by Jenny Proctor | Jul 23, 2024 | Latest News
Friday 24th July 1914 was an important date for the employees of Bass Ratcliffe & Gretton. Starting at 3.40am a series of 14 specially chartered trains took over 7000 brewery workers and their families from Burton railway station on a day trip to the seaside. The...
by Jenny Proctor | Jul 19, 2024 | Latest News
Congratulations to Katherine Smart who has been elected as Master of the Brewers’ Company for 2024-25. Katherine started her distinguished career at Bass. In the late 1980’s she joined the Bass R&D Department in Burton while she studied for her Ph.D at the...
by Jenny Proctor | Jul 18, 2024 | Latest News
Preserving the artefacts in the National Brewery Collection can be a painstaking process, needing the help of specialist conservators. We recently asked conservator Graham Key to look at the horse harness collection in our care. Some of the items in this extensive...
by Jenny Proctor | Jun 17, 2024 | Latest News
48 Squadron was formed at Netheravon on the 15th April 1916; the first unit of the then Royal Flying Corps to be equipped with the Bristol B.F.2 aircraft. Posted to France on the 8th March 1917, the Squadron accounted for three hundred and seventeen kills during the...
by Jenny Proctor | May 29, 2024 | Latest News
Following the announcement by East Staffordshire Borough Council (see here for full details), the Trustees have made the following statement: The National Brewery Heritage Trust has been in close conversation with East Staffordshire Borough Council for some time about...
by Jenny Proctor | May 29, 2024 | Latest News
We are looking for a qualified Archivist to join the team, working freelance for one day a week for six months initially, with the potential to extend and expand the role subject to funding. Due to the nature of the role, the successful applicant will need to work...
