Old Reading Bottles.

karbota
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Old Reading Bottles.

by karbota » 07 Dec 2022 21:44

I have a few old bottles found mostly amongst dredgings from the Loddon a few years back, a Tunbridge Jones marble bottle plus a stone ginger beer bottle Wise and Mitchell amongst the most interesting. Any interest willing to swap for pre-1950 Reading FC programmes.

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Re: Old Reading Bottles.

by AthleticoSpizz » 10 Dec 2022 21:45

Can’t help you here, but very interesting nonetheless.

Picked up a 1930s Bovril jar near (what they used to call, ‘Shitty Ditch’ near the Kennet) many years back), it used to be a good hunting ground for that kind’ve thing….given that it used to be the Old Reading tip

Cantrell & Cotterill (C&C) used to be a local fizzy pop manufacturer based in Whitley iirc…plenty of their bottles still around.

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Re: Old Reading Bottles.

by karbota » 12 Dec 2022 19:11

AthleticoSpizz Can’t help you here, but very interesting nonetheless.

Picked up a 1930s Bovril jar near (what they used to call, ‘Shitty Ditch’ near the Kennet) many years back), it used to be a good hunting ground for that kind’ve thing….given that it used to be the Old Reading tip

Cantrell & Cotterill (C&C) used to be a local fizzy pop manufacturer based in Whitley iirc…plenty of their bottles still around.


Thanks, Spizz have you got any old RFC programmes?

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Re: Old Reading Bottles.

by AthleticoSpizz » 12 Dec 2022 19:14

Nah…binned them off, oxf*rd supporting mice got to them.

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Re: Old Reading Bottles.

by Green » 12 Dec 2022 20:15

I get the local interest and who knows, if it's gonna happen maybe this is the forum to make it so. But a like for like swap seems unlikely for two such niche interests to me - if either have any value I'd suggest the sellers go to the usual outlets.


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Re: Old Reading Bottles.

by karbota » 16 Dec 2022 10:13

Green I get the local interest and who knows, if it's gonna happen maybe this is the forum to make it so. But a like for like swap seems unlikely for two such niche interests to me - if either have any value I'd suggest the sellers go to the usual outlets.


Would also consider buying any pre-1940 Reading programmes.

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