Cask repair shop, Bass, Burton-on-Trent

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Date:1935 - 1955 (c.)

Description:Three coopers driving hoops, surrounded by casks and hoops.


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1900s
Stock yard at Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Stock yard at Bass, Burton-on-Trent

£100,000 worth of stacked oak staves in the Bass stock yard for making casks.

1920s
Cooper John Kerry at work, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Cooper John Kerry at work, Bass, Burton-on-Trent

John Kerry driving on the end hoop of a cask. The other end has a trussing cable ...

1950s
Monster Mobile Bottle, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Monster Mobile Bottle, Bass, Burton-on-Trent

The base of the bottle is the driver's cab, with a crown cork at the rear. It was ...

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Donor ref:86.2393.01 (27/5017)

Source: National Brewery Centre, Burton upon Trent

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