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Davenports Brewery

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Biscayne said:
Nearly 2 years too late but hope this helps; There was a company called Davenports CB Limited which, according to the Davenports website, was set up to deal with the bottled beer and home delivery service. Here is a share certificate for CB, featuring Baron John Davenport's signature:
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Hi,

I was told that the CB stood for cask and bottle.

Kind rtegards
Dave
 
hi follks does anyone happen to know how many pubs davenports now own. and their names ..i believe they have a few dotted around birmingham...this being one of them


www.birminghammail.co.uk

City pub to reopen with original name after rebrand 'did not go down well'

The Alcester Road pub has been taken over by one of the UK's oldest breweries, Davenports, with plans to 'breathe new life' into the site and bring back it's original name
www.birminghammail.co.uk www.birminghammail.co.uk
thanks for any help

lyn
 
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Lyn
I am not certain of the details, but about three years ago I was talking to the barman at the Bulls Head in Bishopsgate St, a Davenports pub, and , as I understood and remembered it, he was saying that the Davenports pub brewery now in existence, was not the same company as the old Deavenports, though still run by a family member.
 
mikejee said:
Lyn
I am not certain of the details, but about three years ago I was talking to the barman at the Bulls Head in Bishopsgate St, a Davenports pub, and , as I understood and remembered it, he was saying that the Davenports pub brewery now in existence, was not the same company as the old Deavenports, though still run by a family member.
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oh right mike i was just going on what my link said about the crown being run by one of the oldest breweries...maybe someone will know..they certainly still deliver as a friend of mine has ordered
 
From Brewery History site:
Davenport's Brewery Ltd, Bath Row, Birmingham, West Midlands

Said to be founded 1739, with the Davenport family at a variety of pubs in the early C19 and John Davenport malting here in 1852.

Registered in November 1896 as John Davenport & Sons Brewery Ltd. with 57 public houses. Registered as above June 1929 but failed and so continued as John Davenport & Sons' Brewery Ltd. until at least 1950. A separate company, Davenports CB Ltd, was set up to deal with the bottled beer and home delivery service, while John Davenport and Sons Ltd continued to run the brewery and the licensed houses.

From the 1st October 1974, Davenports CB Ltd and John Davenport and Sons Brewing Ltd ceased to operate independently and instead traded collectively as Davenports Brewery Ltd.

Acquired by Greenall Whitley & Co. Ltd in 1986 with 106 tied houses and brewing ceased in 1989.

YET

The Firm Davenports that now exists is a Birmingham Company which, on its website, implies it is the same company as was originally founded:
www.davenports.co.uk

Revival Cask Beers - History of Davenports Brewery

Davenports brewery began in 1829, and our range of revival cask beers harks back to some of the very original secret brews.
www.davenports.co.uk www.davenports.co.uk
 
I have vague memories of walking up Bath Row with my mom, and looking into Davenports, through huge windows, and watching the production line.

Steve.
 
mikejee said:
Lyn
I am not certain of the details, but about three years ago I was talking to the barman at the Bulls Head in Bishopsgate St, a Davenports pub, and , as I understood and remembered it, he was saying that the Davenports pub brewery now in existence, was not the same company as the old Deavenports, though still run by a family member.
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As far as I am aware the ‘new’ Davenport brewery company has no connection with the original Davenport family.
Eustace Bromley Davenport 1907- 1992 was the last Davenport on the board when the company was taken over by Greenhalls. He then resigned his position. He was my 3rd cousin 2x removed.
Robert Davenport who first founded a brewery business was my 4th grandfather.
I am the only remaining Davenport from this line.
Clive Davenport
 
I just like to add this about Beer at Home , unlike today when cans of beer are two a penny almost in supermarkets, we moved into a new house in Aston in 1976 and for about a year maybe a tad shorter I had Davenports deliver to the house , whay with all the empty bottles washed and all in Bristol fashion ready for return I must say they weren't that cheap in fact I'll go as far as to say they were rather dear I found even with the empties going back
 
Hi

My second job after leaving school was at Hyde's Garage Bath Row. I worked in the attached radio and TV shop. We also did all the Vehicle electrical work and as I was too young to drive I used to have to walk past Davenport's to A.T. Gitting's in Irving Street for spares dynamos, starters regulators etc. At 16 a dynamo after you've been carrying it for nearly half a mile up hill become quite heavy, the posts outside of Davenport's were the perfect height to rest things on and as mentioned earlier watching the bottle conveyors was fascinating. If I remember next to Davenport's was an area that I think was a bombed site that part of the building had been preserved as a monument. The other side was Birmingham Accident Hospital. I've had many a happy Tetanus Injection in various parts of my body in there..

Brian
 
Brian s said:
Hi

My second job after leaving school was at Hyde's Garage Bath Row. I worked in the attached radio and TV shop. We also did all the Vehicle electrical work and as I was too young to drive I used to have to walk past Davenport's to A.T. Gitting's in Irving Street for spares dynamos, starters regulators etc. At 16 a dynamo after you've been carrying it for nearly half a mile up hill become quite heavy, the posts outside of Davenport's were the perfect height to rest things on and as mentioned earlier watching the bottle conveyors was fascinating. If I remember next to Davenport's was an area that I think was a bombed site that part of the building had been preserved as a monument. The other side was Birmingham Accident Hospital. I've had many a happy Tetanus Injection in various parts of my body in there..

Brian
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What year/s are we talking here, I supplied starters and alternators to Davenports for their trucks from my own business, before that I worked for A.T. Gittins..transport manager was Harry Simpson and stores manager was Tony O'Neal, I went out with the receptionist Iris, was middle 1970s..
 
Hi

The time period was 1960ish When Hydes went under as so many radio and TV shops did around 1961/63 I moved to Ryland GaragesThey bought even more from Gittings notably lots of CAV / Simms fuse and control boxes. Big grey dicast boxes that the driver controled the lights from and started the engine. Life was so much simpler then I could completly rewire an eight wheeled Atkinson or Guy lorry in a morning, You will no doubt remember the Rubber Light tail lights, I hated them...

Brian
 
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