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First a new photograph - the Monument on 23 June 2009.
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Next the Tap & Spile - after the old Monument sign had been rehung. Complete with roof garden.
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It looks like they've had the Police round already! |
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To the left of the door is evidence that the Monument was once owned by Hall's of Oxford.
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Before Hall's it was a Watney's pub - acquired when they bought Usher's Wiltshire Brewery from Trowbridge. The Ushers symbol shows either side of the door in this picture from the 1970s(ish).
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Much further back (c1880) it was a Blatch's pub - Blatch's brewery was in Theale.
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Has anyone some more photos of this fine old pub - perhaps illustrating another phase of its history? |
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Before Hall's it was a Watney's pub - acquired when they bought Usher's Wiltshire Brewery from Trowbridge. The Ushers symbol shows either side of the door in this picture from the 1970s(ish).
No it doesn't - that is the Ind Coope symbol. It was never a Watney/Ushers pub. I was told that Bob Blatch, of Blatch's Brewery in Theale, was absolutely determined that Courage would not get their hands on his pubs, so he sold them or left them to Ind Coope of Burton. They had taken over Hall's Oxford Brewery and re-badged all the pubs formerly served by that company. The Old Chequers in Thatcham is another former Blatch's/Halls/Ind Coope pub. |
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No it doesn't - that is the Ind Coope symbol. It was never a Watney/Ushers pub.
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Quite right. Blatch's and all the pubs were sold to Ind Coope when the brewery in Theale was sold. The brewery itself behind the pub which was The Wheel of Fortune was sold to Robert Gaines Cooper who founded Gainesmead Group and operated his Fruit Machine and Juke box company from there. It eventually became MAM Inn Play but has now been developed for luxury apartments and housing. Ind Coope,Hall's Ushers etc all eventually became Allied breweries Burton on Trent before the big sell up. |
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No it doesn't - that is the Ind Coope symbol. It was never a Watney/Ushers pub.
My mistake - thanks for pointing it out. Now where did I get the idea that the red hand was an Ushers symbol ... |
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My mistake - thanks for pointing it out. Now where did I get the idea that the red hand was an Ushers symbol ...
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Ind Coope,Hall's Ushers etc all eventually became Allied breweries Burton on Trent before the big sell up.
No again! Ushers became a part of Watneys. |
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The Old Chequers in Thatcham is another former Blatch's/Halls/Ind Coope pub.
And the Blue Ball (hoping to get it right this time). The Bull at Stanford Dingley still has Blatch's showing on a sign on the wall
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No again! Ushers became a part of Watneys.
yep. My mistake I visited the brewery often enough so should have known better. I worked for Grand Metropolitan in those days. |
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yep. My mistake I visited the brewery often enough so should have known better. I worked for Grand Metropolitan in those days.
Never mind, that doesn't make you a bad person! |
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