TO THE BREWERY
The first load of rectangular hop pockets
This photo was taken at Northlands Oast (I don't know the year) and I am told by Tom Macey that it is the first load of rectangular hop pockets loaded ready for delivery to Park Royal Brewery. Road transportation was now being used as opposed to rail. The contractor for this load is John Jempson & Son from Rye.
Tom tells me that they were under strict instructions when loading the lorry to make sure that every hop pocket had the end showing the Guinness name. When the lorry had been loaded they spotted a pocket near the bottom that had been loaded the wrong way round with a blank end showing. Some quick improvisation came up with some empty pocket material being stenciled and carefully wrapped around the end of the offending pocket.