1981 Royal Wedding - Charles and Diana

29th July 1981: Charles and Diana marry
Crowds of 600,000 people filled the streets of London to catch a glimpse of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on their wedding day.
The couple were married at St Paul's Cathedral before an invited congregation of 3,500 and an estimated global TV audience of 750 million - making it the most popular programme ever broadcast.

Britons enjoyed a national holiday to mark the occasion.

Lady Diana, 20, arrived almost on time for the 1120 BST ceremony after making the journey from Clarence House in the Glass Coach with her father, Earl Spencer.

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Litchborough

£2

Royal Brew

Brewed for: General Circulation

Standard Half Pint - Yellow Crown Cap

Numbered (195), Limited Edition of 3000

Signed by John Heaverman, the Brewer

The signed label has a rounded top, the unsigned label has a straight top!

Some bottles are numbered, some are un-numbered; and some in each category are signed by the brewer.

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Slightly Stained

Top:

Scratched

LLoyds

Started brewing at the John Thompson Inn in 1983 as a brewing company to brew beer for the pub and the freetrade. Ceased brewing at the John Thompson Inn during March 2002. Some of their beers were being contract brewed by Leadmill until the end of 2002. It is now believed that they are being mainly brewed by Tower.

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label

£1

Wedding Ale

Brewed for: General Circulation

Standard Half Pint - Gold Crown Cap

Some Signed by either Landlord or Brewer

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Good

Top:

Good

Maclays

Brewing started in 1830, the brewery moving to the Thistle Brewery in 1870. Announced in June 1999 that they plan to quit brewing to concentrate on running their pubs. The brewery closed in August 1999 and Maclay Inns Ltd was set up to run the pubs. The brewing staff started a new brewery in Alloa under the name of Forth Brewery which brewed Maclay beers. All Maclay beer is now being brewed by Belhaven. Thistle brewery has since been demolished.

http://www.quaffale.org.uk/php/brewery/293

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label

£1

Celebration Ale

Brewed for: General Circulation

Standard Half Pint - Gold Foil Top, Embossed with Royal Crown

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Good

Top:

Good

Marston's

Started brewing in 1834 as Marston's. Following a merger and takeover by 1905 it was known as its current name. It was taken over by Wolverhampton & Dudley in 1999. It is the only brewery left using the Burton Union system.

http://www.quaffale.org.uk/php/brewery/452

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label

£15

Commemorative Ale

Brewed for: Salisbury Arms

Standard Nip - Gold Foil Top, Plain

Numbered (44), Limited Edition of 200?

Signed by W Colvin, Landlord

Photcopied Label - Beware of Forgeries!

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Good

Top:

Good

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label

£10

Commemorative Ale

Brewed for: Salisbury Arms

Standard Half Pint - Silver Foil Top, Embossed with Wedding Bells

Numbered 0224, Limited Edition of '?'

Some Bottles Signed by W. Colvin, Landlord

Beware of Forgeries!

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Good

Top:

Good

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label

£1

Royal Pilsner Lager Bier

Brewed for: General Circulation

Standard Half Pint - Silver Foil Top, Embossed with Wedding Bells

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Good

Top:

Good

£10

Royal Pilsner Lager Bier - Pack

Brewed for: Staff

Standard Half Pint - Silver Foil Top

Pack of Two

Back image © Neal

The pack should have a label on the rear acknowledging that it was issued to staff only. This was intended to act as a shelf advertising pack.

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Good

Top:

Slightly Torn

Martlett

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label

£10

Bluebeard Royal Wedding Special Ale

Brewed for: The Golden Hind, Hastings

Standard Nip - White Label -Silver Foil or White Foil Top, Embossed with Star Pattern

Numbered (16), Limited Edition of only 25.

Signed by ?, the ?

The first photograph is of the silver foil top, the second photograph is of the white foil top. Nips have seperate 'Nuptial Ale' neck labels.

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Good

Top:

Good

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label

£20

Commemorative Ale

Brewed for: The Hops and Grapes, Brighton (Off Licence)

Standard Nip - Silver Foil Top, Embossed with Star Pattern

Numberd (2), Limited Edition of 12

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Good

Top:

Good

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label

£10

Bluebeard Royal Wedding Special Ale

Brewed for: The Golden Hind, Hastings

Standard Nip - Light Blue Label - Silver Foil or White Foil Top, Embossed with Star Pattern

Signed by?

The first photograph is of the silver foil top, the second photograph is of the white foil top. Nips have seperate 'Nuptial Ale' neck labels.

Note: My example is missing the foil top!

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Good

Top:

Good

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label

£5

Commemorative Ale

Brewed for: The Hops and Grapes, Brighton (Off Licence)

Standard Half Pint - Dark Green Foil, Embossed with Star Pattern

Numbered (072), Limited Edition of 280

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Good

Top:

Good

£10

Bluebeard Royal Wedding Special Ale

Brewed for: The Golden Hind, Hastings

Standard Nip - Dark Blue Label - Silver Foil or White Foil Top, Embossed with Star Pattern

Limited Edition (un-numbered), of 25

Signed by ?, the ?

The first photograph is of the silver foil top, the second photograph is of the white foil top. Nips have seperate 'Nuptial Ale' neck labels.

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Slightly Marked

Top:

Good

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label

£5

Commemorative Ale

Brewed for: The Hops and Grapes, Brighton (Off Licence)

Standard Half Pint - Gold Foil Top, Plain

Numbered (4), Limited Edition of 280

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Slightly Worn

Top:

Good

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label

£5

Bluebeard Royal Wedding Special Ale

Brewed for: The Golden Hind, Hastings

Standard Half Pint - White Label - Silver Foil or White Foil Top, Embossed with Star Pattern

Numbered (162), Limited Editon of 300

The first photgraph is of the silver foil top, the second photograph is of the white foil top.

Bottle:

Good

Label:

Good

Top:

Good

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label

£5

Bluebeard Royal Wedding Special Ale

Brewed for: The Golden Hind, Hastings

Standard Half-Pint - Light Blue Label - Silver Foil or White Foil Top, Embossed with Star Pattern

The first photograph is of the silver foil top, the second photograph is of the white foil top..

Bottle:

Label:

Top:

no back
label

£5

Bluebeard Royal Wedding Special Ale

Brewed for: The Golden Hind, Hastings

Standard Half Pint - Dark Blue Label - Silver Foil or White Foil Top, Embossed with Star Pattern

The first photograph is of the silver foil top, the second photograph is of the white foil top.

Bottle:

Label:

Top:

no back
label

£5

Bluebeard Royal Wedding Special Ale

Brewed for: The Golden Hind, Hastings.

Standard Half Pint - Gold Foil Top, Star Pattern

Limited Edition (un-numbered) of ?

Signed by ?, the ?

Special Charity Auction Edition

Bottle:

\very Good

Label:

Very Good

Top:

Very Good