Mobile Bar for Lancashire Brewer
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STRIKINGLY finished in black and orange, the racing colours of Lord Daresbury, head of the Greenall family, a mobile bar mounted on a Carrimore semi-trailer and towed by a Vulcan petrol-engined tractor has been purchased by Greenall, Whitley and Co., Ltd., St. Helens. It was built by Carrimore Six Wheelers, Ltd., High Road, North Finchley, London, N.12. The outfit is 33 ft. long. A Carrimore semi-trailer was selected because it offered a low floor height of I ft. 6 ins. The height of the serving counters on each side and at the rear is a convenient 4 ft. 9 ins. The front portion of the semi-trailer is occupied by a cold chamber, in which six kilderkins may be rested on stillages and another two stood on the floor. The refrigeration plant is operated by the electric mains when the vehicle is at base. Hold-over plates maintain a low temperature.
Alkathene pipelines connect the casks to the bulkhead between the chamber and the rear serving compartment. Connections between the beer engines—two twin units on each side—can easily be made without entering the cold chamber.
Bottled beers can be carried on shelves and there is a two-way chute in the aisle for rapid loading and unloading from the back. This consists of two runners, the top inclined inwards and the lower outwards, down which bottles can be slid. The fitting can be folded away.
A hand basin is provided for washing. There are two 25-gallon water tanks mounted above it and a Calor-gas water heater is provided in the interests of hygiene. Illumination in the serving compartment is afforded by 24-volt equipment fed by batteries. An in-built trickle charger can be connected with the mains at the same time as the refrigeration circuit. Perspex roof lights of the fourway inclination pattern are fitted.