Photographs revealing Burton's history as a brewing super-power have been published in the latest book by popular historian Terry Garner.

Mr Garner's latest offering called "Burton's Lost Breweries from Old Photographs" includes 200 images with insights into some of the town’s lesser-known beer producers.

Alongside the giants such as Bass, Marston's and Ind Coope, the book also includes Boddingtons Brewery (1883-1898), Clayton's Brewery (1875-1895) and Bells Brewery, which closed in 1905.

It is hard to imagine today, but Burton's breweries of yesteryear were almost mini-towns with their own rail networks, their own fire stations and ambulance service.

By featuring the domestic side of the brewery alongside that of beer production, the book helps readers to appreciate the full scale of the brewing empire.

The book is Terry Garner's fourth and features previously unseen photographs

Photographs of Ind Coope's de Havelland Dove aircraft at the brewery's Tatenhill airfield alongside Allsopp's huge advertising balloons reveal there were no limits the big names would go to in promoting their brand.

Alongside the weird and whacky bottle cars Bass used to advertise its brand, there is also the serious side showing women working during the First World War while the men were on the front lines.

While the book is a wonderful insight into the Burton of yesteryear, what it really highlights is the systematic loss over several decades of Burton's brewing heritage.

Today, only single buildings exist of some of the town's largest beer producers. For example, the only remaining part of Worthington’s is an office block in High Street as its brewery is now Burton Place Shopping Centre.

Thankfully, some buildings have gone full circle in their lifespan with the only remaining part of Salt's Brewery – the Wharf Road water tower, now used again for brewing by Tower Brewery.

Terry Garner will be signing his book at two separate events in Burton

But the systematic loss continues with doubt today hanging over the future of the Imex Business Park which is shown in this book as a thriving bottling plant for ind Coope and Allsopp.

Mr Garner's book serves as a stark reminder of how much of the brewing trade Burton has lost, and how it’s gone from breweries with their own planes, trains and automobiles to just a few buildings scattered around.

Burton's Lost Breweries" by Terry Garner is published by Amberley and is priced £14.99.

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