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The White Swan was situated on Edmund Street and has now been converted into offices. This pub closed in 1999; the door on the left in the photo below led to the Cob R, while on the right was the Cygnet Lounge.

Mr William Proctor, who was licensee of the pub and the brewer at The White Swan Brewery (The White Swan was a pub that brrewed its own beer and also sold to ther pubs) won a "Very Highly Commended" Diploma - in other words Fourrt Prize - in Class 3 for "The Best of and Original Gravity of Frrom !9 to 21 Brewers' Pounds. That's 1053 degrees to 1058 degrees Original Gravity) at the International Beer Competition of the 25th Annual Brewers' Exibition held at the Agricultural Hall, London in October 1903. He was very proud of this as he was up against brewers from all over the country, the Empire and abroad in general. There were an awful lot more breweries in the world then than there are now.

Dr Alastair Wallace, Curator The Dead Brewers' Society of Great Britain & Ireland (September 2025)

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Name Dates Comments Dianne 1975/1977 I worked in the office next door and was a regular customer.

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Picture source: Darren Wilson

Picture source: Kevin Taylor