We didn't realise this, coming from Gatwick we listened to the station call for Kings Cross, and didn't get off when St.Pancras was called out. So we ended up at St.Albans and had to quickly get back in time for our train before it left Kings Cross. Whew!
@martynbush Twinings is the oldest logo, but Trademarks weren't a thing back then. When the trademark act came in, the first company to trademark their logo was BASS with their triangle. So if you go on the UK Governments Trademarks website and search for trademark number 1, BASS will come up.
The two railway stations. And all the rest of the London terminals were kept out of Central London by the Acts of Parliament which authorized the building of each railway line, later the Circle line linked them as the Underground system developed.
Burton is my hometown. Sadly most of the breweries have gone. My nan lived in Branston, and every evening, at around 5 pm, the area would smell of yeast and Marmite.
God I miss drinking Bass. The best drink of beer ever brewed. It’s even in Renoir’s The Bar at the Folies Begieres where a bottle is clearly show on the bar.
@@happydude6713 Wow! Thank you HD, whenever I walk into a pub from now on there’ll be a glimmer of hope in my heart that it might, just might be on tap! Happiness awaits me! 👍👍👍😁🍺
Built by two different companies, that's why. Same reason that Lincoln Central & Loncoln St Marks were almost next to each other and countless other towns and cities that had adjecent railways stations from different companies... many of which have been rationilsed to just 1 now with the adjecent one now being a car park or a block of offices.
I went to King's Cross once, got given a free cold coffee drink, didn't like it. Then walked down the canal looking for a geocache but couldn't find it. The British museum wasn't too far away though and that was pretty good, saw some old handwritten Beatles lyrics. Wish I'd known about the history of the beer warehouse, would have made things much more interesting 👍
I remember watching a documentary on the renovation done on st pancras at the time and the only thing I remember is that the pillars under the first floor are spaced to fit exactly (I think it was 9?) barrels of beer.
@johnbowmer5698 good point. The midland and Gt northern weren't at loggerheads like some of the 19th c railways so maybe they intended to pool resources like they did in the Norfolk area
It was not the Great Midland Railway. It was the Midland Railway. In Britain it is a railway station not a train station. You had the Great Central, the Great Northern, the Great Eastern and the Great Western but no Great Midland. Please be correct with historic facts.
They fell out over the limited access to the GNR lines south of Hitchin, and rivalry in getting Nottinghamshire and South Yorks coal to London. The old Bedford Midland Road station was on the Leicester to Hitchin alignment and when the London extension was built the fast lines bypassed Midland Road Station. Great for trainspotting as you got trains stopping at Bedford as well as a great view of Peaks at speed on the bypass. The beer cellar at St Pancras was not the main reason for the London extension but the coal traffic, even in the late 60s and early 70s there would be at least one coal train heading south through Bedford.
I spent most of my working life in London’s construction industry, and we literally ran on beer. Also, the only jobs worth having were all found in pubs.
Kind of. It's called burtonisation and it relates to a specific kind of water treatment (addition of gypsum), rather than "good" treatment. You wouldn't want to brew a Pilsner or porter with heavily burtonised water.
Very interesting facts about beer😊 However, the two stations are actually not a cross the road from each other, they are side by side. A little and unimportant matter, but facts are facts Do love me a good craft beer these days:)
Awful. If you can't even get the name of the railway right you shouldn't post. It was the Midland Railway ... no great. And you never explained why the station was there rather than elsewhere in London
@@TheCraftBeerChannel'railway' station is better,also just The Midland Railway,not the 'Great'Midland. There was a lot more to the Midland than just the Bass Brewery although their custom was a significant factor in the location of St.Panrcras Station. I'm sure you'd appreciate us being as careful of your nomenclature in the beer industry as we'd appreciate your care with ours (ie in this case railway station vs train station). Ps what can you tell us about the Bass Brewery's private, light railway?
Both terms are completely accepted in the English language and have been for over a century. And railways don't station themselves at stations. Trains do.
"Why did you build a train station?" "Beer" "Ok, I get that"
RAILWAY Station.
That’s literally the greatest fact ever. And I’m having that book!
Yep, me too.
We didn't realise this, coming from Gatwick we listened to the station call for Kings Cross, and didn't get off when St.Pancras was called out. So we ended up at St.Albans and had to quickly get back in time for our train before it left Kings Cross. Whew!
Something about British trains that I didn’t learn from Geoff Marshall! That’s new.
If you like London specifically you should check out Jago Hazzard!
I’m from Burton, it had a smell of hops at its core when I was growing up.
And Robirch 🤮
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@ haha yes Robirch! Marmite too! 😂
It's great to see that beer is getting the recognition it deserves.
Yeah because beer is fucking niche
The BASS red triangle logo was also the very first trademark to be registered under the UKs tradmark act 1875. It is literally Trademark #1
I thought that was Twinings?
@martynbush Twinings is the oldest logo, but Trademarks weren't a thing back then. When the trademark act came in, the first company to trademark their logo was BASS with their triangle. So if you go on the UK Governments Trademarks website and search for trademark number 1, BASS will come up.
The two railway stations. And all the rest of the London terminals were kept out of Central London by the Acts of Parliament which authorized the building of each railway line, later the Circle line linked them as the Underground system developed.
Bloody heck get the name right, it Midland Railway NOT Great Midland Railway.
Show just how good the "research" was for this.
Burton is my hometown. Sadly most of the breweries have gone. My nan lived in Branston, and every evening, at around 5 pm, the area would smell of yeast and Marmite.
God I miss drinking Bass. The best drink of beer ever brewed. It’s even in Renoir’s The Bar at the Folies Begieres where a bottle is clearly show on the bar.
Doesn't exist anymore? How did that happen?
I used to drink it in Paris in the 90s and even then it felt nostalgic
Bass Trademark No1 is available to buy today. Guessing that isn't the same one you're talking about?
You can still get draught Bass if you're lucky enough to find somewhere that sells it and, more importantly, looks after it.
@@happydude6713 Wow! Thank you HD, whenever I walk into a pub from now on there’ll be a glimmer of hope in my heart that it might, just might be on tap! Happiness awaits me! 👍👍👍😁🍺
Built by two different companies, that's why.
Same reason that Lincoln Central & Loncoln St Marks were almost next to each other and countless other towns and cities that had adjecent railways stations from different companies... many of which have been rationilsed to just 1 now with the adjecent one now being a car park or a block of offices.
I went to King's Cross once, got given a free cold coffee drink, didn't like it. Then walked down the canal looking for a geocache but couldn't find it. The British museum wasn't too far away though and that was pretty good, saw some old handwritten Beatles lyrics. Wish I'd known about the history of the beer warehouse, would have made things much more interesting 👍
It wasn't the great midland railway, just the midland
Absolutely amazing fact i will remember for as long as possible
I remember watching a documentary on the renovation done on st pancras at the time and the only thing I remember is that the pillars under the first floor are spaced to fit exactly (I think it was 9?) barrels of beer.
Why pose a question if you're not going to answer it? Also it's 'Midland Railway' not 'Great Midland Railway'.
There was a Hydraulic Lift just outside the Barlow shed that would take wagons down to the stores below.
You don't explain why Kings Cross station is directly over the road from St Pancras station.
laws wouldn't allow different rail termini to be any closer to the city centre
@DewtbArenatsiz That's a reason for the distance of the termini from the centre, but doesn't explain why the stations are adjacent.
@johnbowmer5698 good point. The midland and Gt northern weren't at loggerheads like some of the 19th c railways so maybe they intended to pool resources like they did in the Norfolk area
That’s fascinating, I always thought it was something to do with the Eurostar.
Before St Pancras changed to Euro terminal, i could get a great pint of Bass😅.Best in London 😂
I didn’t know that! Awesome!
It was not the Great Midland Railway. It was the Midland Railway. In Britain it is a railway station not a train station.
You had the Great Central, the Great Northern, the Great Eastern and the Great Western but no Great Midland. Please be correct with historic facts.
Absolutely getting a copy! And “A Year In Beer” too!! Can’t wait!!
Wow Amazing Better than anything in Chi Na
Love how many big and beautiful buildings in the uk were paid for with “beer money “ Thanks 😊
It was also because the MR shared the GNR terminus and they fell out.
They fell out over the limited access to the GNR lines south of Hitchin, and rivalry in getting Nottinghamshire and South Yorks coal to London. The old Bedford Midland Road station was on the Leicester to Hitchin alignment and when the London extension was built the fast lines bypassed Midland Road Station. Great for trainspotting as you got trains stopping at Bedford as well as a great view of Peaks at speed on the bypass.
The beer cellar at St Pancras was not the main reason for the London extension but the coal traffic, even in the late 60s and early 70s there would be at least one coal train heading south through Bedford.
Genuinely quite interesting!
what a fact! Great
I have never wondered why the station was right across from St Pancreas. But now I know.
Fascinating 👍🚂🍻
Are the two stations connected now? Can trains run thru service?
No, unless they go a way north and double back, which doesn’t happen in normal service
I've not seen bass in a pub for years
Great video
I spent most of my working life in London’s construction industry, and we literally ran on beer. Also, the only jobs worth having were all found in pubs.
Slum clearance. Different private rail lines.
Every day is a school day !
Theres still the tern Burtonian to describe good water production in beer (at least it was a decade back)
Kind of. It's called burtonisation and it relates to a specific kind of water treatment (addition of gypsum), rather than "good" treatment. You wouldn't want to brew a Pilsner or porter with heavily burtonised water.
Didn't know that!
Yes, and I also like beer
They are Railway stations.
India Pale Ale (IPA) was brewed to be shipped to Colonial India, hence the name. Britons liked it so much that most of it went no where near India
More porter was sent to India than IPA ever was as we discuss in our history of IPA! ua-cam.com/video/4N03L8kPYQE/v-deo.html
No. Not the Great Midland Railway. It was just the Midland Railway.
Nevertheless, it was a very good railway.
Brilliant why don't they tell you this in school
But why was the King so angry bro.
'Cause someone built a station over the road.
Still doesn't explain why though. Why is it so close? GMR could have built it anywhere
An average of 0.6 mph is pretty poor going by barge. I guess there were dozens of locks
nerd
I’m drinking beer right now
You just sold a book 😉
Beer is the wonder of the world
So why is St Pancras directly over the road from King's Cross . Why did you not tell us?
The sheer importance of a beer
In Britain, it's a RAILWAY station.
Very interesting facts about beer😊
However, the two stations are actually not a cross the road from each other, they are side by side. A little and unimportant matter, but facts are facts
Do love me a good craft beer these days:)
There is a road between the two and there always has been?
Facts are Panceas Rd and Camley Street are between them. Facts are facts
So why are they Nextdoor to each other
They built a "Railway Station " this "Train station " is apparently an Americanism
The Empire was built on Beer.
Whats the great midland railway, oh you mean the midland railway.😂
Midland not Great Midland Railway
Great Midland Railway ! Hope the beer book is more accurate.
@@wilfcat1713 it is. Promise.
Oh wait I always thought King’s Cross and St Pancras were just different wings of the same station
It was called the Midland Railway based in Derby- not The Great Midland/Middle Railway. Do your homework.
Great Midland Railway built a railway station.
They’re both ‘railway stations’
Lovely history of colonial era economics, in London.
Midland Railway there wasno such company has the great Midland Railway. Great Western yes
RAILWAY station.
Midland Railway. Not Great Midland Railway
Awful. If you can't even get the name of the railway right you shouldn't post. It was the Midland Railway ... no great. And you never explained why the station was there rather than elsewhere in London
Railway station
@@benjones1917 but also Train Station. Both terms have been used for 2 centuries in the UK.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel'railway' station is better,also just The Midland Railway,not the 'Great'Midland.
There was a lot more to the Midland than just the Bass Brewery although their custom was a significant factor in the location of St.Panrcras Station.
I'm sure you'd appreciate us being as careful of your nomenclature in the beer industry as we'd appreciate your care with ours (ie in this case railway station vs train station).
Ps what can you tell us about the Bass Brewery's private, light railway?
Railway station not Train station
There was never a GMR, just MR
Breweries recently made hand sanitizer when the US flew over the plague #TrueStory
Midland Railway. No 'Great' in the company name.
I love my uk😊😊😊kkkkkkkkkkkkk
Railway station!!!!!!!
Both terms are completely accepted in the English language and have been for over a century. And railways don't station themselves at stations. Trains do.
yaaaawn
Ah so the tradition of Railway companies caring only about money & not giving a damn about passengers is age old.
they are not across the street they are side by side. and by the way, beer in London taste like cheap spirit pee.
Wait….. Bass is English? ????
For goodness sake, it is the Midland Railway, and it's called s railway station. Learn English
Read Dickens and you would know the real victims of building these stations.
You don't emphasise "Great", you emphasise the differences, Northern and MIDLAND.
Blocked.
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You never explain why st pancras is next door.
Why do Burton beers have a farty smell?
This happened thanks to the private sector and it's often claimed "efficiency". What a joke!
The book can't be that good if you can't be bothered to get the name of the railway company right...
@@kitsuneproductions2624 fair point, ao all I can say is I promise it's right in the book.
There never was a "Great Midland Railway". So, given that that's wrong, why should we trust anything else here?
No such thing as the "Great Midland Railway", maybe do some research.
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Boootiful
Bass, is pale ale. NOT!!!! IPA ffs 😡
@BassRTA84 it is today, but the beer made by Coors today is nothing like the beers of the 1800s.
Probably something to do with the nonce royalty we have in this country that are German and not English 😂😂😂😂