tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post3966359530926412056..comments2024-03-29T05:24:30.793-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Benskin’s Watford BreweryRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-12157951939562868702015-06-08T15:18:13.337-07:002015-06-08T15:18:13.337-07:00Ooo,forgot to say that Pope didn't start the b...Ooo,forgot to say that Pope didn't start the brewery in 1722, but some time between 1714 and 1722, when he was already running a bakery business.Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-7264916825464899712015-06-08T15:13:01.073-07:002015-06-08T15:13:01.073-07:00The company was reformed in 1898, four years after...The company was reformed in 1898, four years after the initial flotation, hence the apparently missing number of company meetings, since they were counting only from the second foundation. Colonel Briggs had married Doris Benskin, granddaughter of Joseph of that ilk. He became MD of the company in 1910 and retired as managing director in October 1946, when he was 75, He stayed on as chairman of the company until his death at 80 in August 1951Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.com