PLYMOUTH GIN HELPS New Mayflower Project
famous old Black Friars Distillery in Plymouth once again housed stores for a Mayflower. In 1620 the Pilgrim Fathers are believed to have used the cellars of this building, then a monastery, for storing their r gear before setting sail. Three hundred and thirty seven years later, a second Mayflower, an exact replica of the original, sailed from Plymouth on a goodwill trip to the United States. To ensure that history was faithfully repeated, Coates and Company (Plymouth), Ltd., placed their fourteenth century building at the disposal of the organisers. For a short period, therefore, the time blackened beams of the distillery cellar gazed down on orderly rows of Plymouth Gin cases—sharing space with the provisions of the twentieth century Pilgrim Fathers. Coates Plymouth Gin. traditional drink of the Navy will also have the honour of being the only gin carried on the voyage —Advt.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28263, 29 April 1957, Page 10
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