WB/Pearman7/2/4

Cutting from Luton News on J.W.Green Limited, on eve of its merger with Flower & Sons Limited, including: - photographs of John William Green and Bernard Dixon, chairman in 1954; - early work of J.W.Green on leaving school at 16 in 1853 in hat industry in Upper George Street, leaving to join H. & F.Pearman in Park Street West; - purchase of Pearmans by Green (aged 22) and subsequent purchases of Wadsworth & Thaire (Market Hill) and Thomas Sworder & Company; - Bernard Dixon joined J.W.Green in 1932, was head brewer at 21 and chairman in 1947; - beers produced by J.W.Green in 1954 named as Poacher, Brewmaster Little Imp and Dragon's Blood

4 Mar 1954

From: 1853 To: 1954

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J.W.Green & Son Limited,
Flower & Sons Limited,
Green, John William,
Dixon, Bernard,
Pearman, Henry,
Pearman, Frederick,
Wadsworth & Thaire,
T.Sworder & Company

J.W.Green & Son Limited, Thomas Sworder & Company, Wadsworth & Thaire, Flower & Sons Limited, photographs, named portraits, LUTON, Luton Market Hill