THE HISTORY OF THE TRUMAN BREWERY

Spitalfields Trust

Distinguished  historian DAN CRUICKSHANK outlines the story of the world famous Truman Brewery in Brick Lane

Legend has it that brewing in Brick Lane dates back to 1666. Long-term local resident and co-founder of the Spitalfields Trust, Dan Cruickshank, traces the histories of the families who managed the brewery through four centuries, the largest in the world before it closed in 1989.It was Benjamin Truman who industrialised the process in the eighteenth century by creating a giant brewing plant and was knighted by George III. In the nineteenth century, brewer Thomas Fowell Buxton, made a reputation as an abolitionist, working closely with William Wilberforce to present the London petition of 72,000 signatures against slavery to the House of Commons in 1826.Today some of the original fabric of the brewery still survives, and Dan has undertaken a survey of what remains to ensure its survival in the face of redevelopment plans by the current owners.<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/145543754287" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click to register for Alec Forshaw&#x27;s Catalogue of Planning Disasters in Spitalfields on 6th April</a>VISIT <a href="http://www.battleforbricklane.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WWW.BATTLEFORBRICKLANE.COM</a>

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