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.
Clifford Gaskin with 1901 Sunbeam Mabley, Stone
Clifford Gaskin, Foreman Cooper with a 1901 Veteran Sunbeam Mabley car owned by John Joule & Sons, Ltd. As their first car, it may have been one of the earliest motor cars seen on the roads in North Staffordshire.
Mr ...
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 Joule's Brewery, Stone
Ken Shelley at work, finishing off the repair of a beer cask by driving on the top or chime hoop. Ken was apprenticed as a cooper at Bass brewery in Burton upon Trent. Joule's cooperage stood behind ...
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 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.
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 around it, and around the cask's centre is a trussing hoop.
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 ...
Coopering family outside the Middle Yard Cooperage, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Three generations of cooper posed outside the Middle Yard Cooperage with a union jack still in trussing hoops behind them. On the back of the photograph is written, "Teddy, Teddy's father and grandfather"....
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, ...
Coopers' Initiation Ceremony, Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,
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, ...
Cooper's night class, Victoria Road School, Burton-on-Trent
Coopers' apprentices and lecturers at the first night class for coopers at Victoria Road School.