Return to Joseph Holt Ltd
The ornate signage on Empire Street
The Empire Street frontage
The front door to the brewery offices
The brewery was founded in 1849 and moved to Empire Street in 1860
The copper calandria in the ale stores
Moving hogsheads in the ale stores
Draymen Mark Dooner (left) and Steve Turton demonstarte how to upend a hogshead
Head Brewer Keith Sheard and his stock of empty hogsheads
Twenty hogsheads in the cellar at the Roebuck in Urmston, three were sold each weekend day!
CEO Richard Kershaw is the great grandson of the founder Joseph Holt
Trade Director Tom Dempsey with CEO Richard Kershaw
Ray Morris, mine host at the Roebuck in Urmston
QA Brewer Nick Massey, his laboratory was bought lock, stock and test tube from Wards in Sheffield