Checking casks in the ale stores, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Mr L.J. Ward using a forked peg extractor to change the pegs in casks during secondary fermentation in the ale stores.
Chilling plant, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
A man opening a valve to one of a row of large tanks in the chilling plant.
Clarence Street Brewery, Burton-on-Trent
After the death of Peter Walker, the brewery's founder, the business was managed by trustees.
Clarence Street Maltings, Burton-on-Trent
The frontage of Clarence Street Maltings showing the goat vane over the kiln.
Conditioning Tanks, Joule's Brewery, Stone
Conditioning tanks were where the beer had a controlled fermentation, and carbon dioxide was absorbed prior to bottling or tanking.
Joules produced Stone Ales for the home market and for export to ...
Construction of No.1 Brewery, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
View of the site from the boiler plant, looking towards Station Street.
Construction of the Tower Maltings, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
View showing the main tower nearing completion, with a tower crane on the left. Neither the top section or the interior have yet been built.
Control panel, No. 1 Brewery, Bass, Burton-upon-Trent
Graham Preece working at the control panel in No. 1 Brewery
Cooper at work, Burmans Cooperage, Dallow Street, Burton-On-Trent
The original firm was called J. Burman & Son, Hawkins Lane, Burton-On-Trent. It was a cask repair firm only. In 1939 they took over J. Grout & Co., Dallow Street Cooperage, which was a firm somewhat run ...
Cooper branding casks, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
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.
Cooperage, Joule's Brewery, Stone,
Joule's Brewery had its own cooperage where beer casks were made. The site is now the car park of the Crown and Anchor Inn. In this photograph barrels are being repaired.
Francis Joule came into ...
Coopers' Initiation Ceremony, Joule's Brewery, Stone
This ceremony was known as 'trussing the cooper'.
The newly qualified cooper was placed in a barrel, which he had made himself. The barrel was then filled with a mixture which contained soot, feathers, ...
Copeland Street, Stoke-on-Trent
Copeland Street was a hive of activity in 1928. There were many businesses on this road, including Keelings timber merchants and Samuel Allsopp & Sons Brewery. The chimney to the right of the picture ...
Cross Street Brewery, Burton-on-Trent
The brewery was also known as 'James Eadie's', after the firm's founder.
Crown Maltings, Burton-on-Trent
The Crown Maltings as viewed from the Midland Railway. The owners of the brewery were L & G. Meakin.
Crown Street, Stone
Crown Street and Joules' Brewery (established in 1758). This site is now (2020) the B&M car park.
Joules produced Stone Ales for the home market and for export to Europe and America.
Joule's was ...
Demolition of Joule's boiler house, Stone
The chimney has just begun to fall into what is now the site of the Co-operative supermarket car park.
Chief Inspector Douglas Clarke is sheltering behind a brick pillar on Crown Street.
Demolition of Middle Yard Cooperage, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
View looking towards High Street.