New Generation
MAULDONS BITTER ( 3.6% abv. )
SUFFOLK PRIDE ( 4.8% abv. )
BLACK ADDER ( 5.3% abv. )
A traditional session bitter with strong floral nose and lingering bitter finish.
A full-bodied copper-coloured beer with good balance of malt, hops and fruit in the taste. The label depicts the original White Horse brewery emblem.
A grainy roast mouth-feel, almost overwhelming the tastebuds with caramel, malt and vine fruits.
2000 following Peter and Jane Mauldons’ decision to take early retirement. In June 2004 the brewery moved to a new site in Churchfield Road, Sudbury, where a larger capacity 30 barrel brew kit was installed - the first brew being ready for tasting in January 2005. The brewery is well established and uses only traditional methods and quality ingredients to produce a range of premium real ales. Whilst the recipes remain the same, Charles Dickens association
with the town has been recognised by changes in the artwork and design of the pumpclips. It was in 1894 that the young Dickens, as a reporter for the Morning Chronicle, arrived in Sudbury to report on the corrupt dealings of some of the town councillors who would meet at the Rose and Crown Hotel. Years later Sudbury became the town of ’Eatanswill in Dickens ’Pickwick Papers’.
Next time we have a look at Essex, visiting a well-established brewery at Woodham Ferrers before heading north again into East Suffolk. My thanks to the breweries featured for their co-operation Because of my failing eyesight, the research and compilation of this series would not be possible without the assistance of my wife, Carole. Together we will continue the series to “journey’s end”.
Cash Register Makeover On Norman Clements’s death the Institute was given a brass NCR cash register that quiet frankly had seen better days. Linda Arthur’s father kindly offered to renovate it back to its former glory – or at least he was volunteered for the job. A trained horologist, he approached the task as a labour of love and sent us the following report.
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The Cash register was manufactured in Dayton, Ohio in the United States of America in 1900. Weighing in at 77 pounds ( 35 kilogrammes ) it is unlikely that a shoplifter could run off with it. In addition there are several devices to stop anyone getting caught with their fingers in the proverbials. To begin with, a key is needed to get under the cover which encloses the information that tells the proprietor how much money should be in the drawer. Every transaction is registered in L.s.d., including half pennies ( but no ¼ pence or farthings – strange ! ) which can be zeroed with a key, or on a separate indicator for every ‘ no sale ’ that can also be zeroed. There is a further indicator which registers every time the cover is opened, this cannot be zeroed ! There are several hundred finely engineered parts that make up the complex machinery, with rods, shafts, cams, toggles, gears and eccentrics to make the till as foolproof and reliable as possible, all supported by four robust
cast iron frames and clad in heavy ornamental brass and bronze. There are two brass plates attached to the outside stating several patent numbers from 1882 to 1896. It also gives us the information that the till is of the 400 series and sold by N.C.R. at their premises in Tottenham Court Road, London. I just wonder how many Casios, Samsungs or Sharps will be around in another hundred years, perhaps just another indicator of the ‘throw away’ society in which we live.