas Ramsden & Son Ltd; Stone Trough Brewery, Halifax, was acquired by Tetley Walker in 1964 for nearly £5.9 million. Ramsden's owned 200 licensed properties and 16 off-licences.
Tetley Walker bought Charles Rose & Co. Ltd; Malton, with 55 pubs, in 1965. Two years later Tetley Walker gained five pubs from J. W. Hemingway Ltd; York Road, Leeds.
Yeast fermenting in a Yorkshire square
A yeast "head" in fermentation

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Hey's advert from May 1925	Churchill and former Old Park Hotel (white building), 13-15, Peckover Street, photographed in 1983
The original Church Hill, Church Bank, Bradford, stood on the opposite side of the road from it's late 1950s replacement. Bradford Council tore down the old pub to enable erection of multi-storey housing.	The new pub (pictured above), with the name altered to Churchill in honour of the great statesman and wartime leader, opened on 25/3/1957 (date from Peter Robinson, Halifax). For a time in the 1980s Vaux owned the house but around the early 1990s the building was converted into an office. The Old Park Hotel, Peckover Street, traded as a beerhouse in 1938 and later became a club I believe.
The Junction, Leeds Road, Bradford, opened sometime in the early 1830s. Waller & Son, Trafalgar Brewery, Bradford, bought the property in 1890 for £9,200. A plan of the time shows the pub then had a bar parlour, and a 'vaults' divided into three areas. Demolision took place in the 1980s when lower Leeds Road transformed into a dual carriageway.	The Junction, dwarfed by its neighbours, in 1983.
Flying Dutchman Hotel (lastly known as 'Funny's'), Leeds Road, Bradford, was rebuilt by Hammonds Brewery in 1900. Its facilities then included a smoke room, bar, tap room, bar parlour and upstairs club room. On the Garnett Street side of the building was the entrance to the 'off' sales room, known locally as a Bottle & Jug department. This pub also 'fell' to the Leeds Road widening scheme.	The Flying Dutchman and part of The Garnett (white building on right), Garnett Street, the latter became a taxi office.
The Eastbrook Hotel adjoined the former old mansion Eastbrook House (left). In the early Victorian period the house stood in its own landscaped gardens. The pub closed in 1955 when sales of beer amounted to just over one barrel (36 gallons) a week. This building was swept away in 1987 for highway 'improvements', an inner ring-road. Details on the Eastbrook, Flying Dutchman and Junction, from Paul Jennings book 'Bradford Pubs, (Images of England) published by Tempus.	Former Eastbrook Hotel, East Parade, in 1983
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	Just eleven years after the 175 anniversary of Joshua Tetley purchasing William Sykes brewery for £400, Carlsberg have announced that their Leeds brewery will close in 2011. Carlsberg acquired the Joshua Tetley & Son, The Brewery, Leeds, via a merger with Allied Breweries in 1992. Calsberg-Tetley has created, in 2004 the Tetley name was dropped.
Tetley's first purchase was in 1954 when Duncan Gilmour & Co Ltd; of Sheffield, with 350 licensed properties. In 1959 Tetley's acquired William Whitaker & Co. Ltd; of Bradford, who were owners of 119 pubs. The company had ceased brewing in 1928, but the firm continued bottling Bass, Guinness, Tetley, and their owned spirit brands. Tetley's draught beer was sold in Whitaker's houses but Tetley sign on their pubs did not carry the legend "One of Tetley's Houses." The following year local rivals Melbourne Brewery, Regent Street, Leeds, asked to be taken over rather than be acquired by Hammonds United Breweries Ltd; Bradford. By that time Canadian Edward Taylor had effective control of Hammonds and the Chairman of Melbourne would not deal with him as he did not believe E. P. Taylor to be a gentleman. Melbourne Brewery owned 245 pubs which all carried the firm's famous courtier trade mark. Tetley's kept the Melbourne Brewery open for a year until closure 1961.	The one of the two Tetley "Quality Street" fermentation rooms Each room held 24 x 270 barrel open Yorkshire square fermentation vessels. The first room was installed in 1961 and the second in 1964. All of which have either been chopped up for scrap, or are in the process of being scrapped. Carlsberg now only use enclosed Yorkshire squares for the production of Tetley cask conditioned beer, these were constructed in 1996 and can be cleaned automatically. The "Dickie Bird" room contains 19 x 540 barrel squares. The old vessels had to be cleaned manually.
At the same time as Joshua Tetley were in negotiations with Melbourne Brewery talks went on with Walker Cain Ltd; to arrange a merger. Walker Cain had a brewery at Warrington and head office in Liverpool. A deal was completed in October 1960. Tetley Walker Ltd; was formed but the breweries continued to be run separately. In 1961 Allied Breweries Ltd (Ansell, Birmingham, Ind Coope, of Burton & Romford, & Tetley Walker) was created, mainly to avert the possible takeover of either company. Thomas Ramsden & Son Ltd; Stone Trough Brewery, Halifax, was acquired by Tetley Walker in 1964 for nearly £5.9 million. Ramsden's owned 200 licensed properties and 16 off-licences. Tetley Walker bought Charles Rose & Co. Ltd; Malton, with 55 pubs, in 1965. Two years later Tetley Walker gained five pubs from J. W. Hemingway Ltd; York Road, Leeds.	A yeast "head" in fermentation
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