13/02/2011 by Jeff Sechiari.

The following link to a BBC item available on the web has been sent to me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00f15dg

The associated description is as follows:

Master brewer Alastair Hook aims to put traditionally brewed beers at the heart of our drinking culture.

He’s at the forefront of a liquid revolution.

We go behind the scenes of his micro brewery in Greenwich and look at its history.

Tim Fitzhigham also discovers how an ancient beer recipe is being given a modern twist.

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30/07/2010 by Jeff Sechiari.

I have just received the following and thought it would be of interest to members

Cheers
Jeff

—– Forwarded Message —-
From: “Deboick, Sophia” <sdeboick@museumoflondon.org.uk>

Hello,

I’m writing to introduce you to a resource that your members may be interested in. The Exploring 20^th Century London website makes 9000 objects from the Museum of London and 19 other London heritage institutions available for the public to view. We have a number of brewery history-related photographs, artefacts and oral history recordings on the site. Please do take a look: http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/server.php?search_word=brewery&x=0&y=0&change=SearchResults&pp=10

If this is of interest, we’d be delighted to have the website included on your links page. Also, to coincide with CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival, we will be highlighting a number of our brewing-related items on our Twitter account and Facebook group next week (see addresses below), which may be of interest to your members.

Do let me know if you would like to know more about the project. Thanks for your time, and all best wishes,

Sophia

Sophia Deboick
Project Assistant, Exploring 20th Century London
Museum of London
150 London Wall
London . EC2Y 5HN

Email: sdeboick at museumoflondon.org.uk

http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/

Twitter: @Exploring20CLdn

Facebook: http://tiny.cc/b5gyg

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12/03/2010 by admin.

We have had a query from Doug Gooch:

Dear Sir.

I am trying to trace the history of a family bible that I have in my possesion. Inscribed on the first page is the following.

This bible belongs to James and Louisa Waterman, Stoney Lane Brewery, Parish of St Olaves, Southwark. 1837. Married at St Johns, Clerkenwell, April 22 1837. The family history continues on the following pages. I would be grateful for any information or links concerning either the brewery or the family.

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