tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post5381594805249434138..comments2024-03-27T20:07:51.303-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: ContainersRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-85661609936495992192020-10-18T16:42:47.804-07:002020-10-18T16:42:47.804-07:00I'm surprised that they didn't make any re...I'm surprised that they didn't make any reference to tanks, as a number of breweries had been delivering beer to cellar tanks since the 1920s (Charrington, Hull etc).<br /><br />I'd expect that during the war, resources and manufacturing could not be diverted to tanks but, as seen after the war, they became pretty universal in the North and Midlands in the 50s. I lived opposite the Peregrine in Newcastle and remember, as a kid, the tanks being delivered and lowered into the cellars. Mike in NSWnoreply@blogger.com