The Curiosities of Ale & Beer by John Bickerdyke artbooks were useful aircraft but were

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would stretch six feet in length

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The Curiosities of Ale & Beer by John Bickerdyke artbooks were useful aircraft but wereThe Curiosities of Ale & Beer An Entertaining History (Illustrated with over Fifty Quaint Cuts) by John Bickerdyke Spring Books,London, 1965, 449 pages, hardcover, dustjacket Very Good Condition 'The amount of information contained in this impressive yet far from ponderous survey of the English national drink is astonishing. A random dip into its pages may disclose something of the origins of wassailing or customs connected with church ale, the text