Flowers Final 28:02:25 - Flipbook - Page 4
6 film maker Rick Spurway and I were commissioned by Whitbread and Company to make a short film
mote the re-introduction of Flowers Beers. The brewery in Stratford had closed many years before and the
g operation had moved to Luton. The "new" Flowers Beers were to be brewed in Cheltenham.
d been working on a documentary film project based on the history of the Flower family, the brewery and
akespearean tradition in Stratford-upon-Avon. The working title was "The Flowers of Stratford". Although
omotional film was specifically about the brewery and the theatre, it gave us the opportunity to research
oject in greater depth. The early years covering Edward Fordham Flower's emigration with his family to
ca at the age of 12, life on the prairie, the fight against slavery and his return to England in 1823.
the help of Liz Flower (great great grand daughter of Edward Fordham Flower) we created a
ehensive archive of material. This book is based on the research done at that time.
ook is not intended to be an extensive Flower family history. The text is from the film treatment written by
or the television documentary with added material based on a collection of family pictures and
rabilia.
been an opportunity to preserve in one place, the history, photographs and known facts that tell the story
Flower family for future generations to enjoy.
is a brief biography of Rick Spurway on page 156.
on Lloyd
reat grandson of Edward Fordham Flower)
