Border Breweries (Wrexham) Ltd Round Tin

Border Breweries (Wrexham) Ltd tin tray dating from 22.11.1962. Border Breweries (Wrexham) Ltd was registered in 1931 to acquire F.W.Soames Ltd's Nag's Head Brewery, The Island Green Brewery Co. Ltd and Dorsett, Owen & Co. of Oswestry. All brewing was concentrated at Soames Nag's Head Brewery and the other two breweries were closed. The Nag's Head Brewery was acquired by Marston, Thompson & Evershed Ltd in 1984 and brewing ceased. The manufacturer's mark states - Hancock Corfield & Waller Ltd, Mitcham, London. The exact date of this tray is known as it was Hancock Corfield & Waller Ltd's file copy and has the date written on the back of the tray. Interestingly the design is a copy of an alloy tray produced in the early 1950s.