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<big>'''Off-licence, 7 Mill Hill Lane''', ''Leicester, Leicestershire''</big>
[[File:ind-coope-advertising.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Ind_Coope_tanker_2.jpg|thumb|The front and back views of a tanker taken from the 1959 Annual Report of Ind Coope. The blurb that goes with states that it ".. shows the newly designed livery for Ind Coope transport ...]]
[[File:DD_Tanker_1959.jpg|thumb|... one of the biggest of Ind Coope's fleet of 35 road tankers, used for conveying beer from brewery to bottling plant. This tanker holds approximately 92 barrels of beer – that is over 52,000 bottles of Double Diamond...". Courtesy Ray Anderson]]
[[File:Ind_Coope_RD_zx_(21).jpg|thumb|Courtesy Roy Denison]]
[[File:Ind_Coope_RD_zmx_(1).jpg|thumb|Courtesy Roy Denison]]


Converted to a house. Brewery signs have been removed.
<big>'''Double Diamond'''</big>
 
'''Works Wonders!'''
 
Originally a pale ale first brewed by [[Allsopp & Sons Ltd|Allsopps]] in the 19th century. Under the ownership of [[Ind Coope Ltd]], then [[Allied Breweries]], the beer became a major bottle and keg brand, particularly from the 1940s to the 1970s.
 
 
'''From a series of adverts for Double Diamond'''
 
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File:Double diamond ads (6).jpg
File:Double diamond ads (7).jpg
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File:Double diamond ads (13).jpg
File:Double diamond ads (1).jpg
File:Double diamond ads (2).jpg
File:Double diamond ads (3).jpg
File:Double diamond ads (4).jpg
File:Double diamond ads (5).jpg
File:Ind Coope Double Diamond adverts (1).jpg
File:Ind Coope Double Diamond adverts (2).jpg
File:Ind Coope Double Diamond adverts (5).jpg
File:Ind Coope Double Diamond adverts (6).jpg
File:Ind Coope Double Diamond adverts (7).jpg
</gallery>
 
 
'''Some Double Diamond advertising'''


<gallery>
<gallery>
LeicesterMillHillLane2008aa_BHK_Apr2008.jpg|BHK 2008
File:AbergavennySwan2009a_WRB_Nov2009.jpg|Swan, Abergavenny: WRB 2009
LeicesterMillHillLane2017aa_SP_Feb2017.jpg|SP 2017
File:AshbourneRailway2007b_SP_Nov2007.jpg|Railway, Ashbourne: SP 2007
File:AshbourneRailway2017aa_MBr_Aug2017.jpg|Railway, Ashbourne: MBr 2017
File:BerriewTalbot_Kel_Brisbane_pic2a.jpg|Talbot, Berriew: Kel (Brisbane)
File:HarboroughLeicesterRoad2008b_SP_May06.jpg|Leicester Road, Market Harborough: SP 2006
File:LeicesterMillHillLane2008aa_BHK_Apr2008.jpg|Mill Hill Lane, Leicester: BHK 2008
File:LeicesterMillHillLane2017aa_SP_Feb2017.jpg|Mill Hill Lane, Leicester: SP 2017
File:ReapsmoorButchersArms2013aa_BHK_Apr2013.jpg|Butchers Arms, Reapsmoor: BHK 2013
File:RhayaderRoyalOakHotel2008_SRH_Oct2008.jpg|Royal Oak, Rhayader: SRH 2008
</gallery>
</gallery>

Latest revision as of 17:13, 29 March 2022

Ind-coope-advertising.jpg
The front and back views of a tanker taken from the 1959 Annual Report of Ind Coope. The blurb that goes with states that it ".. shows the newly designed livery for Ind Coope transport ...
... one of the biggest of Ind Coope's fleet of 35 road tankers, used for conveying beer from brewery to bottling plant. This tanker holds approximately 92 barrels of beer – that is over 52,000 bottles of Double Diamond...". Courtesy Ray Anderson
Courtesy Roy Denison
Courtesy Roy Denison

Double Diamond

Works Wonders!

Originally a pale ale first brewed by Allsopps in the 19th century. Under the ownership of Ind Coope Ltd, then Allied Breweries, the beer became a major bottle and keg brand, particularly from the 1940s to the 1970s.


From a series of adverts for Double Diamond


Some Double Diamond advertising