Hope & Anchor Breweries Ltd (Part of Bass Charrington Ltd) Deep Round Tin

Hope & Anchor Breweries Ltd tin tray dating from the 1960s.

Carter, Milner & Bird Ltd - Hope Brewery

The Hope Brewery was founded in 1892 by Christopher Carter, Eleazer Milner, and George Bird on Mowbray Street, in Bridgehouses, Sheffield.
Carter, Milner & Bird Ltd was registered in 1899.
In 1914, the outbreak of the First World War caused the Hope Brewery to close, then after the war, when the brewery was due to reopen, Milner and Bird both died.
The Hope Brewery did not recommence production until 1921.
From the mid-1930s, the Company started to grow due mainly to the introduction of Jubilee Stout, which became a national brand.
The original Hope Brewery was closed in 1938 due to redevelopment in the area and land was purchased on Clay Wheels Lane to build a new brewery.
Its beers, including Jubilee Stout, were transferred to the new brewery which started operating in 1939.

Henry Tomlinson Ltd - Anchor Brewery is Amalgamted

Henry Tomlinson's Anchor Brewery was founded in 1889 and was registered in 1894.
In 1940 the Anchor Brewery was bombed by the Luftwaffe which led to a merger of the two companies in 1942, forming Hope & Anchor Breweries Ltd.
Part of the Anchor Brewery was salvaged and used as a packing station for export beer to the troops in 1945.

Hope & Anchor Breweries Ltd Expands

Letter heading used after WWII used the words 'Hope & Anchor Breweries Ltd, Brewers, Maltsters, Bottlers & Exporters. Incorporating H.Tomlinson Ltd & Carter, Milner & Bird Ltd'.
After the war, the growth of Hope & Anchor Breweries Ltd was spectacular.
The Company acquired six breweries mainly in the North of England.
Acquisitions included the Castletown Brewery (1906) Ltd on the Isle of Man in 1946, John Bramley & Sons Ltd Wellington Brewery of Liverpool in 1948, Wilkinson & Co. Elswick Brewery of Newcastle in 1954, Truswell's Brewery Co. Ltd of Sheffield, with 50 public houses, in 1955, Openshaw Brewery Ltd of Manchester, with 125 pubs, in 1957, and Welcome Brewery Co. Ltd of Oldham in 1959.
Also, in the 1950s, Hope & Anchor Breweries Ltd entered into an agreement to brew Carling Lager for a Canadian brewery company.
By 1960 the Company's retail estate totalled 250 tied public houses.

1960s Mergers Create Bass Charrington Ltd

In 1960 Hope & Anchor Breweries Ltd merged with Hammond's United Breweries Ltd and John Jeffrey & Co. Ltd to form Northern Breweries Ltd, later named Northern Breweries of Great Britain Ltd.
The name of the Company changed again to United Breweries Ltd in 1962, and in the same year, became Charrington United Breweries Ltd after a merger with Charrington & Co. Ltd.
Bass, Mitchells & Butlers Ltd merged with Charrington United Breweries Ltd in 1967, becoming Bass Charrington Ltd.
The old Hope Brewery on Mowbray Street was demolished in the early 1970s.
Jubilee Stout and Carling Lager were brewed at Clay Wheels Lane until 1994, when the brewery was closed by Bass plc under the trading name Bass North Ltd.
The site was demolished soon afterwards.