Cooper branding casks, Bass, Burton-on-Trent

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Date:1930 - 1960 (c.)

Description:One of the Bass coopers in No.2 Brewery, branding a row of casks which look like re-makes. Behind him is a beck iron and to the side are a pile of hoops.


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1880s
Three maltsters, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Three maltsters, Bass, Burton-on-Trent

Portrait of three maltsters with malting shovels, standing in front of a sign reading ...

1930s
The Malt Room, No.2 Brewery, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
The Malt Room, No.2 Brewery, Bass, Burton-on-Trent

This man is seen wheeling malt sacks into the screening room in No. 2 Brewery. The ...

1950s
Unloading hops, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Unloading hops, Bass, Burton-on-Trent

Hop pockets being unloaded from a lorry outside the Bass Hop Stores in the Middle ...

1980s
The last cooper in No. 2 Brewery Union Room, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
The last cooper in No. 2 Brewery Union Room, Bass, Burton-on-Trent

Eddie Lee standing beside an unheaded cask in No. 2 Brewery Union Room.

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Donor ref:86.0082.00 (27/5028)

Source: National Brewery Centre, Burton upon Trent

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