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Both sets won the BBCS ‘beer mat of the yearaward’ for 1976/7 though any suggestion thatthe two series, with their No. 15 mats featuring‘Tegestology’ as the topic, unduly influencedthe Society is pure speculation! And, the No. 15mat in the third series of c. 1980 again covered‘Tegestology’ but lauded the fact that the earliertwo series had won a Silver Award from theDesigner and Art Directors’ Association forthe graphic design content involved. Then,in around 1990, Ind Coope Burton Ale waspromoted with another set of beer mats entitled‘A Traditional Crafts Series’.Equally impressive was another large-sized setissued by the same company, but masqueradingas Taylor Walker (a revived brewery name topromote a ‘local’ version of their 1037 o (originalgravity) bitter in the London area) that featurednotable events in the capital’s history. A 1961set of 20 also issued by Ind Coope from as manyyears earlier still at the more normal size forbeer mats was of particular interest to breweryhistory aficionados as each one was tailored toevery brewery where a trading agreement tooffer Double Diamond had been reached. Thiseven included Blatches of Theale (later takenover by Ind Coope Ltd. in 1965 and closed) butalso Simonds of Reading (which had alreadymerged with Courage & Barclays Ltd. a yearpreviously!).Paul Dabrowskiwith acknowledgements to Keith Osborne &Brian Pipe, The International Book of BeerLabels & Beer Mats, Anthony Springall, BeerMats A Fascinating History, Mad Cow EditionNo. 51, & Keith Sunderland, A History ofBrewing in Beer Mats, Full Measure EditionNo. 145.Mine’s A Pint18
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