Hello Woodsy,
These are the photos I took 50 years ago in North London, actually in Tottenham near Spurs home ground.
The college project was Movement in the City and my interpretation was Beer Deliveries.
Black and white picture Number 4 below shows an Austin 200 in Watney livery. I used it as reference for the slot car adaptation I did as shown below my remaining unfinished version.
With the advent of CAMRA in the early 70'S and the end of national brewers, how has that left you in your part of the world?
Do you have decent local brewers?
On visits to the UK I do miss Worthington E and Watney's Red Barrel. They had a sweetness in taste that the citric tasting brews made with US hops do not.
For a few years I was delighted that Boddington was exported in cans with a plastic widget in the can that made the beer pour with a nice head. When they moved production away from Manchester it wasn't the same.
Bottles of Speckled Hen do show up now and then but they're not the same as on tap.
Regards,
Terranova47
Do you have any brewery collectables?
These are fascinating images that deserve to be archived in a collection eg. Museum of London. Yes, we have several god breweries in the area, eg. Adnams (a particularly good bitter), Woodfordes and various micro-breweries.
ReplyDeleteCan't think of any brewery collectables I have, other than beermats, though!
They are superb photos aren't they Andy.
DeleteSorry, should read good breweries!
ReplyDeleteIt was a sad day when Young's Ram Brewery closed in Wandsworth and production was moved to the Eagle Brewery in Bedford - Young's still made their local deliveries to pubs near the brewery by using a team of dray horses and it was an impressive sight to see them trotting up Wandsworth High Street (they were stabled in the brewery grounds too along with geese and "Ramrod" who was the firms mascot)
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Sounds a sad day Fenton. A similar thing happened in Leeds with the demise of the Tetley brewery and the retirement of the Tetley shire horses. At least i think theyre retired.
Deletecool pictures,time machine.... :) ew
ReplyDeleteit is a time machine EW!
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