Included is an image that looks like something from Peaky Blinders, but is actually workers outside the Crown Brewery in All Saints Street in the Commercial Road area of the city.
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There is also a lovely image of Portsmouth landladies looking full of personality during a day out in London at the Guinness Brewery in 1971, Brickwoods Brewery staff sat in a Southdowns charabanc on a day out together and a United Breweries delivery driver taking his test.
1. Local breweries from the past
One of the United Breweries drivers undergoing the test Photo: The News archive
2. Local breweries from the past
Crown Brewery in All Saints Street. This was between Commercial Road and Staunton Street. Picture: Costen.co.uk Photo: The News archive
3. Local breweries from the past
Landladies from the Portsmouth area on a visit to the Guinness Brewery at Park Royal, West London, in 1971 Photo: The News archive
4. Local breweries from the past
Racking or felling the casks of draught beer at Brickwoods Brewery in 1971. Picture: The News 2203-1 Photo: The News archive