Ale Collection (page 7)

Parnassos Oros
Mount Parnassus, near Delphi, is where Apollo and the Muses hang out : the other peak is sacred to Bacchus, hence the association of poets with wine and ale. Date: 1850

Barmaid Grins & Bears It
An insincere barmaid laughs at a customers bad joke as she serves him a frothy tankard of ale! Date: 1967

Advert for Rosss Belfast Dry Ginger Ale
Advertisement for Rosss Belfast Dry Ginger Ale made from the famous Ross Artesian Well Water and by the company W A Ross & Sons, Ltd

The Tatler Summer Number front cover 1951
Front cover of The Tatler Summer Number 1951 showing the Tatler mascot in his 18th century frock coat and tricorn hat enjoying a tankard of refreshing ale served to him by a typical serving wench

Cornelius Caton with his ale at the White Lion, Richmond, where he was the landlord. Date: circa 1780

Mother Hubbard / Chair
She went to the ale-house To get him some beer But when she came back The dog sat in a chair Date: 1890s

Ale at public house
A gamekeeper, fresh from a shoot stops off at The Sportsmans Rest to be served a jug of ale with a loaf of bread

New Years gift / Ally Sloper
Ally Sloper celebrates new year nursing his new born son whilst his exhausted wife sit up in bed recovering with a bottle of Ale and a sandwich

Worthington Crosswords advertisement
An advertisement for Worthington Ales at the time of the craze for crosswords showing an engrossed crossword puzzler bumping into people and causing chaos in his wake as he walks along

A road sweeper
A rather ragged dustman or road sweeper with his sweeping brushes and shovel, cart and empty bottle of ale! Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Lear / Nonsense / Man & Owl
There was an Old Man with a owl, who continued to bother and howl; He sat on a rail, and imbibed bitter ale, which refreshed that Old Man and his owl

Rosss ginger ale
Advertisement for Rosss Belfast Dry Ginger Ale from 1913

THE CROSS HANDS PUB
The Cross Hands inn sign, near Gloucester, England. This amusing pictorial inn sign shows two hands crossed, holding foaming tankards of ale!

Social / Liverpool Pub
A man in cloth cap outside a pub in Liverpool

Four Ale Houses
Four country ale-houses

Bierkeller Waitress 1901
Waitress in a German bierkeller brings tankards of foaming ale to her customers

Mummers, Worcestershire
Worcestershire Mummers caper outside an inn door, while the hostess brings out a jug of ale for them

Lobster, Oysters & Ale
A plate of oysters and a lobster, accompanied by a glass of pale ale

Advert for Youngers Ale
YOUNGERs SCOTCH ALE Scotch - wi a head on it

Advert / Ginger Ale / Punch
Rosss Ginger Ale

Quack Doctor / 1866
Travelling quack doctor in an ale house

Pipe, Pint of Beer, Cane
A pint of foaming ale, a pipe, cane, hat and gloves; items befitting the country gentleman of leisure. The Old Albion Inn, Newquay is seen in the background

Last of the Picts
A legend from Galloway tells how the last Pict refuses to divulge to the conquering Scots the secret of how to make heather-ale. The secret is lost

Beer Connoisseur
An appreciative beer drinker studies the colour and aspect of his ale

Two Men Drinking 1935
Two rural types sup real ale from pint jugs beside a open fire, surrounded by the epherema and decor typical of a classic country pub, at the Old Plough in Speen, Bucks

Evans Supper-Rooms
1 o clock a.m at Evans Supper-Rooms: copious quantities of chops, kidneys, sausages and ale have been quaffed by these gentlemen while they listen to the acts

The Vardens at Breakfast
Simon Tappertit (left) joins Gabriel and Dolly Varden at the breakfast table

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