by Jenny Proctor | May 27, 2025 | Latest News
The imposing Mitchells & Butler grandfather clock is one of many artefacts in the Trust’s care. It can now be seen in the Brewery Heritage Centre in Station Street, Burton upon Trent. The clock is nearly 120 years old and was given by William Butler to Claude...
by Jenny Proctor | Mar 28, 2025 | Latest News
The Trust has formed exciting partnerships with two major local attractions, as part of its work to preserve the heritage vehicles in the National Brewery Collection and continue to make them available to the public. The Trust has transferred a motorised delivery...
by Jenny Proctor | Mar 5, 2025 | Latest News
Since the registration of the Bass triangle trademark in January 1876, the pub and brewing industry has invested substantial resources into producing merchandise to market alcohol brands. Merchandise items in the National Brewery Collection and material in the Archive...
by Jenny Proctor | Nov 26, 2024 | Latest News
Many of the items in the National Brewery Collection are original items from pubs, designed by brewing companies to promote their beer ranges. Among the many items of glassware, pub games, ashtrays and signs, the Collection includes a large pub mirror produced for...
by Jenny Proctor | Nov 26, 2024 | Latest News
A significant amount of the artefacts in the National Brewery Collection relate to pubs, and the archive is full of pub company records. The great British pub has a long and colourful history, from early Roman tavernas to alehouses, inns and taverns. A book in the...