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Bass & Co. Ltd., Shobnall Maltings, Burton-upon-Trent

Bass & Co. Ltd.’s Shobnall Maltings consisted of seven linked ranges of buildings built between 1873 and 1876. This enormous industrial site also included an ale store, a cask washing and repair facility, ...

Bass & Co., Ltd. Locomotive and Director's Coach, Burton-upon-Trent

An 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive pulls an observation carriage containing visitors to the Bass brewery site, on a tour of the business in Burton-upon-Trent. Photograph from 'Boots Fine Art Views of ...

Bass & Co., Ltd., Ale Stores, Burton-upon-Trent

Bass & Co., Ltd.’s Middle Brewery ale stores, completed in 1858. They stood next to Bass’s Middle Brewery to the west of Guild Street, Burton-upon-Trent. Photograph from Boots Fine Art Views of Burton, ...

Bass & Co.’s Brewery, Burton-upon-Trent

These two lorries advertising BP Motor Spirit and British Goods Best are decorated for a carnival parade or procession. They are pictured in Bass & Co.’s Middle Yard by the cask washing sheds. Middle ...

Bass & Co.'s Old Offices, High Street, Burton-on-Trent

Bass articulated lorries, Middle Brewery, Burton-on-Trent

Bass articulated lorries loading with palletised cask beer from the re-built Middle Brewery ale stores.

Bass employees at Blackpool train station in 1911

Bass, Ratcliff and Gretton organised annual trips for its employees from 1865 until 1914. Initially these trips were biennial until 1883, then every year until 1914. Destinations included Blackpool, Liverpool ...

Bass Joiners' trip to a football match, Burton-on-Trent

Assembly workers on their way to the F.A.Cup 3rd round tie between Charlton Athletic and Burton Albion, played at Charlton's ground at the Valley on 7th January 1956. At the time Charlton were one of ...

Bass Sentinel Diesel No. 12, Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent

Bass engine pulling a train of open waggons across Station Street, crossing the new brewery. Behind is Station Street crossing box, and waiting at the gates is a Bass dray lorry.

Bass Steam Loco No. 2, Bass, Burton-on-Trent

Bass Steam Loco No. 2 shunting a demountable tank wagon past the Joiners' Shop.

Bass Steam loco with Monty, Middle Brewery, Burton-on-Trent

Monty the Shire horse stands with a Bass worker alongside a steam locomotive.

Bass Steam Locomotives, Bass, Burton-on-Trent

Steam locos outside the engine shed, with the Fire Station wall on the left.

Baths Road, Longton

The sign of the Eagle Public House can be seen high up on the right, with the railway bridge on Times Square in the distance.

Bean Motor Car, Burton-upon-Trent

This motor car parked over the tram lines in Guild Street, Burton-upon-Trent, is thought to be a Bean four-seater tourer with the hood up. In the background in the centre is St. Mary and St. Modwen's ...

Bear & Billet Hotel, Chester. Photographed by William Blake.

Lantern slide with a view of the Bear & Billet Hotel and the Bridgegate in Chester.

Bearwood Hill, Burton-on-Trent

View of tram descending Bearwood Hill. Trams were introduced in Burton in 1903, and they remained in the town until 1926. Originally they were open-topped like this one, but in their later years were ...

Bedford Street Lock and Mellor's Millers on the Caldon Canal, Hanley

This photograph was taken from the Bedford Street Locks (locks 1 and 2) looking north along the Caldon Canal towards Mellor' Mills wharf and works. The canal bends sharply round to the left towards the ...

Belgrave Road, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.

Street scene with a group of children and cyclists. Taken at Belgrave Road, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken ...