Est. 1919
Kept in the office, written in the same hand, corrected by nobody.
1919
BusinessA shuttered corner pub on Garrisson Lane changes hands for less than a week's takings. The door is repainted before the ink is dry.
1921
MusicA second-hand gramophone and forty records. The first Sunday session runs until the neighbours knock — and then stay.
1923
BusinessThe olive oil trade begins as a favour and becomes the house's legitimate business. The office ledger is started the same night.
1925
CellarStone steps cut down past the barrels. Six reds on the first tasting list, no speeches allowed.
1927
MusicA bedsheet screen and a borrowed projector. Noir on Wednesdays begins as an accident of scheduling and never ends.
1929
BloodCrates bought out from under us at the dock. Words on the tram yard cobbles. No shots, three broken hands.
1931
BusinessPrints for peace. The Syndicate lends reels; the house keeps its advertising this side of the canal.
1934
BloodThe Dock Consortium asks for a cut and is refused in the office. The barrels never arrive. The ledger records both losses in red.
1938
BusinessA family press arrives crated from a lost grove. The first cold-pressed house oil is bottled before Christmas.
1946
CellarAfter the blackout years the cellar is unbricked. Half the bottles survived; all of the debts did.
1968
MusicSaturday nights formalised: bring your own crate, play it loud, be gone by last order.
Today
BusinessVinyl in the back, film in the snug, olive oil on the books and wine in the cellar — kept online at trueplayaz.club.