In the company archives in Bristol, we uncovered a hoard of wonderful old images of the people involved in the brewery operation at all levels. The earliest images date from World War 1. One small album was marked ‘pre-1920’. But the majority are from the post war years and up to about 1960. Some were in albums, probably from the Hop Leaf Gazette editor’s office. Others were loose or tied in bundles.
Please do contact me if you can date the images or identify any of the people you see. I would be happy to tag these photographs with their names and history.
Henry Simonds, the founder of ‘H’ & G Simonds, c1860
Original given to Reading Museum by Courage on closure of the Reading Brewery, 2009. Henry was son of WBS the Brewery founder and 1st Chairman. Same image in HLG of 1933, with story.
A E Smith
A T Burrows
Bottling Dept, John Allaway, Eileen Chaney, Mr&Mrs Slark
Bottling Dept, Miss Rice, Mr&Mrs Leath
Bowls cup winners c1930
Bowls
Mr Bradbury, Trinidad Trading Company
Brewery air raid drill 1941.
George Blackall Simonds – centre
Brewery air raid drill 1941
Henry Duncan Simonds on the right.
Brewery air raid drill 1941.
You will find numerous reports of air raid drills and first aid exercises in the Hop Leaf Gazette issues of the war years.
Building Dept
C H Scott, Plymouth
Caversham Billiards trophy
Charabang outing pre 1920
Charles Gough Branch manager Home & Overseas 1916
Churchill-Montgomery- Dempsey
General Sir Miles Dempsey, Chairman at the time of the Courage takeover on 1960Unknown 02
CJM Downes Bottling Manager & Andrew Martin, Antwerp a (2)
CJM Downes Bottling Manager & Andrew Martin, Antwerp a
Cricket 1st 11 1954
David Simonds at a Staff Ball
Darts league Mr Henderson, maltings, RStJ Quarry
Darts league, Mr Jewell, RStJ Quarry b
Darts league, RStJ Quarry a
Darts league, RStJ Quarry b
Darts league
David Clinch, & Tony Maslin, wheel wrights, 1960
David Gooch
Directors – ‘Present’, c1925
Directors – Past c1900 published c1925
Duncan Simonds
Duncan Simonds, Stuart Hill [artist] CM Simonds, Phil Rogers [tenant]
Duncan Simonds, Stuart Hill [artist] CM Simonds, Phil Rogers [tenant]
Duncan Simonds making a sequence of presentations.
ED Simonds & unknown a
ED Simonds & unknown b
ED Simonds & unknown c
ED Simonds & unknown d
ED Simonds & unknown e
E Jackson at Wroughton
F C Moss
F Hawkes, C Bennet & W Bowyer 1950
FA Simonds as High Sheriff, by Vandyke
FA Simonds Portrait
FA Simonds makes a presentation
FA Simonds & Miss A Prosser
FA Simonds a
FA Simonds b
FA Simonds c
FA Simonds & Miss AM Prosser c1951
FA Simonds & his long serving secretary, Miss AM Prosser c1952
FA Simonds, Town hall ball, Mayor Kersley & TW Bradford 1950
Ferguson Locomotive Darts Champion
FG Hawkes, BM Corbett Nurses
Frank Cole, Dave Hayes [Estates] Allan Print [Accounts
Funeral procession
General Purposes Committee, 1939-45
G M Howells
GF Andrews
GH Smith, Reading a
GH Smith, Reading
GM Petit
Golf 1959 a
Golf 1959 b
Golf 1959 c
Golf 1959 d
Golf 1959 e
Golf 1959 f
Gordon Ayers & team
H E Taylor, Reading, for gold watch
HC Davis a
HC Davis b
HC Davis, Presentation
Ian Clinch, Raymond Kury, Personnel
Jean Slark 1
Jean Slark 3
Jean Slark 2
JE Fry
Kenneth Chapman Finance Director
Kenneth Chapman FD & his team – can you name any?
Kenneth Chapman FD
Kenneth Chapman FD
London Area Sales
LVA Dinner Bath
Maiwand Lion war memorial, Reading 1950
Maiwand Lion war memorial, Reading 1950
Maiwand Lion war memorial, Reading 1950
Mr Harold Aust. Bottling Manager, Reading & Staines – –
Mr Bartlett, Reading a
Mr Bartlett, Reading b
Mr Cox a
Mr Cox b
Mr Cox c
Mr Downs Head Brewer
Mr Fowler, Oxford
H C Hillman
HM Randall
Mr Hurlock, Wages
Mr Lawrence
Mr Lott
Mr Paice with Denys Richardson, Reading
Mr Painter, Reading
Mr Palmer, Reading
Mr Plaisden
Mr Pyal
Denys Richardson, Company Secretary c1960
Mr Spurling & Mr Duncan Simonds c1950
Mr Walsh, Reading a
Mr Walsh, Reading
WG Brown, Mr S Peapell, Mr C Brown of Rose & Crown
Mr Wills, Reading
Mr Wright, Reading
Mr&Mrs Brimsdon, Russell Arms, Reading
Mr&Mrs Malling of Wheelrights Arms, Aldershot
Mrs Bond 5Art Bond 6-7 Mr&Mrs Shippy Shipton
Mrs Ruby Burrows, Mr Jock Weir, beer cellars
Oxford Billiards room
Pensioners Dinner 1963
Pensioners dinner a
Pensioners dinner b
Pensioners dinner c
Pensioners dinner d
Pensioners dinner e
Pensioners dinner f
Pensioners dinner g
Pensioners dinner h
Pensioners dinner i
Pensioners dinner, AJ Everett, DA Shepherd, AW Bowyer, W Bradfo
Pluto tanker on the Mall for the Coronation party
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Prince of Wales visit, 1926
Prince of Wales visit, 1926. These images are displayed on the timeline page with captions.
Prince of Wales visit, 1926
Prince of Wales visit, 1926
Prince of Wales visit, 1926
Prince of Wales visit, 1926
Prince of Wales visit, 1926
Queen Elizabeth on Windsor walkabout 1960
R Broad, Ken Organ, Mr Todd
R Waite a
R Waite b
R Walsh
Staff social club outing, Reading Brewery
Reg Waite
RStJ Quarry & unknown a
RStJ Quarry & unknown b
RStJ Quarry & unknown c
RStJ Quarry, Charlie Shipton, Transport, Darts League
RStJ Quarry
RW Lake
S Naith, Plymouth
Concert party 1920, Seven Bridges Brewery
SH Spurling Estates Manager a
SH Spurling Estates Manager
SH Spurling, presentation in Swindon c1950
SH Spurling, presentation to Mr Paice, Mr Penderick in Swindon
Sidney Jefferys, Newport 1957
Simonds George Blackall, Director c1925
SM Penerlich 29-09-59 a
SM Penerlich 29-09-59 b
SM Penerlich 29-09-59 c
Sports Day 1956 a
Sports Day 1956 b
Sports day 1957 a
Sports day 1957 b
Staff Ball 1960 A
Staff Ball 1960 b
Staff Ball misc
Staff Ball Newport 1952
Staff Ball, Tamar a
Staff Ball, Tamar b
Staff Children’s party, Mr&Mrs R Wright, Mayor, Tamar
Staff Children’s party, Tamar
Staff Dinner, Staines 1956 by Giles Sanger. My Granddad, Eddie Wells (A E Wells) is on the right. His daughter Mary Sanger (nee Wells) is far right. The woman on the left, is granddad’s sister in law, Freda Dossiter (my nana’s sister) she worked at The Plough. on the far left is her husband Les Dossiter
Staff Dance 1
Staff Dance 2
Staff Dance 3
Staff Dance 4
Staff Dance 5
Staff Dance 6
Staff Dance 7
Staff Dance 8
Staff Dance 9
Staff Dance 10
Staff Dinner 1950
Staff dinner, Brighton 1960
Staff football team 1930
Staff New Year Dance c1950
Staff outing 1911
Staff Social Committee c1950
Staff Social Committee c1950
Stuart Quarry samples a pint of ale
Switchboard Miss Gwen Josey
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Unknown Barrel cleaning
Unknown in labs 1
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Unknown Stores 1
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Unknown, 1920’s Beer tent – Kent?
1946 or 49 Drawing a pint in Lechlade or Fairford – who?
W H Davis
Wandsworth Rd, Plough Brewery, Bill Benham [Rt] c1925
Wandsworth Rd, Plough Brewery, c1925
WP Jones c1935
WW1 Greetings card from Brewery soldier RGA 1917
WW1 Paris, Mr Hobbs to Mrs Hobbs from the front, Jan 1917
