The man collects and retains the history of beer with 1,500 trays of beer in his home
A real beer fan has spent over 40 years accumulating the largest collection in the world beer trays.
Richard Percival, 62, has eradicated on thousands of dollars for the trays of metal breweries, which he keeps at his house in Rutland, England. It memorizes the 300 trays – all pre -1990 – in the double garage that acts as a small museum. But there is also more.
“I have the largest collection of trays in the country and worldwide. It is really a large British collection,” SWNS said to the press agency. (See the video on top of this piece.)
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The retired company consultant started his extravagant collection in 1982 while he was in a brighton pub watching football.
A football enthusiast of the Contea of Notts, Percival was equipped with a tray from the landlord, after which he started collecting a memory every time he was traveling.
Richard Percival has a drink while in his tray of Brewery Mini-Museum at home in England. (Anita Maric/SWS)
Since then, he has accumulated incredible 1,500 trays for the brewery from all over the world, which are worth on average between $ 25 and $ 130.
Shows more than 300 pre-world trays in its double garage, which acts as A “mini-museum” Dedicated to the history of British beer.
“When I started going to leave and going to pubs saying:” I have this hobby “, my friends and family all enclosed,” said, as SWS reported.
Percival admits that his wife, Susan, 69, thought he was “crazy” at the beginning – but now his family members firmly support his unusual hobby.
“It all started with (football). I am a fan of the away days and I did 84 championship fields with the county of Notts.”
He added that when in Brighton, “one of my colleagues supporting the landlord asked:” Do you have a beer mat? “”
A beer mat is the English equivalent of a mountains used in bars in America.
A retired company consultant started his extravagant collection in 1982 in a pub. (Anita Maric/SWS)
“The beer mat was not there, but (the) landlord had a tray. The supporter did not want it, so I took it.”
After that, Percival continued to go to the games and collect memories.
“After the first 15 times I understood (the beer trays) were decorated objects – and from there it was spiral,” he said.
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All trays are of British manufacture and from British breweries, but Percival had people from afar as Australia and America send them.
“Individually, they don’t apply so much, but as a collection, they are part of the history of the British brewery,” he said.
A copper tray in its collection dates back to 1870 around 1870.
Its oldest tray is a piece of copper of a black countryside brewery called Fred Cutler dating back to 1870 around 1870.
His favorite is an oval tray of Warwicks & Richardsons Brewery in Nottinghamshire because he prefers “distinctive steel trays, heavier and black hangers”.
“It has been since 1904. He has a photo of the brewery and label of their beers.”
Over 300 trays of World First War are proudly exhibited in the Double Garage of Percival, which acts as a “mini-museum” dedicated to the history of beer. (Anita Maric/SWS)
As for the reason why all the trays are pre-70s, it is because mass producers have all closed and stopped mass production since then.
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“I also got the largest collection of British memorabilia by a beer producer called Thomas Salt and Co., which was detected in 1927,” he said.
His “Santo Grail”, said Percival, is to acquire a tray with the Thomas Salt Cross logo, which is the fourth oldest brand in the world.
Percival admits that his wife thought he was out of his mind at the beginning, but now his family supports his unusual hobby. (Anita Maric/SWS)
“The salt things are rare and rather expensive. I could have to downsize at some point, but I have about 80 other objects that I want to get.”
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Percival launched an encyclopedia website of the brewery at the end of February. Catalog Great Britain History of the brewery And detailed his entire collection.
“It took me 20 years to develop and three migrations on the website,” he said.
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“People throughout Great Britain and the world use it as an access site. It has the history of production, videos, articles for everything.”
