by Jenny Proctor | Aug 13, 2024 | Latest News
As the RNLI marks its 200th anniversary, we took the opportunity to explore the connection between a landlocked brewing town and lifeboats. Among the items in the National Brewery Collection, we have a Commemorative Ale and a decorative plate both showing images of...
by Jenny Proctor | Jul 30, 2024 | Latest News
Helen Jarvis has joined us as the Trust Office Manager, based at the Brewery Heritage Centre in Station Street. While she has spent the last ten years in office and operations management roles, Helen started her career in Burton as a Business Relationship Manager with...
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 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 | 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...
