by Jenny Proctor | Nov 26, 2024 | Latest News
The Bass red triangle is among the most famous trademarks in the world. As you might expect it appears on very many of the artefacts in the Collection, as well as appearing in the architecture of Bass House. It was registered on 1 January 1876 under a new piece of...
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 | 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
As the country commemorates 80 years since the D-Day landings in June 1944 we talked to volunteer Malcolm Goode about his research into the brewery workers who served in the D-Day Campaign. Malcolm has volunteered with the Trust since 2016 and has a particular passion...
by Terry Critchley | Nov 1, 2016 | Latest News
Once horse drawn wagons carrying grain, hops and beer were the vehicles of choice for brewers and farmers. Now volunteers at the National Brewery Heritage Trust are restoring a 19th century barley waggon (sic). The vehicle was sold by Bass in 1932 to Ian Anchor of...
