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Arthur. Broome Botanical Beer Brewer

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Quite some yearsvago, I dug up a ceramic bottle stopper in my back garden, on the stopper it had:

"A. Broome & Son
Nechells"

I see from your site there is an Arthur Broome, who was a botanical beer brewer in 1915 at 34 Runcorn Road, Balsall Heath.

Please excuse my ignorance, I don't know Birmingham, but I belive Balsall Heath & Nechells are very different places?

Going by your information, by1921 Faulkner Bros occupied those premises.

Does anyone know if Arthur Broome moved to Nechells then?
Or anything about him at all?

The ground where my house is, and the garden I found the stopper in was once used for the yearly fair, and its lovely to think someone enjoyed a drink of ginger ale or similar & had a fun day.

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hi and welcome...that a nice little find you have there..balsall heath and nechells are 2 different areas in birmingham but not really that far apart..hopefully someone will be able to help you

lyn
 
I don't know about Arthur Broome, but there was "Alfred Broome & Son", dairymen, operating from 29 Malvern Hill Road in Nechells (from Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1921)
 
Arthur Broome (or Broom) is listed in kellys as a herbal brewer, ginger beer maker or botanical brewer by Kellys at the following addresses

1903-4 at 4 tillingham St
1908-1913 at 133 Sherbourne Road
1915 at 34 Runcorn Road
He has disappeared by the 1921 edition
He is listed din the online electoral rolls (which only have some years at 34 runcorn road in 1910, 1919 and 1920
 
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