Sorry to return to Greenall Whitley, but arising from the same email exchange with agm, I noticed another pair with a number of detail differences. Here are a pair of Brown Ale labels, not considered very desirable, but how many collectors out there have both of these?
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6 Comments
23 March, 2018
at 5:09 pm
There is in fact a 3rd Brown Ale label with the word “Wilderspool” in black instead of brown. And the same differences you show also appear in the Pale Ale label!
23 March, 2018
at 11:38 pm
Is the scale a tad different?
24 March, 2018
at 8:24 am
After nearly 40 years of collecting beer labels I finally acquired (two days ago, in fact) the Pale Ale version of this label (see Keith’s response) and today I find out that there are three versions of it! Sigh!!
24 March, 2018
at 5:06 pm
Eric, you should be pleased! the chance of finding something you haven’t got at a very reasonable price. It certainly shows the value of this theme. So much we may not be aware of, and that’s what make it so interesting. Every time I look at these I see something else that’s different. Yes Pete, the scale does seem to be very slightly larger on the right label, which I think is earlier.
24 March, 2018
at 5:17 pm
Wow. It is well over 15 years since I was a member of the Labologists Soc. and my only contact with collecting now us through this informative website. I thought the collectors I used to meet and talk to were long dead or had lost interest but today I find two of them are still there and comment on the same topic.
24 March, 2018
at 5:27 pm
Well, not dead! And at least we are generating some interest/comment! My previous comments were a bit tongue in cheek really. My GW Brown Ale and Pale Ale labels are the design of the label on the right – so has anyone out there have a spare of the label (BA or PA) on the left?