Blake was a Gosport brewer who started with a brewery in South Street Gosport using the Royal Oak public house, next door to the brewery. Between 1810 and 1826 three of his five sons became brewers, and ‘Blake and Son’ existed by 1847. References to this Brewery can still be found on a few surviving Gosport Pubs, including The Britannia Pub in Forton Road (above), The Royal Oak on the corner of Avery Lane, The King’s Head in Brockhurst Road and a single window with a ‘Blake’s Stout’ advertisement has survived the redevelopment of The Wiltshire Lamb at Bury Cross.
Original page created by David Moore.