An intriguing glimpse into the past was provided when an old coopers' well that had been buried for decades was uncovered during renovations at a Burton nightclub.
The well, located at the old Fever nightclub building, was still full of clear water when workmen ripped up the floor boards that had covered it for years.
It is thought the feature was used in the building's former incarnation as a cooper's factory, building barrels for Burton's booming beer trade.
The builders were working on the club in preparation for the grand opening of the newly named Society Bar, which takes place on Friday, August 11.
Owner Pete Terry said: "One of the most exciting things we have here is our well, which will be made into a feature table and built up with lights. There's real clear water under there, even though it's been hidden for many years under a wooden platform.
"We were so excited when we discovered it and it'll be a real key feature for us in terms of paying homage to the heritage of the town."
Last month, the upstairs room of the High Street club, Manhattans, was opened. Love Island contestant Sam Gowland will be on hand for Society Bar's opening night.
Mr Terry said: "We have three booths and DJ console ready to go and have made significant improvements in getting rid of the horrible old bar that was here when the place was Fever and making it more open and airy.
"The brilliant wooden panels that had been painted in matt black have been exposed and given more character.
"Smirnoff are redecorating the smoking area with booths and oil drums. Another room near the entrance hasn't been seen by the public for a long time but we'll be opening up a new bar there to greet people as they come in."
The changing role of the cooper
Coopers have played a very special role in Burton down the years in the town that is known as the UK's brewing captial.
Once a vibrant trade, they were absolutely vital in their job producing water-tight wooden barrels to ferment, mature and transport beer.
The process could be slow and painstaking and involved shaping oak slats into curves and fixing them tightly together with metal rings.
At its peak more than 100 years ago, Bass employed 400 coopers, who circulated half-a-million casks for draft beer and another 500,000 for fermenting, maturing and transporting beer.
At one point, there were 30 breweries in Burton, all of which needed coopers to run their trade.
In the middle of the 20th century, breweries started using steel transporters and the role of the cooper has slowly died out since.
However, with the rise of micro-breweries, some think the ancient art of barrel-making could make a comeback in the coming years.
