Classic Hole’s Brewery lorries returned to Newark’s Castle Brewery for a day

People from across the country saw classic brewery lorries return to their original home.

Three original Hole’s Brewery trucks were taken back to Castle Brewery in Newark, where such vehicles would be a familiar sight for many decades.

Matthew Trueblood, a resident of Castle Brewery, organised for the lorries to return home.

James Hole & Co was launched when it bought Castle Brewery, Newark, in 1885 and continued to successfully run it until 1967 when the brewery was taken over by Courage & Barclay and later John Smiths. It closed in 1982.

Newark-born and bred, Matthew is very interested in his town’s history and met Paul Harrison, who owns a big Hole’s Newark Ales lorry at the Collingham Show last year.

Mr Harrison together with three friends renovated the lorry for seven years and finished it in 2018.

“The ale lorries were part of the Brewery’s history, I think it was just nice to see them return to the place they worked for years,” said Matthew.

Matthew who met with Paul Harrison at this year’s Collingham Show again decided to organise the event.

Paul Harrison contacted two other people he knew who owned the brewery lorries and the three made their way to Castle Brewery on Saturday (October 7).

Mr Trueblood said: “It was really good. Some residents came out and people stood outside the gates. It attracted a lot of attention and I felt quite proud and humbled as everyone thanked me for organising it.”

The event attracted people from across the country, including a man from Bristol who was said to have worked at the brewery years ago.