Hankey Bannister & Co moved thousands of bottles to new storage across the river to Southwark, near the site of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre where, even so, the incendiary bombs found them during World War II in 1940.
Hankey Bannister & Co transferred many bottles to new storage areas across the river from Southwark, close to the area where Shakespeare's Globe Theatre stood. During World War II in 1940, incendiary bombs struck these stored items.