Ind Coope Ltd Small Round Tin

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Ind Coope Ltd tin tray dating from the 1960s. In 1958 Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd owned four breweries, two adjacent to each other on Station Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, the Star Brewery in Romford, Essex and Allsopp's Alloa Brewery in Central, Scotland. Double Diamond was brewed at Ind Coope's Station Street brewery.
Ind Coope Ltd tin tray dating from the 1960s. Ind Coope & Co. Ltd and Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd were two major British brewers. Edward Ind purchased the Star Brewery in Romford, Essex, and began brewing there in 1799. In 1856 Ind Coope & Co. opened a second brewery on the North side of the railway station on Station Street, Burton-on-Trent. The Company was registered as Ind Coope & Co. Ltd in 1886. Allsopp's origins date from 1742. Samuel Allsopp purchased the old brewery on High Street, Burton-on-Trent, in 1807. His son, Henry Allsopp, oversaw the building of a second magnificent New Brewery and offices in 1859. The New Brewery was also based on Station Street and adjoined the brewery of Ind Coope. The Company was incorporated as a public limited company in 1887 and became Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd. In 1897 the old High Street site was converted into a lager only brewery. Both companies experienced difficult trading conditions and poor financial results in the late 1800s and early 1900s and both were forced into receivership. Ind Coope & Co Ltd entered receivership in 1909 and was renamed Ind Coope & Co. (1912) Ltd when restructured, and Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd followed the same path in 1911. In order to turn around their fortunes both companies started to acquire other breweries. Ind Coope purchased seven breweries between 1915 and 1931 and Allsopps acquired six breweries, including Archibald Arrol & Sons Ltd, Alloa brewery which continued to trade in Scotland until 1998. More importantly, each Company dramatically increased its estate of public houses. Ind Coope & Co. (1912) Ltd reverted back to Ind Coope & Co. Ltd in 1923. With both companies now on a sound financial footing the two amalgamated in 1934 to form Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd. The Red Hand trademark of Samuel Allsopp was adopted as the main brand icon. The merger was in reality a takeover of Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd by Ind Coope & Co. Ltd as the former ceased trading. In total, the newly formed Company owned five breweries, one in Romford, three in Burton-on-Trent, and a Scottish brewery based in Alloa. In addition, the combined estate of public houses totalled around 1800 serving customers in the Midlands, North of England and Scotland. In the town of Burton-on-Trent and the nearby parish of Shobnall, to the West of Burton-on-Trent, Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd owned maltings, a bottling plant, stores, a cooperage, offices and numerous other brewery related buildings. At the time of the merger Ind Coope was the second largest brewer and Samuel Allsopp the third, with Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd the largest of the three. Allsopp's High Street lager brewery had been damaged by fire in 1916 and was not repaired. It only occasionally brewed until 1934 when production ceased altogether and most of the brewery was demolished in 1938. The remaining buildings were leased partly to a shoe manufacturer and partly to Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd for storage of hogsheads. After WWII Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd continued on a path of expansion and acquired Parker's Burslem Brewery Co. Ltd in 1948, the Wrexham Lager Beer Co. Ltd in 1949, Lonsdale & Adshead Ltd in 1950, and Trouncer & Co. Ltd in 1956. By 1948, with buoyant sales of its flagship 'Double Diamond' bottled beer, a state-of-the-art bottling plant and stores were added on Curzon Street and three of the malt houses were consolidated into one. It was, however, the purchase of Benskin's Watford Brewery Ltd with over 600 public houses in 1957 that was the most significant acquisition. The final takeover was that of Taylor, Walker & Co. Ltd in 1959 and, in the same year, the name was simplified to Ind Coope Ltd. In 1961 Ind Coope Ltd merged with Ansells Brewery Ltd and Tetley Walker Ltd and the amalgamated Company was named Allied Breweries Ltd in 1963. The New Brewery on Station Street, once owned by Samuel Allsopp, continued brewing until the 1970s when it was closed by Allied Breweries Ltd. Some of the offices became the headquarters of Punch Taverns. Allied Breweries Ltd merged with the food and catering company J.Lyons & Co. to form Allied-Lyons plc in 1978. Allied-Lyons plc closed Allsopp's Shobnall maltings in 1982. A modernisation project, which began in 1983, led to the bottling and canning facilities on Curzon Street being moved to the main site. The last tanker delivery of beer from the brewery to Curzon Street was in 1987, and the buildings are now part of the Imex Business Centre which was created in 1991. The Allied-Lyons brewing business merged with Carlsberg and became Carlsberg-Tetley Brewing Ltd in 1992. Also in 1992, the Star Brewery in Romford was closed and brewing of Ind Coope Best Bitter was transferred to Burton-on-Trent. The Star Brewery buildings were redeveloped into a shopping centre. Carlsberg-Tetley sold the Burton brewery to Bass Charrington Ltd in 1997 and, after a futher series of takeovers and name changes, it is now owned by Molson-Coors Brewing (UK) Ltd. It still operates as the Burton North Brewery. The manufacturer's mark states - The Metal Box Co Ltd. (Liverpool Branch)
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Brewery Origin England
County Staffordshire
Reverse Finish Standard
Tray Manufacturer Metal Box Co Ltd
Tray Material Tin
Year Of Manufacture 1960
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