NBHT Latest News
Trust donated bottle label collection
An extensive album of bottle labels dating from the 1930’s and covering over 100 breweries from across the UK (nearly all of which are now long gone), has been donated to the Trust, which is looking into options for their digitisation and use to produce a small range...
Unique Everards barrel van is back on the road again
A rare vehicle used to advertise the beers of the former Everards Brewery is back on the road, thanks to the work of volunteers at the National Brewery Centre. The 1961 Austin Morris was originally commissioned for Whitakers of Halifax with records then showing the...
BRINGING THE HISTORY OF BEER TO A HEAD: JW LEES LAUNCHES NEW TIMELINE TO MARK LATEST SEASONAL ALE
Leading Manchester brewer, JW Lees, has launched The History of Beer – an interactive timeline depicting the colourful story of the world’s favourite drink – in celebration of its latest seasonal ale, Pioneer. The online bible of fermented facts begins over 3,000...
The Trust’s Planned Activities for 2016
At the January 2016 meeting of the trustees: the following proposals were agreed as the main priorities behind which the Trust will focus its efforts during 2016; staging temporary exhibitions of selected items from the archives at suitable venues across the UK. A...
Museum volunteers restore Ford Model T
Good feature in the Burton Mail on hard work of some of the volunteers at the National Brewing Centre - A group known as the 'Vehicle Volunteers', based at the National Brewery Centre, in Horninglow Street, Burton, got their hands dirty and restored the 1919 Ford...
Pub pictures saved from London skip displayed online
Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35031879 to find a great piece by Liam Barnes of BBC News about the Trust's digitisation project of thousands of pub photos
Historic 19th century Worthington portraits will soon be on display
After much hard work and a couple of setbacks two historic paintings with links to the early days of brewing in Burton will go on display at the National Brewery Centre (NBC) early next year. Earlier this year NBHT began the task of raising the money to restore the...
National Brewery Heritage Trust elects new Chairman
Dr Harry White was confirmed as the new Chairman of the National Brewery Heritage Trust (NBHT) at its Annual General Meeting, held last week on 19 November at the National Brewery Centre (NBC), Horniglow Street, Burton. He replaces Keith Norris who was...
New book on London pubs showcases historic photographs which are now available online for the first time
London Local Pubs: Past and Present is a new book written by award-winning pub writer Adrian Tierney-Jones, which contains many historic, once at risk, photos of 52 pub, in the London area, has just been published. London Local Pubs: Past and Present includes a...
Trust digititises thousands of historic pub photos
THE National Brewery Heritage Trust (NBHT) has completed its first major project, the digitisation of thousands of historic pub photos, some of which date back to the 1900s. The project was launched at an event at the Magpie and Stump pub in London EC4, one of the...
