70013, Manchester, August 1968
The last standard gauge steam train operated by British Railways, IT57, the Fifteen Guinea Special with 70013 OLIVER CROMWELL heading away from Manchester Victoria and passing Threlfall's brewery, 11th August 1968.
Threlfall's Salford brewery, along with another site in Liverpool, had been taken over by Whitbread in 1967 at which time it was the 8th largest brewing company in the UK, and the largest to be based in North West England. The takeover raised Whitbread, a predominantly southern based business, to be the second largest brewing group in the United Kingdom. The Salford building became surplus to requirements in 1999 and is now the Deva Centre, an urban business village. It is grade II listed.
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70013, Manchester, August 1968
The last standard gauge steam train operated by British Railways, IT57, the Fifteen Guinea Special with 70013 OLIVER CROMWELL heading away from Manchester Victoria and passing Threlfall's brewery, 11th August 1968.
Threlfall's Salford brewery, along with another site in Liverpool, had been taken over by Whitbread in 1967 at which time it was the 8th largest brewing company in the UK, and the largest to be based in North West England. The takeover raised Whitbread, a predominantly southern based business, to be the second largest brewing group in the United Kingdom. The Salford building became surplus to requirements in 1999 and is now the Deva Centre, an urban business village. It is grade II listed.
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