tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post2883028003215043757..comments2024-03-28T06:20:10.699-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Calling residents of ManchesterRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-74627936991033916222010-03-29T02:24:30.362-07:002010-03-29T02:24:30.362-07:00Tyson, no, unfortunately. I'd really love to g...Tyson, no, unfortunately. I'd really love to get a glance inside those brewing books.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-1506619639480881982010-03-29T01:53:54.320-07:002010-03-29T01:53:54.320-07:00Did this ever get done?Did this ever get done?Sat In A Pubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123038980796000837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-26436724892069019832009-12-10T07:48:26.405-08:002009-12-10T07:48:26.405-08:00Hi Ron,
My brother checked with the Museum of Scie...Hi Ron,<br />My brother checked with the Museum of Science and Industry re boddington logs and they say they don't have them, the records are at http://www.manchester.gov.uk/a_to_z/service/827/archives_and_local_studies<br /><br />This is the e-mail he got from MOSI:<br />Subject: Boddingtons Brewery Records<br /> <br />Hi Tony.<br />You got the right City but, the wrong repository. The company records for Boddingtons Brewery are held at Manchester City Archives and not here at the Museum. This is the link to their page http://www.manchester.gov.uk/a_to_z/service/827/archives_and_local_studies We hold a small amount of material here at the museum but, these are objects and advertising material. I hope this is of help to you.<br />Yours sincerely.<br /> <br /> <br />Jan Shearsmith<br />Archivist<br />Tel : 0161 606 0223<br />Fax : 0161 606 0186<br /><br />I have e-mailed the Manchester Archives to see where the records are, either in Central Library or at the GMCRO.<br />Mike.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163538704592118795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-31075023851182142272009-11-26T12:43:43.485-08:002009-11-26T12:43:43.485-08:00It was me Matt, who posted those words about Boddi...It was me Matt, who posted those words about Boddingtons on Tandleman's Blog. Unfortunately the company paid the ultimate price in the end after selling their soul to Whitbread. A shame really, as I can remember my first tadte of their once excellent bitter.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-28569881261712564702009-11-26T07:53:21.543-08:002009-11-26T07:53:21.543-08:00Matt, yes. According to the National Archives webs...Matt, yes. According to the National Archives website they are at theMuseum of Science and Industry in Manchester:<br /><br />http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=B2529<br /><br />There's a catalogue of the documents here:<br /><br />http://www.dswebhosting.info/manchester/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Site11&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo==%27M693/405%27)Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-85953846182201692332009-11-26T07:31:12.744-08:002009-11-26T07:31:12.744-08:00Are these the records we thought were in Mancheste...Are these the records we thought were in Manchester Central Library?<br />Having been made redundant and living in Stockport, I am both nearby and with time on my hands but unfortunately the dole doesn't stretch to a digital camera.<br /><br />I'm sure Tandleman won't mind me reproducing this comment someone posted on his blog earlier this year which is relevant to the declining quality of Boddies:<br /><br />"I spent four very happy years as a student in the Manchester area during the mid 1970's, and Holts was always a pint well worth seeking out.<br /><br />Even in those days there were grumblings about the declining quality and increasing blandness of Boddingtons; someone we knew who worked at the Strangeways Brewery confirmed what many of us suspected- namely the company had secretly been reducing the hopping rate of the bitter in order to 'increase its appeal to a wider audience'."<br /><br />Be interesting to know if the brewing records confirm that theory.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310220100267028274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-14974753253296821372009-11-26T05:20:10.064-08:002009-11-26T05:20:10.064-08:00Tandleman, John, anything you manage to do will be...Tandleman, John, anything you manage to do will be most appreciated.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-61543156006114617852009-11-26T03:40:00.752-08:002009-11-26T03:40:00.752-08:00Ron,
I will try and get down there sometime betwe...Ron,<br /><br />I will try and get down there sometime between now and the end of the year. Can't promise but I'll do my best. If anyone else is going please le tme know what you photograph to avoid duplication.John Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132845616834779091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-6964383483565657812009-11-26T02:04:53.454-08:002009-11-26T02:04:53.454-08:00I'll have a think about it. I'd like to he...I'll have a think about it. I'd like to help you, but don't let that stop others!Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-55306448896473112802009-11-26T00:14:00.191-08:002009-11-26T00:14:00.191-08:00Tandleman, this is what I would do myself.
I have...Tandleman, this is what I would do myself.<br /><br />I have a 7.1 megapixel camera and that works fine. I take the photos hand-held without flash (those are usually the rules).<br /><br />Each volume take a photo of two different logs for each beer. Assuming they brewed maybe 10 different beers, that makes 20 photos per brewing book. That takes me between 10 and 20 minutes.<br /><br />With the Boddingtons records, these are the years I would choose to photograph:<br /><br />1900<br />1913<br />1914<br />1916<br />1917<br />1918<br />1919<br />1920<br />1923<br />1930<br />1931<br />1933<br />1939<br />1940<br />1941<br />1943<br />1944<br />1945<br />1946<br /><br />The time it would take to do all that lot: about 6 hours.<br /><br />I don't expect you to spend a whole day there. Just do as much as you feel like.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-66112605395411927202009-11-25T16:56:16.089-08:002009-11-25T16:56:16.089-08:00I'd like to help, but time is precious and I&#...I'd like to help, but time is precious and I'm not sure how many things you are asking to be photographed and what camera would be needed to do so.<br /><br /><br />So how many pages are we talking about? How long would it take? That sort of thing. I'm a practical man. Tell me the size of the task and I will be likely to help out.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-5875902815861670632009-11-25T12:49:03.523-08:002009-11-25T12:49:03.523-08:00Paul, you've caught me out. Would be fascinati...Paul, you've caught me out. Would be fascinating to see exactly how and when it changed, though.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-8770361840542721632009-11-25T11:53:34.270-08:002009-11-25T11:53:34.270-08:00I take it you were being "tongue in cheek&quo...I take it you were being "tongue in cheek" about Boddingtons improving their bitter in the 1980's? Surely you mean making it even blander than it had become during the previous decade!!Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-79978681641742940422009-11-25T10:19:56.513-08:002009-11-25T10:19:56.513-08:00Dominic, I'm sure they'll be fascinating. ...Dominic, I'm sure they'll be fascinating. You could see how they improved the Bitter in the 1980's.<br /><br />What I usually do is take two or three photos of each different beer for each year I look at. Except for WW I and WW II. 1917, 1918 and 1919. 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945. For those years you need a snap for every time the gravity change.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-66378385906996472662009-11-25T09:41:51.091-08:002009-11-25T09:41:51.091-08:00Hi Ron
I work but don't live in Manchester, b...Hi Ron<br /><br />I work but don't live in Manchester, but I'll try and call in a favour with someone unemployed or suchlike! I didn't know they held such things, so I'd like a look myself.Dominic, Marble Beersnoreply@blogger.com