Comments on: More East End Beer Bottle Labels https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/11/10/more-east-end-beer-bottle-labels/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 10 Nov 2017 09:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Peter Holford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/11/10/more-east-end-beer-bottle-labels/#comment-1179146 Fri, 10 Nov 2017 09:19:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161652#comment-1179146 I grew up knowing the name Taylor Walker – it seems my granddad’s pubs were all of that brewery – with my dad frequently referring to the name in his numerous reminiscences. But no personal experience of the brand, alas. The labels are of another age and suggest genuine quality. It would have been nice to test that supposition.

I am just old enough to have known genuine Truman’s beer and briefly managed a Truman’s pub after Grand Metropolitan had destroyed the product. I may have been the only landlord to have directed a tourist who had come to sample a British pint away from my pub to a neighbouring Young’s pub. It was in Wandsworth after all!

]]> By: Jonathan Madden https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/11/10/more-east-end-beer-bottle-labels/#comment-1179145 Fri, 10 Nov 2017 09:17:09 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161652#comment-1179145 These are great examples of very simple and honest design and typography. The colours balance and lettering all done with care and skill, I think some of the lettering is even hand drawn in a few cases. I remember a fair few, especially the Whitbread labels, their colours in particular. The intermittent comma between Taylor and Walker also a nice quirk.
Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/11/10/more-east-end-beer-bottle-labels/#comment-1179124 Fri, 10 Nov 2017 06:58:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161652#comment-1179124 Nice labels, although I must confess that I don’t drink beer, or tea for that matter. Enjoy yours! Valerie

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