{"id":3595,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3595"},"modified":"2025-12-12T09:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:00:42","slug":"offilers-brewery-ltd-square-tin-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/product\/offilers-brewery-ltd-square-tin-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Offilers&#8217; Brewery Ltd Square Tin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Offiliers&#8217; Brewery Ltd tin tray dating from 1957.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Vine Brewery<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The business was founded in 1876 when George Offiler acquired the Vine Inn brewery on Whitaker Street in Derby.<br \/>\nFrom here he supplied his local brew to a few outlets in Derby.<br \/>\nOffiler acquired the Star Tea Warehouse on nearby Ambrose Street off Normanton Road in Derby in 1884, and converted it into a larger Vine Brewery.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Offilers&#8217; Brewery Ltd Registration<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Company was registered in 1890 as Offilers&#8217; Brewery Ltd and a reconstructured business was formed in 1892.<br \/>\nThe &#8216;Chess Piece&#8217; trade mark was introduced in 1895.<br \/>\nMost of Offilers&#8217; business was centred in and around Derby.<br \/>\nWhen trade increased, the Company purchased the Cavendish Bridge Brewery of George Trussell Eaton with 14 public houses in 1896.<br \/>\nThis enabled the Company to widen its distribution into Leicestershire and it became Offilers&#8217; second brewery operating at Cavendish Bridge until its closure in 1923.<br \/>\nIn 1911 Offilers&#8217; acquired and closed the Elms Brewery of the Little Eaton Brewery Ltd.<br \/>\nHill&#8217;s Cromford Brewery Ltd was purchased with 8 public houses in 1914. The site was used as a depot until 1926.<br \/>\nAfter the Second World War the family business traded profitably if not spectacularly. There were no major expansion plans, although the Company did acquire local brewer James Hair &amp; Son of Melbourne with one tied house in 1954.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Charrington United Breweries Ltd Takeover<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Vine Brewery, with 238 public houses, was acquired by Charrington United Breweries Ltd in 1965.<br \/>\nBrewing ceased in 1966 although the premises were used as a distribution depot until 1968.<\/p>\n<p>The manufacturer&#8217;s mark states &#8211; Reginald Corfield Ltd Lombard Road London S.W.19. 578.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offiliers&#8217; Brewery Ltd tin tray dating from 1957.<br \/>\nThe Vine Brewery was based in Derby, Derbyshire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[378],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3595","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-england-1950s","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3595"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3595"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}