tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post4282259358464874072..comments2024-03-29T05:24:30.793-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Flowers Breweries Ltd. (part two)Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-72019454299958627142015-09-15T02:06:15.150-07:002015-09-15T02:06:15.150-07:00Another link between Flowers and Greens was that E...Another link between Flowers and Greens was that Edward Fordham Flower was related to the Fordhams of the Ashwell brewery, t/o by Green's in 1952. <br /><br />Flowers did have one takeover after the merger, of Threshers, the off-licence chain, in 1957. But everything was now getting much more expensive - Eddie Taylor of Carling was in the market too after 1959 – and the company was also rolling out Flower's Keg after 1956, which was expensive. Then in 1958 Bernard Dixon was sacked from the board, in a row over his plans to shut the Stratford on Avon brewery, among other things, and the drive went out of the company: after several attempts at mergers with others, including Greene King, Flowers actually asked Whitbread in 1962 if Whitbread would like to take it over, to which, of course, ther CHuswell Street boys said "Yes, thanks."Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.com