Brewery House provided living accommodation for Ben Bushell and office accommodation for senior managers.
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The 1899 frontage of the Black Eagle Brewery offices incorporates the name of Ind Coope above the doorway. When the brewery ceased brewing, Ind Coope used the buildings as a bottling plant.
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The only person identified in this photograph is Reginald Ellis Bushell (nephew of Benjamin Bushell) at the back on the right wearing a trilby hat.
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Back row all unknown Middle row Reginald Ellis Bushell, unknown, Topper Richardson, Bill Sales Front row unknown, Bill Richardson, Bernard Chilman, Frank Cosgrove
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Some people have been identified (20 Feb 2018) Back row unknown, Thomas Rushson, 2x unknown, Tom Webb, Reginald Bushell Middle row Fred Anscombe, Frank Cosgrove, unknown, Peter Richardson Front row Bill ‘Beazle’ Richardson, Bernard Chilman, Benny Barnes
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Bushell, Watkins & Smith Ltd. went into voluntary liquidation on July 19 1961. The Black Eagle Brewery and ninety seven licensed houses were conveyed to Ind Coope (London) Ltd on October 1st 1962. Brewing at the Black Eagle continued until March 3rd 1965, when head brewer Bill Wickett mashed three barrels of a special bitter ...
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There are many records of ‘stack-fires’ around the Westerham area as in any farming community, and some records for house fires, but probably the most serious fire Westerham has ever seen broke out at the premises of Edward Evenden’s ‘West Kent Motor Works’ during the night of July 1st 1910. From The Herald Saturday July ...
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There was a door from the brewery that went into the garden of the brewer’s house ‘Spring Ardens’ next to the General Wolfe Pub
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