Del boy dowels

They used to drink 6 pints of beer a day because it was safer than drinking the water - although they didn't realise at the time that boiling the water as part of the brewing process killed a few harmful things.

Umm, what didn't you get about my mention of it upthread?

Older readers may remember around that area was known as the "The Strong Country" after the the brewers Strong and Co of Romsey Ltd.

It was fortious for them that the Gravestone was in Winchester just up the road and the last line of verse was used by them at times for advertising.

G.Harman

"You are entering Strong Country" by the railway track?

There were a few along the line , some said you are approaching the Strong Country,some with the words you noted and eventaully "you are in" or "This is" the Strong Country. The Watercress steam line has replicas of a couple although ironically that part of Hampshire was served more by the Alton based brewers. This is one of the replica railway style ones

Normal ones by roads were this style

G.Harman

I can't remember the details, but I think that Whitbread Trophy in the area round Romsey was the old Strong brewery product (possibly altered somewhat), whereas further away it was "national" Trophy.

Do any of the old brewers still make beer? I saw a Marstons hotel/restaurant being built the other day. A far cry from Pedigree and Owd Rodger. And Silver Crown - the special Silver Jubilee bottled brew...