Scotpop

[Aldo1983]

I was wrong, it was Hays lemonade that was in the big glass bottle

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So was Bon Accord.

[57vintage]

So was Bon Accord.

And Sangs.

And Cruickshanks.

And Hendry’s (the Co-opy’s ain label brews, probably made next door in Berryden by Hays, with a different label stuck on).

Bon Accord’s was originally a contoured bottle with a textured exterior. A bit like this:
https://images.app.goo.gl/3SFK6gvbvJVx7dAN9
Then they acquiesced and used the same homogenous bottle as everybody else.

[57vintage]

Founded in the early 1900’s by Thomas and David Robb, then expanded by Thomas’s four sons, Bon Accord has always been a family business with strong Scottish roots. With factories in Aberdeen and Arbroath, depots in Inverness and the Central Belt, and a fleet of iconic lorries, Bon Accord delivered soft drinks and cordials to communities all over Scotland. Our famous glass bottles, which were collected and recycled by our lorries, were a familiar sight in homes and on street doorsteps for generations.

We’re proud to say that for over 100 years Bon Accord found a place in the hearts of the nation before we closed our operations in 2000. Back after 16 years we’re still a family business, but times have changed and with a new generation at the helm we’ve got a new approach to pop.

That would explain the Robb Bros bottle in the previous post.

David Robb though?

Yas min, the Brush min.

[donsdaft]

I was wrong, it was Hays lemonade that was in the big glass bottle

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I remember when the "cork" was made of some sort of black stone and had an orange rubber washer.
Also Hay's No1 Orangeade wasn't orange. Same colour as the lemonade.

If we're onto the subject of artificial colours then Lime Crush* was the greenest thing on the planet.





* Not Limeade which was f'uckin disgusting.

[57vintage]

I remember when the "cork" was made of some sort of black stone and had an orange rubber washer.
Also Hay's No1 Orangeade wasn't orange. Same colour as the lemonade.

If we're onto the subject of artificial colours then Lime Crush* was the greenest thing on the planet.

Correct on all counts.

Do you mind the blue drink (Dazzle?) Hays introduced in the late 60s? Looked like fuucking paraffin and tasted like cough mixture with battery acid added. Might have been 'Diesel' come to think of it.

https://movingimage.nls.uk/film.cfm?...59208&fid=3434

Pat Grant, Crown Street barber credited for 'make up'.

[donsdaft]

Blue River was the version I knew.



Pat Grant's (doonstairs) was the barber of choice back in the day.

Nae for make up though.

[krakowdon]

My dad kept a number of those bottles with the distinctive black tops for his home brew. He made big batches and when I started experimenting with alcohol I reckoned he wouldn’t miss a couple. Unfortunately I was rumbled when an empty was found in a neighbour’s front garden one Sunday morning.

[donsdaft]

You litterbug.

[krakowdon]

Indeed, lessons learned on a lot of levels.

[donsdaft]

Nah, sneaking the old man's booze is a compulsory act for a growing lad.