Bass and Charrington merged.

I wanted to show you this half pint glass. Its squat little stem is unusual, almost dainty (though plenty would see it as fussy and kitsch). Its recent arrival from eBay is the result of an urge I have to hoard memorabilia related to Bass' brewery whom my Dad worked for. Charrington, London brewers, merged with Bass in 1967. This glass pre-dates that, coming, I think, from the early sixties though I can't be certain. You can imagine it foaming with Toby Light Ale or even a new-fangled lager on a bar, anywhere, from Stepney to the Strand as a piano plinks away in the background. Laaaaverly! Right now, it's holding a drop of the tinned version of Draught Bass ale. I like the symmetry of a retro drink to accompany England turning back the clock in dominating the old enemy at Lord's.