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25-03-2010, 07:35
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Just numbers this time. Almost. Something else I've stumbled upon in the archives. The output figures for Barclay Perkins in the 20th century. They make intriguing reading.

Let's take a look at them, shall we?

First, in table form:


Barclay Perkins output (barrels (1900-1955)
Year
output
Year
output
Year
output
Year
output
1900


589,201


1914


582,263


1928


306,300


1942


351,138
1901


573,302


1915


511,870


1929


300,569


1943


360,123
1902


541,822


1916


438,242


1930


394,016


1944


416,336
1903


539,153


1917


426,170


1931


395,779


1945


456,597
1904


534,284


1918


247,089


1932


353,736


1946


485,431
1905


549,634


1919


325,965


1933


312,739


1947


419,310
1906


560,103


1920


464,033


1934


348,267


1948


455,773
1907


555,370


1921


393,045


1935


356,832


1949


367,691
1908


527,716


1922


348,576


1936


378,084


1950


325,382
1909


525,854


1923


293,728


1937


386,700


1951


277,899
1910


500,205


1924


303,676


1938


406,310


1952


262,405
1911


549,841


1925


329,464


1939


404,777


1953


247,891
1912


589,543


1926


317,628


1940


388,114


1954


236,166
1913


587,547


1927


306,682


1941


302,647


1955


228,343
Sources:
ACC/2305/1/711/1 in the London Metropolitan Archives
The British Brewing Industry, 1830-1980 T. R. Gourvish & R.G. Wilson, pages 610-611

Now in a graph:


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That's it. Except to point out that, with the postwar slump in their sales, it's no wonder Barcly perkins sold out to Courage in 1955. And to say that the ups and downs pretty much track the general state of the British brewing industry in the first half of the 20th century.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5445569787371915337-4444045473423805005?l=barclayperkins.blogspot.com


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