The Front Of The Guinness Guidebook, 1939.
VISITORS
Presenting a suitable letter of introduction are conducted through the Breweries on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between the hours of 11 a.m and 3 p.m in parties of 20, starting at intervals of not less than a quarter of an hour. On Saturdays between 11.am and 12 mid-day. Children under 12 cannot be permitted under any circumstances to go through the works.The Brewery is closed on all Public Holidays.
(1939)
Arthur Guinness himself, and the Contents page.
The trip down Guinness memory-lane continues with this nice piece. Long before the Guinness Storehouse, visits to the Guinness Brewery were literally just that- visits to the Guinness Brewery. This interesting little book boasts some fantastic illustrations of the process of Guinness brewing, along with information on life for employees of the company.
Workmen are supplied with meals free of charge when engaged on work of a special nature. Motor drivers on early duty (6-7 a.m) are provided with a substantial breakfast. All messenger boys and boy labourers are supplied free of charge with a substantial meat meal in the middle of the day. Free dinners are also supplied to the sons of widows and pensioners who are attending school in the neighbourhood.
Page 42
Illustrations from the Brewery
Illustrations from the Brewery
An example of the contents of the book, detailing social services at Guinness
GA369B
Book of British Authorship
Printed in Great Britain by John Waddington Ltd., Leeds
2/5/39
A fantastic insight into life at the Brewery at the time. A company that took great care of its workers and expected the utmost back in return (for example, during the Dublin Lockout the company dropped a Guinness shipworker with decades of service for refusing to engage with scab-labour on the Dublin docks) The welfare and working conditions at the Brewery were unrivalled in Dublin at the time, and t he fact a guidebook like this was produced long before the Brewery became a tourist attraction in any real form shows the level of professionalism at the Brewery.
My own mother, the daughter of a Guinness worker, still remembers the perks my Grandfather recieved until his death only a number of years ago. A true cornerstone of Dublin life for so long, I hope that with posts like this and earlier posts like that on the Guinness Fire Service, we here at Come Here To Me can shine a light on more than just the black stuff itself.
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Donal
Ciarán
Sam
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There are five or six different editions of that guidebook around, most easily distinguishable by the date on the Guinness label reprinted at the end of the book, although they all seem to use (mostly) the same pictures from the earliest edition. If you’re lucky you can pic up editions with old Guinness postgards in, and even leaflets extolling the wonders of GYE – Guinness Yeast Extract, the Irish version of Marmite.
I have a book as well and mine came with 4 postcards. Is the date on the label you speak off under the L on the stamp. Mine is 39
I have a very clean copy of this book. It has the same stamp number as the one pictured here: GA369B.
Do you know an appraisal value?
Look it up at abebooks.com
JUST FOUND MYSELF A COPY……ITS GA 369……ON THE LABEL ITS
L35 350311 INSIDE FRONT COVER N0V 1921.. PORTER HEALTH PEACE AND PROSPERITY………. to be sure
If anyone else is still interested in these, there is one listed now on ebay (not by me, BTW). It’s the same 1939 edition as I have.
i have a 1939 very good condition book