Correction. Fremlin's didn't "amalgamate" with Whitbread's in 1925! Whitbread's bought Fremlin's Brewery in 1967 and with it, their 714 tied houses: about a quarter of all Kent's pubs! Whitbread's already owned Mackeson's of Hythe and within a year of buying Fremlin's, also bought/closed down Cobb's of Margate and Tomson & Wotton (Britain's oldest brewery, established in 1634) of Ramsgate, adding about 150 more pubs to their tied estate. Mackeson's was also closed down in 1968 and their c.100 pubs were then supplied by the new entity, Whitbread Fremlin's. Thus, by 1969 Whitbread's owned c.1,000 pubs in Kent, leaving Shepherd Neame of Faversham as the County's only remaining independent brewer. The mighty Pale Ale Brewery on Earl Street was reduced to the insignificance of a mere depot in 1972, with brewing being transferred to the former George Beer & Rigden Brewery in Faversham, which Fremlin's had bought in 1949. By way of a footnote, Fremlin's only owned one tied house until the 1920s, as the company's strong Christian ethos directed it to sell bottled beer to drink at home. The idea being, that it was better for adults to be together with their children, at home, rather than having them going to drink at the pub. This all changed with the retirement of the Fremlin family "old guard" in the 1920s and by amalgamation and acquisition, Fremlin's tied estate rocketed and numbered some 400 pubs by the beginning of WW2.
Correction. Fremlin's didn't "amalgamate" with Whitbread's in 1925! Whitbread's bought Fremlin's Brewery in 1967 and with it, their 714 tied houses: about a quarter of all Kent's pubs! Whitbread's already owned Mackeson's of Hythe and within a year of buying Fremlin's, also bought/closed down Cobb's of Margate and Tomson & Wotton (Britain's oldest brewery, established in 1634) of Ramsgate, adding about 150 more pubs to their tied estate.
Mackeson's was also closed down in 1968 and their c.100 pubs were then supplied by the new entity, Whitbread Fremlin's. Thus, by 1969 Whitbread's owned c.1,000 pubs in Kent, leaving Shepherd Neame of Faversham as the County's only remaining independent brewer.
The mighty Pale Ale Brewery on Earl Street was reduced to the insignificance of a mere depot in 1972, with brewing being transferred to the former George Beer & Rigden Brewery in Faversham, which Fremlin's had bought in 1949.
By way of a footnote, Fremlin's only owned one tied house until the 1920s, as the company's strong Christian ethos directed it to sell bottled beer to drink at home. The idea being, that it was better for adults to be together with their children, at home, rather than having them going to drink at the pub. This all changed with the retirement of the Fremlin family "old guard" in the 1920s and by amalgamation and acquisition, Fremlin's tied estate rocketed and numbered some 400 pubs by the beginning of WW2.
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