Hardy and Hansons Brewery,Kimberley,April 13

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Hardy and Hansons Brewery
Kimberley,
April 13.

My second visit here,and its still good,with little damage/theft or "chavery"....was a solo visit...

The Kimberley Brewery was established and operated by brewer Hardys & Hansons, and has a heritage dating from 1832. It was the oldest independent brewery in Nottinghamshire.
Samuel Robinson opened the first commercial brewery in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England in a rented bake-house using water from the Alley Spring in what is now called Hardy Street. Meanwhile Stephen Hanson built his Hansons Limited on Brewery Street in 1847, also using water from the same spring.
William & Thomas Hardy were successful beer merchants from Heanor who bought the brewery from Samuel Robinson in 1857. Kimberley brewery is still largely based on the buildings they erected way back in 1861 after they had moved out of the old bake-house.
In 1861, Stephen Hanson passed away and the business was driven forward by his wife Mary and son Robert Hanson. The rivalry between the two brewing companies was a friendly one and both bought up pubs throughout the area to supply with their ales to.With the spring water running low, the companies struck a deal to share the Holly Well Spring.
In 1930 with larger brewing companies exerting pressure on the independant breweries and Hardy having a lack of male successors the two companies merged and continued to share the same excellent Holly Well spring supply.
In 2006, The Hardys & Hansons Kimberley Brewery and all of its public houses were sold in a multi-million pound deal to Greene King brewery, who too the decision to end the brewing tradition in Kimberley citing it as "a cost effective move". The site is currently up for sale or let with its distribution centre moving to Eastwood and brewing switching to the main Greene King site at Bury St Edmunds.

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Thanks for looking..
 
Awesome stuff mate! Need to pay this place a visit I think!!! :)
 
Been meaning to go here for years - You've done a cracking job there fella
 
Was one of my favourite explores UK wise last year sadly loads has gone missing between the two visits I made. Nice set bud
 
nice one skanky...did ya smile for the cameras:p

atleast some of the maltings are listed so hope they are saved from demo;)
 

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