Jolly Brewers
Clifton Road
1835 to present day

       

   

As you can see from the street plan below, the Jolly Brewers was also a brewery.

Clifton Road or 'New Town' as it was originally named,  had a selection of workers houses. Although very small, this compensated by very long back gardens ideal for growing fruit and veg. It has been said that some also grew hops for the brewery itself.

In 1909, G Gravet sold genuine home brew for one shilling a gallon in cask or bottle with tap.

The present Jolly Brewers, although still as wide as it was,  is barely a third of its original length. The brewery buildings has long since been lost under a local school building.
The centre section is now a car park for adjacent apartments.

   

For more details for the brewery check out the brewery page here
   

Example of a early rebuild, the public bar was vastly enlarged but still kept the idea of one bar serving all, including the off licence.

   
   


Check out this brewery page for
more pictures and details of the
brewery side of the business
(Click the picture).
   
   

1839 - William Knowles  as The Brewers Arms
1840 - William Knowles
1858 - Gravett
1866 - Thomas Gravett renamed
New Town Brewery
1871 - Rebecca Gravett (to 1881)
1891 - George Gravett (to 1911)
1915 - George Gravett
1920 - George Gravett
1923 - David Thomas Brazier (to 1939)
1934 - re-fronted in red brick

1939 - John Thomas Woolmore (to 1941)
1941 - Reginald Leslie & Ivy Streeter (to 1956)
1956 - Ivy Patricia Streeter (to 1975) - Known as Pat
1975 - Betty Hazelgrove