Overhead conveyor under construction, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
View from the Joiners' shop, showing the conveyor passing over a cut-out on the fire station roof. The engine shed is in the foreground, and one of Worthingtons' petrol locos is visible on the left.
Packers at Elkes Biscuit Factory, Uttoxeter
Elkes Biscuit Factory started life as Elkes' Cafe on the corner of High Street and Carter Street, Uttoxeter. It was here that Mr C. Elkes began to make biscuits in 1924. By 1927 demand for Elkes' biscuits ...
Paddy's Superstore, Rugeley
A wine display showing the stores low-cost philosophy of not using specialised racking, and merely cutting the tops from cartons. This approach is also shown with the adjacent stacked cans on wooden pallet ...
Pakeman's grocer's shop, Market Place, Uttoxeter
A shop assistant serving a customer at the bacon counter in Pakeman & Co.'s grocers and provisions shop, Market Place, Uttoxeter. The advertisement for the upstairs restaurant can be seen in the window ...
Park Street Maltings, Burton-on-Trent
The maltings were part of James Eadie's Cross Street Brewery.
Payload Bulk Grain Semi Trailer, Shobnall, Burton-on-Trent
This Bass Charrington 15 tonne Payload Bulk Grain Semi Trailer with Scammel Tractor unit is being filled up at Shobnall. When Bass purchased the trailer in the 1970s it cost £2,441.
People in garden, Uttoxeter area
A large group of elderly men and women, some seated, in front of a formal rose garden. We do not know the location or the event, but it is probably in the Uttoxeter area. Please get in touch if you can ...
Peter Atkin's 'Trussing In' Ceremony, Bass Brewery, Burton
Peter Atkin is pictured here in the barrel being 'trussed in', at the termination of his coopers apprenticeship at Bass Brewery. The young men who are carrying out the ceremony are the three senior apprentices, ...
Peter Walker & Co. Brewery workers
Seven brewery workers sitting on an ale dock at the brewery. Standing in the centre of the group is Harry Stephens. He worked in the brewery and returned there after World War I. When the Brewery closed ...
Peter Walker Brewery personnel, Clarence Street, Burton-on-Trent
Twelve men seated on stacks of barrels with 'P Walker Burton' brands on their heads. All of the men are well dressed and are possibly directors.
Plough Maltings, Bass Brewery, Burton-on-Trent
View showing the corner of Guild Street and Horninglow Street. The Post Office and newsagents shop are on the corner and the Plough Maltings is on the other side of Horninglow Street.
Plough Maltings, No.22 Malthouse, Bass, Horninglow Street, Burton-on-Trent
The last coal fired kiln in Burton. The photograph was taken at 9pm in the evening, January 1967.
Plum Pudding Opening, British Food Research Association
In 1958 Mrs. Lillian Astbury of Stone (left) donated a plum pudding to the British Food Research Association, based in Leatherhead, Surrey. It had been canned in 1900 for soldiers serving in the Boer ...
Pointon's sweet shop, Cannock Road, Hednesford
Mr "Sucky" Pointon stands in his shop doorway. The shop was in a row of buildings that were knocked down in the late 1960s/early 1970s.
The family carried on in the confectionery business, and in 2003 ...
Portrait of Michael Thomas Bass, (1760-1827)
He lived in the Bass Town House, 136 High Street, which was purchased by his father, William Bass, in 1777.
Portrait of Sergeant Pierre Louis Magnier, Army Paymaster, Leek
Monsieur Magnier was taken prisoner in Flushing, Holland on 15 August 1809. He came to Leek on parole on 17 September of that year and was initially imprisoned in a house in Kiln Lane. He was an educated ...
Post Office Training Centre, Yarnfield
This photograph of catering staff serving meals to staff and trainees at the Post Office Training Centre was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. If you recognise anyone in this view please contact ...
Present day entrance to Bass Middle Offices and Packaging Areas, Station Street, Burton-on-Trent
View of the entrance and conditioning tanks.