When I was growing up, I was often told that my Quaker ancestors had helped bring an end to the repercussions of ‘Mother’s Ruin’ by promoting beer.
This made some sense as the family had been involved with the brewing firm of Truman Hanbury & Buxton.
Plate 53: Truman’s Brewery, Brick Lane. | British History Online
So, when my writer friend Maureen Vincent-Northam asked me to write about those ancestors, I began wondering whether that was just a family legend, whether that would be an interesting starting-point. Was there was some truth behind the story?
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