Now and Then, former Stanley Hotel, Tylorstown

The site of the former Stanley Hotel, Upper Terrace, Stanleytown, Tylorstown, Rhondda Valley. This former Ely Brewery, then Rhymney pub was demolished after a fire. The base of the left-hand column of the former doorway can be seen in the streetview image

Now and Then, former Green Dragon Inn, Aberdare

The above photo shows the rear of the former Green Dragon Inn after what appears to be a fire, Had a few problems identifying this location but the windows of the Methodist Church on the left, the cast iron decorative railings of the Constitutional Club roof and the spire of St E;vans Church are all visible from this angle. Added to that the road off High Street is called Green Street. The old photo was slightly to the right of the Google Street View image.

The frontage of the Green Dragon shown in it's Ely Brewery. painted before the takeover by Rhymney Brewery in 1959

Ely Brewery Price List

I was in the Cross Inn, Garth, Maesteg the other day, home to the excellent Cerddin Brewery (review in the South Wales Echo tomorrow, Saturday 13.08.11) and in a back corridor of this gem of a pub I came across on old 1951 price list from Ely Brewery of Cardiff. According to Dave, the landlord it was found down the back of a seat in the pub during a refurbishment. Interesting range of drinks supplied by the brewery - everything from beer and pre-mixed cocktails to champagne.

 

Of course the beer prices are the ones that interest me - notice the price of two pint flagons - this was in the days of all day closing on Sundays so takeouts were needed for Sunday - either that or a trip to the clubs that were unaffected by the Sunday Closing Act. The BBC have recently published an article on Sunday Closing here.

The National Archives have a currency converter - unfortunately it does not have every year and it only goes up to 2005 but it gives a rough interpretation of the prices. Have used 1950 prices as a comparison. 

Dark and Bitter would be £1.33 in 2005

Pale Ale would be £1.52 in 2005

Home Brewed would be £3.80/flagon (incl 38p deposit on bottle), £1.99/pint (incl deposit 28p) and £1.04/half (incl 19p deposit).

You can work the rest out for yourself, I don't want to get to tied up in old figures like some bloggers!

Ely Brewery was bought by Rhymney Brewery in 1959 and demolished in 1963.