125:. The brothers had had long-standing connections with the brewery, being responsible for the construction of a number of its pubs. In return for these profitable contracts, the brothers prohibited the consumption of any beer in their workshops, other than that brewed by Combe Delafield. The unions called for a boycott of the brewery culminating on 26 July 1834 in a meeting at the Silver Cup public house, when an extraordinary resolution was passed, "that all workers in the metropolis are urged to stop drinking beer produced by the Combe and Delafield brewery". The dispute continued until November, with neither side achieving much. The biggest losers were possibly Combe Delafield who, despite being innocent victims of the dispute, suffered heavy losses through reduced beer sales.
45:, is supposed to have taken its name from a timber yard or cooperage on its original site. The first name definitely associated with the brewery is John Shackly, described at his death in 1739 as 'an eminent and wealthy brewer'. Shackly was then in partnership with William Gyfford, who maintained and extended the brewery business until his death in 1762. His son Anthony then succeeded him in partnership with William Jarman, a distiller, and others. At this time the brewery was known as Gyfford and Co. In 1787 a new partner took the business over. This was
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Berkeley Hounds, died unmarried in 1858. He was succeeded by his two nephews, Messrs. R. H. and Charles Combe, Mr. Joseph Bonsor and his two sons, and Mr. John Spicer. Under the management of these partners, the brewhouse property was still further extended, and ultimately covered more than 4 acres (16,000 m). The water, or "liquor" as the brewers term it, required for brewing purposes was supplied in part by the
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Delafield, by whom the premises were further enlarged. Harvey Combe, who was a great
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