{"id":3790,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/?post_type=product&p=3790"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:25:06","slug":"wilsons-brewery-ltd-round-black-backed-steel","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/product\/wilsons-brewery-ltd-round-black-backed-steel\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson’s Brewery Ltd Round Black Backed Steel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wilson’s Brewery Ltd black backed tray dating from the late 1930s.<\/p>\n

Origins of the Newton Heath Brewery<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The business was founded in Newton Heath by John Collinson and George Simpson in 1834, and traded as Collinson & Simpson.
\nThe firm was acquired by the partnership Henry Charles Wilson and Thomas Philpott in 1865, who traded as Wilson & Philpott.
\nBy 1880 Henry Wilson was the sole owner of the business, and he traded as Henry Charles Wilson & Co.<\/p>\n

Wilson’s Brewery Ltd<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Company was registered as Henry Charles Wilson & Co. Ltd in 1894, and later that year was renamed Wilson’s Brewery Ltd.
\nIn 1949 Wilson’s Brewery Ltd merged with local competitor Walker & Homfray’s Ltd to form Wilson & Walker Breweries Ltd.
\nWalker’s Woodside Brewery was closed shortly afterwards.
\nThe Company name reverted back to Wilson’s Brewery Ltd in 1952.<\/p>\n

Watney Mann Ltd Takeover<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Newton Heath Brewery amalgamated with Watney Mann Ltd in 1960, with 1,124 public houses.
\nWatney Mann Ltd was acquired by Grand Metropolitan Hotels Ltd in 1972.
\nIn 1985 Grand Metropolitan Hotels Ltd merged Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd with Wilson’s Brewery Ltd to form Samuel Webster & Wilsons Ltd.
\nBrewing ceased at Wilson’s Newton Heath Brewery in 1986 when all production of Wilson’s beers was transferred to Webster’s Fountain Head Brewery.
\nWilsons Original Bitter and Wilsons Mild were brewed in Halifax
\nAfter Wilson’s beers ceased to be brewed in Halifax, both Morland & Co. Ltd, and the Mansfield Brewery Co. Ltd, kept the name alive.
\nThe Wilson’s brand disappeared in 1998.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wilson’s Brewery Ltd black backed tray dating from the late 1930s.
\nThe Newton Heath Brewery was based on Monsall Road Newton Heath, Greater Manchester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[376],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3790","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-england-1930s","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\/3790","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=3790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3790"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3790"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brewerytrays.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}