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WALKING along New Street, it is easy to see evidence of the former Brakspear brewery.

The malthouse towers have been turned into homes while many of the brewery buildings are now part of Hotel du Vin.

The business was passed down through several generations of the Brakspear family until quite recently and the company itself still owns many pubs in the area.

Looking into the old brewery courtyard with its lovely old overhangs, chimney and worker’s clock, you can see two beams with a curious attachment.

Sprigs of holly on one side and mistletoe on the other were replaced every Christmas in a traditional belief that as long as they were to be seen the firm would prosper.

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