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All those beers ago

John Loughnane21 Aug 2015 - 06:56
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With the disappearance of "real" Tetley's cask imminent, here's a message from Roger Brady, former Club Captain, President & dancefloor opportunist*

Hi John

I can't tell you who called it steam but I can tell you that it was the first beer sold at the Club in Aug 1959.Then we had mild @ 1 shilling 2pence and bitter at 1 shilling 4 pence per pint (roughly 6&7 pence now). It was so successful and well kept by Reg Whitfield that we nearly called the ground Tetley Park.
Hope you find out who introduced "steam"

Regards

Roger Brady

Thanks, Roger. Does anybody know whether the beer was hand-pumped?

*according to Mrs Brady

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