Bentley's Yorkshire Brewery

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Mon 21 May, 2007 10:37 am

Anyone got any pictures of the old brewery, now houses and flats in Woodlesford?

bigpants · Post by **bigpants** » Mon 11 Jun, 2007 2:40 pm

no piccies but i do remember it well. only the gatehosue is left now which IIRC the devloper started pulling down also and then it was pointed out that it was listed so they ended up putting the roof back on and refurbing instead. The Gascoigne in Garforth (terrible pub) has a BYB logo in stained glass on one of the windows (unless someone or something has been hurled through it since i was in there last...)

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Mon 11 Jun, 2007 3:35 pm

The Coach & Horses in Rothwell still has a BYB window I think (behind the chipboard). It is currently being converted into shops and flats.

Scandy Bramley · Post by **Scandy Bramley** » Wed 13 Jun, 2007 3:51 am

"There's NO better beer than BYB!"I remember the ads and better still, my first pints of BYB as a 14 year old. It were SO much better than Tets or Smiths.Will try to find pics of the brewery...

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Wed 13 Jun, 2007 5:16 pm

Scandyladdo!I wondered why you hiccuped and burped such a lot.after you fell up the stairs! And you in short keks as well(Kidding!)Yer right, It was a good drop o' gargle!As a van salesman (Name dropper!) I worked for a car electricalfactors, and a weekly 'call' was to BYB at Eshaldwell Brewery.They say the 'Well' water was what gave the Ale it's unique taste,However, after talking to the garage foreman there,I was informedthat the 'Well' was supplied from the river Aire,closeby! It did go thru a purifier before it got to the brew mash in the tuns! Thank goodnessfor that, say I! Scandy would have glowed in the dark otherwise.I had a few 'cupfulls' myself,kind permission of the Foreman. Istill say I drove better after leaving the brewery!Happy days.all gone.arry

big s · Post by **big s** » Wed 13 Jun, 2007 6:55 pm

does any body have any pictures of the byb man which was a neon sign/figure on the side of the bay horse pub in hunslet carr in the late sixties?

Scandy Bramley · Post by **Scandy Bramley** » Thu 14 Jun, 2007 1:36 am

Soz big S - done a search for your neon man and turned up bugger all. :-(However, I did find a pic of the pub where I first drank BYB ale (as I mentioned above), on matchdays at E.R.! Another sadly long gone Leeds pub.P.S. just noticed - that'll be me then chuckin up, bottom left of the photo!

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Thu 14 Jun, 2007 4:17 pm

Ya never could hold it! Hope the landlord spotted you and made u swill the flags down b4 u staggered home!arry

big s · Post by **big s** » Thu 14 Jun, 2007 6:17 pm

oops it wasnt the byb man it was the OBJ man.do you remember the letters stood for oh be joyful and his body was made out of the letters obj.but i think....... it was a byb pub.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 15 Jun, 2007 1:22 pm

Her's a photo of the Wodlesford brewery from LeodisOBJ - (oh, be joyful) was a Dutton's brand. Both Duttons (Blackburn and Kirkstall) and BYB were taken over by Whitbread in the 60's