HAIRDRESSER'S ROMANCE.
A romantic business career, in the course of which a hairdresser rose to be one of the most important brewers in the Midlands, is recalled by the death of llr William Butler, deputy-chairman of Mitchells and Butlers, Limited, of Birmingham.
Mr Batler became, first of all, a hairdresser, and occupied a shop in Broad street, Birmingham, adjoining what was then known as "Owen's" public-house. Mr Butler used frequently to assist the innkeeper, whose sister-in-law. ho had married. On the death ef Mr Owen, Mr Butler took over the house, which soon developed into a very popular resort. After some time the establishment began to be called the Clqrwn public-house, becoming ono of tha' largest of its kind in the city. Mr Butler started in a humble way to brew beer, but in four years his brewings had become so popular that the output of the Crown Brewery was £200,000 a year. Subsequently the business was converted into a private company, and latfr on was amalgamated with that of Messrs Henry Mitchell and Co., Cape Hill, the nominal capital being over a million pounds.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 28 October 1907, Page 4
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185HAIRDRESSER'S ROMANCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 28 October 1907, Page 4
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