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Re: Last orders
Mine is OK too ... but have copy/pasted these for you Jaysay, which I found interesting ... hummph ... seems most of our pint glasses are now made in France !!
Pulling points
— 126 million pints of beer are served each week in Britain
— The average British man will drink 11,600 pints in his lifetime Beer was drunk from pewter, pictured below, or earthenware mugs from the 1400s, with lids added after the plague to keep out flies. These lidded “steins” were used until the 20th century
— Clear glasses were first used in the 1700s to show the beer’s colour, but were not popular until after the First World War
— The classic British glass pint jug was originally ten-sided but changed to a dimpled design in the middle of the last century. Their popularity waned because the handles prevented stacking
— The most common shape of glass in pubs is the “nonic”, derived from it’s “no nick” design — a bulge below the rim that prevents them from chipping
— Pint glasses have a number on them from the Weights and Measures Authority, used to identify which office inspects them.
— Most British pints are drunk out of French glasses made in Calais
Sources: Design Council, Northumbria police
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