Several Years of Accumulated Rubbish

It occurs to us that we’ve put a lot of stuff on Twitter (@boakandbailey) over the years that, with minimal effort, we could easily have turned into blog posts.

If you’re not on Twitter, or you don’t sit there 24/7 monitoring it like Gene Hackman in The Conversation, here are a few bits you might have missed.

Drink mild for victory! pic.twitter.com/ytVL8cHY3z

— Boak and Bailey (@BoakandBailey) October 27, 2014

1915: British troops bathing in fermenting vessels at a disused brewery in France, as painted by Frederic Villiers. pic.twitter.com/3aSHbnEzoW

— Boak and Bailey (@BoakandBailey) November 18, 2013

What was 1936's equivalent of Kickstarter? Assume that's how this 'midget brewery' was funded. pic.twitter.com/6Gx51XPOp4

— Boak and Bailey (@BoakandBailey) October 9, 2013

Ill-advised publicity photo accompanying the launch of a new German-style lager, 1986. (Brewery unknown.) pic.twitter.com/860UgiZnHq

— Boak and Bailey (@BoakandBailey) August 22, 2013

This from @guardian prompted us to try the same w. a Ringo Starr LP http://t.co/OMf5rqfVos (High Park St, Liverpool.) pic.twitter.com/vIHuFmJhW8

— Boak and Bailey (@BoakandBailey) April 7, 2014

A vision of the pub as pavement cafe, from the Penguin Special paperback 'Traffic in Towns', 1964. pic.twitter.com/BwuAhaVOaZ

— Boak and Bailey (@BoakandBailey) July 15, 2014

From 'More Nonsense' by Edward Lear, 1872. pic.twitter.com/qlSTMMjr1X

— Boak and Bailey (@BoakandBailey) June 17, 2015

Still exploring the @internetarchive image dump on @Flickr: King Gambrinus on a Penny Farthing, anyone? (1888) pic.twitter.com/Rqc6rjL0l7

— Boak and Bailey (@BoakandBailey) September 6, 2014

ICYMI = 'in case you missed it' = BIDGEAFT = 'because it didn't get enough attention first time'.

— Boak and Bailey (@BoakandBailey) August 30, 2014