[citation needed] Previously a hat factory, brewing started on the site in 1868.
There were numerous OB tied public houses in and around the Oldham area.
[2] The brewery was sold to Boddington's in 1982,[3] and brewing in Oldham stopped soon afterwards.
Boddingtons itself was sold to Whitbread in the 1990s and the OB Brand disappeared from sale.
The company brewed and sold OB branded beers: