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Old Reading Bottles.

Posted: 07 Dec 2022 21:44
by karbota
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.

Re: Old Reading Bottles.

Posted: 10 Dec 2022 21:45
by 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.

Re: Old Reading Bottles.

Posted: 12 Dec 2022 19:11
by karbota
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?

Re: Old Reading Bottles.

Posted: 12 Dec 2022 19:14
by AthleticoSpizz
Nah…binned them off, oxf*rd supporting mice got to them.

Re: Old Reading Bottles.

Posted: 12 Dec 2022 20:15
by 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.

Re: Old Reading Bottles.

Posted: 16 Dec 2022 10:13
by karbota
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.