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Breweriana Quiz
BREWERIANA TRIVIA QUIZ
In the bad old days when pubs were closed I put a quiz question in the online issue of Beer Around ‘Ere. I repeat it here together with the answers. If you can add anything further to the answers or about the company I would be pleased to hear from you via the newsletter - Mike Johnson.
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1. What is it? (Dimensions 4 ins x 4 ins).
Answer: A boundary marker showing the perimeters of a particular premises.
2. What do the letters H.C. & H. stand for?
Answer: Hall, Cutlack & Harlock.
3. Where can I find an example of these in Peterborough?
Answer 1: No 2, Burghley Road, Creations, Lounge & Grill. Answer 2: No 45 Burghley Road, the premises of Secondhand City. A shop selling used pre-owned homeware and electrical appliances, new beds and bedroom furniture.
4. What were the current premises originally?
Answer 1: The now defunct Fountain pub, later to become the Glass Onion Answer 2: ???? I’ve no idea. Was it a pub or an offlicence? See picture below.
The Fountain (when it became Creations)
45 Burghley Road
Cutlack & Harlock Ltd was the result of a merger in June 1907 of William Cutlack of Littleport and Frank Harlock of the Quay Brewery, Ely. Brewing continued at Harlock’s brewery until 1930.
In September 1930, Cutlack & Harlock merged with Arthur & Bertram Hall Ltd of Forehill Brewery, Ely, to form Hall, Cutlack & Harlock Ltd.
They also had a brewery in Peterborough which I believe was in Priestgate.
Mike Johnson
A trip to Hertford and where?
Great Eastern Tavern
Black Horse
The Woolpack At a little after 9 o’clock on a bright Wednesday morning, a bunch of the usual suspects set forth on a railway journey to visit some of Hertfordshire’s finest pubs. As brewers McMullen and Son has a near monopoly of drinking establishments in that area, I was already of the opinion that such a trip wouldn’t be the best we’d ever done.
Our superbly organised leader, Mick, dished out the still warm tickets and off we set. Imagine our surprise, on alighting at Stevenage, as we bumped into stationmaster Steve Tuson, long-time toper at the Hand & Heart. Poor chap would have loved to join us, but sadly, someone had to control the trains. Once in Hertford, after a short hike into the town centre, we found the only pub open at that time of day, the Six Templars, where the usual fare of four national cheap ales were joined by a guest ale, ‘Granny wouldn’t like it’, from the Wolf Brewery, which proved popular. The beer garden boasts the walls of Hertford Castle as a backdrop.
On to the oldest pub in town – the Salisbury Arms. When they eventually let us in (socially distanced table service only), we had a choice of two McMullen’s ales. Halves of ‘AK’ mild for most of us, though some tried the Oatburst, by Rivertown (McMullen’s small vegan range brews).
Around the corner to a lovely pub, the Blackbirds, where I could have spent the rest of the day. Light and airy, with a range of good beers and a generous CAMRA discount of 20% meant I paid a mere £3.10 for a pint of Dirty Tackle, from Wychwood. Our leader was already calling time on the visit, so over the road we went, to the Crafty Duck, a cosy micropub featuring keg beers, with one cask ale available, Right to Roam, 3.8% from Buxton.
