DRUNKEN CATTLE. ERIC SIMPSON'S HISTORY OF HARTLEYS PART 2


Hello, and here we are with part 2 of Hartley's Head Brewer Eric Simpson's personal history of the Brewery, as publsihed in the Brewing History Society Journal in 1992.

 Eric writes about incidents in the bottling store, light fingered colleagues, dubious personal encounters in the Snipe Inn in Barrow , and the ways in which the workforce  rubbed up against each other in their day to day, including Young Harry Walmsley, Billy Preston and Bob Cloudsdale, seen here in Erics own photograph.

 We also learn the consequences of  accidently getting cows drunk.

 Again, the pages are scanned and downloadable on the other end of this link...
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1m6LyfC4cgSxksYEsMjUTd9v6UUdBXlAh?usp=sharing
Enjoy your time in Eric's company. Part three next week.

 Our thanks to Roger Bacon and the Brewing History Society.

Comments

  1. Joshua Matthews21 April 2020 at 10:18

    Very colourful account of The Snipe Inn, Barrow. It was situated at number 8 Paxton Street.

    From my research, it was built in 1860 after it was bought for £14 the year before. It was just a field then! Very quickly, Paxton Street and the surrounding areas became bustling - Hartleys purchased it in 1899.

    The Snipe closed earlier than most town centre pubs - 1962. Eventually the entire street would be demolished, alongside other town centre streets.

    Currently the indoor market sits roughly where the pub was. Such a shame that we’ve lost all this history and the historic buildings because of short-sighted town planners. Paxton Street looked incredible.

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    1. Unknown22 April 2020 at 03:37

      This might be a silly question, but did Hartleys own pubs just in furness? Did they own many pubs?

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    2. Joshua Matthews22 April 2020 at 03:59

      Not a silly question! They definitely owned some pubs outside of Furness. In 1919 they had The Red Lion (Grasmere), The Cross Keys (Milnthorpe), and The Hope and Anchor (Flookburgh).

      But by the look of those, they didn’t stray too far from home. I just found those from having a quick search then. I’m sure there’s a bigger list somewhere.

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    3. HOMEBREW HERITAGE24 April 2020 at 05:01

      The Golden Rule and the Unicorn in Ambleside were Hartleys Pubs...the Rule is still one of the best in town.

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    4. HOMEBREW HERITAGE24 April 2020 at 05:08

      Hi Joshua..John here from the Hartleys project...when I lived on Barrow Island I knew a feller who had a top floor flat in Devonshire Buildings with a Tetleys CIU club sign outside it. He called me in one day, and the whole flat was furnished with Pub salvage from the Barrow town centre refurb...he had a bar, optics, pumps ( not functioning.,, although I bet he tried) tables, jukebox, signs everywhere, pie shelves...it was like walking into a late 70's boozer. It could have been used as a film set. I have some screen grabs somewhere from a video we made in there..He died a few years ago, and Ive no idea what happened to the place.

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  2. Unknown22 April 2020 at 02:36

    This is a good read - can't wait for the next episode. How nice to hear the experience s and thoughts of someone who "would do it all again"!

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