Beer Collection

Hogarth, Beer Street. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin

Susi - drinking beer. 1950s

Huggins Beer advert
Bottle of Huggins Light Dinner Ale Beer, advert 1908 Date: 1908

Dundalk, County Louth, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s

Athlone and River Shannon, County Westmeath, Ireland
Athlone and River Shannon, County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland, showing the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. circa 1970s

Harrys New York bar in Paris. Patrons attempting to break the world record for drinking two litres of beer in seventeen seconds. C. 1947

Coopers at work making wooden barrels
Four coopers hard at work in their workshop making traditional wooden barrels. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Helvick Head, Dungarvan, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland

Blue Dress / Beer 1922
Blue dress by Beer: low neckline, open to the hips at the side & worn over a grey slip. Bodice & low waistband decorated in a feather motif plus a bandeau & earrings

Slea Head Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry Ireland

Spaten Brau Publicity 2
A waitress brings four seidels of frothy Spaten-Brau

Five adjacent pubs in Portsmouth, Hampshire
Portsmouth was a town of many wonders in 1911. One of them was the possession of five fully licensed houses standing next to each other

Rejected by the Inventions Board IX - Heath Robinson
The Pilsener Pump for tapping the enemys beer; another hilariously convoluted contraption to foil the enemy during World War I from William Heath Robinson

Bantry Town and Bantry Bay, West Cork, Republic of Ireland

Courtown Harbour and Beach, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland

Shirland Road, Maida Vale, London, with the Shirland Hotel (pub, now the Truscott Arms) on the left. Date: circa 1910

Advert, Gaskell & Chambers Ltd, Bar Fitters
Advert for Gaskell & Chambers Ltd (incorporated with Yates & Greenways), Bar Fitters, Manufacturers of Beer Engines and Hotel Bar Requisites, Counters, Back Fittings, Seating

Seapoint Ballroom and Restaurant, Salthill, Galway, Ireland
Seapoint Ballroom and Restaurant, Salthill, Galway, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s

The River Suir at Clonmel, County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland

Old man in Stoke pub -1
An elderly man sits in the bar of a working class pub in Staffordshire. He has a half pint of mild ale. It is early doors and there is a portrait of the Queen on the wall - 1 Date: 1987

Aerial view of the beach and cliffs at Beer, East Devon. Date: 1960s

Munich Bierkeller C1905
The Hofbrauhaus-Saal, Munchen

Gravestone in the Graveyard of Winchester Cathedral
Gravestone of Thomas Thetcher, a Grenadier in the North Regiment of the Hampshire Militia who died of a violent fever contracted by drinking Small Beer when hot on 12th May 1764

Castletownbere, Beara Peninsula, Republic of Ireland

A Memory of a Hop Field by F. C. Twort
A bucolic scene showing hop pickers in a Kentish landscape. Date: 1935

The Village, Branscombe, Devon
The Village, Branscombe, Seaton, near Beer, Devon, England. Date: 1900s

Horse-drawn cart for Trumans Brewery in Ashford, Kent
Delightful horse-drawn cart for Trumans Brewery in Ashford, Kent. Trumans Brewery (founded in 1666) of Brick Lane in the Spitalfields area of London eventually closed in 1989. Date: circa 1910s

Notting Hill Brewery English bottled beers advert 1899 Date: 1899

Bass Brewery workers
Workers at the Middle Yard of the Bass Brewery, Burton-on-Trent Date: 1908

Silhouette of a local squire and his dog
Silhouette of a local squire having a drink in his local pub, with his dog at his feet. An advertisement for Worthington beer

Hop Picking in Kent - Boughton District Date: 1907

Whitbreads Pale Ale
WHITBREADs PALE ALE Fashionable people on a luxury cruiser enjoy a glass of beer

Advert / Whitbread Pale A
WHITBREADs PALE ALE ashore or afloat, the best summer beverage

Three Women Drinking
Three happy women enjoy an alchoholic drink; one has a beer, one a glass of wine, and one spirits

Hop Picking into Bins
Kent hop pickers picking into bins

In a Theatre Box
In a box at the Opera Comique, Paris, their evening dresses by Molyneux (2), Beer and Premet can hardly be seen : but when the interval comes, things will be different

Cheery Families - Mr Butt the Brewer. 1890s

Fishing boats on the shingle beach at Beer, East Devon. Date: 1960s

Fore Street, Beer, Devon
Fore Street, Beer, near Seaton, Devon, England. Showing a Bullnose Morris Vintage Car Date: 1920s

Bass Brewery Mash-tub
Clearing King Edwards Mash-tub of Spent Grain at Basss Brewery, Burton-on-Trent

Silhouette of a landlord and his dog
Silhouette of a pub landlord with a glass of beer in his hand, his dog sitting at his feet. An advertisement for Worthington beer

Silhouette of a doctor who has interrupted his rounds for a glass of beer. An advertisement for Worthington beer

Silhouette of men in a pub
The Lads of the Village -- silhouette of men enjoying a drink of beer in their local pub. An advertisement for Worthington beer

Silhouette of a head waiter with a full glass of beer in his hand, and a cat at his feet. An advertisement for Worthington beer

Silhouette of a waitress or pub barmaid, about to pour beer into a glass. An advertisement for Worthington beer

Silhouette of barmaid and customer in a pub
The best drink is the last drink -- scene at 10pm in The Crown, Harrogate, with a barmaid, a customer and his dog

Silhouette of a man entering a country pub at the end of the day. An advertisement for Worthington beer

Advert / Masons Herb / Beer
Masons Extract of Herbs for making sparkling and delicious herb beer

Advert for Whitbread Pale Ale
WHITBREADs PALE ALE featuring Gertrude Lawrence and Douglas Fairbanks Jnr at Grosvenor House

Hogarth Rake Plate 7
The Rakes Progress 7. Scene in the Fleet prison

Barclays Lager Advert
Barclays London Lager

Advert / Mackesons Stout
MACKESONs STOUT Milk stout

Champion Beer Drinker
A German champion beer drinker downs a huge tankard of beer!

Pilgrim Fathers First Christmas 1621
A man fills a tankard of beer from a small keg, as various men sit or stand around drinking. Date: 1621

Barclays London Lager advertisement with tennis
Advertisement for Barclays London Lager, showing two refreshing looking glasses ready and waiting for some tennis players who can be seen on a grass court in the distance. Date: 1928

Beer is Best
A satisfied looking man wearing a trilby and smoking a pipe holds a glass of beer while propping up a pub bar. Beer pumps just visible

The Brewer 1827
Brewers sweat and toil as they stir and brew beer and haul heavy barrels up and down a ladder next to the sweltering heat of a kiln

View along the shingle beach at Beer, East Devon. Date: 1960s

Silhouette of huntsman enjoying a stirrup cup
Silhouette of a huntsman on horseback, enjoying a stirrup cup, watched by a hound. An advertisement for Worthington beer

Great Pabst Brewery - Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The inset image is the brewery in 1844 - quite different from the main factory seen in 1909! Date: 1909

Advert for Castle Lager
Advertisement for Castle Lager featuring two Scottish soldiers in kilts - Sure we can take it....any " given" quantity

Oktoberfest at Munich, Germany
Scene at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, with horses pulling a decorated dray past the tower of the Lowenbrau Brewery

Shire horse drawn dray
Shire horse drawn brewery dray passes through a village, delivering beer to The Lamb and Flag pub. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Hop Pickers 1900
A group of Kentish hop pickers

Hop Pickers Tally Off
Kent hop pickers " tallying off"

Monk and Mug
A monk with a double chin drinking a mug of beer!

Hoisting Hops
Hoisting pokes of hops onto a drying platform. Despite modern advances such as mechanical hop presses, horses were still being used for hoisting the pokes (sacks). Date: 1930s

Ale Cures the Flu
Two men, one in a flat cap, the other in a bowler hat, drinking glasses of ale, while looking at the punning pub sign: Try Our Old Ale: knocks the L out of FLU

Biergarten waitress carrying beer tankards
A Biergarten waitress carrying tankards of beer

Croagh Patrick, Westport, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland

Mature man wearing cloth cap lights his pipe in an Irish pub
A mature man wearing a cloth cap sits in a pub in Cork, Ireland, and lights his pipe. In front of him is a pint of Guinness. He has a large belly and behind him is a dart board Date: 1989

Stationery, Alfred Beer of Bristol, Ladder Manufacturer. 1891

The Mall, Tralee, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s

Berkeley Arms, Purton, Gloucestershire
Landllady of The Berkeley Arms, Purton, beside the River Severn, Gloucstershire. A customer collects his pint of beer through a serving hatch at the side of the public bar

The Green Man Pub - Putney Heath - operated by Youngs Brewery (Young & Co.s Pale Ales) - unchanged to this day. Date: 1905

Advert, William Younger & Co, Breweries, Edinburgh
Advert for William Younger & Co Limited, Abbey & Holyrood Breweries, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Fishing Trawlers at Dunmore East, Co. Waterford
Fishing Trawlers at Dunmore East, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland

Men in Irish pub, Cork, Ireland
Three men with pints of Guinness in an Irish pub in Cork, Ireland. One of the men lights a cigarette. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Mesopotamia. Clay Tablet. Pictographs drawn. Iraq. Late Preh
Mesopotamia. Clay Tablet. Pictographs drawn. Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer. Iraq. Late Prehistoric period. 3100-3000BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

A Pint of Guinness
A rather desirable pint of Guinness. Date: 1989

Advertisement for Manns brown ale -- male model constructing a pyramid of bottles. 1959

Irish Drunk Pat and his drinking logic
Tourist - " I say Pat, why do you always take beer and whiskey Mixed

Drunk man amazed his tankard contains beer and not coffee
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting a very drunk man amazed that his tankard contained beer and not coffee

Man and woman drinking beer in a pub
Isaac meets Rebecca at the Well -- silhouette of a man and a woman drinking beer in a pub. The title is a comic reference to an event in the Old Testament (Genesis 24)

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