"Every bubble's passed its FIZZical!" yelped the Ernie Bilko-voiced Head Bubble in the cartoon ads for this knobbly-bottled orangeade. Very popular in the '70s. The idea of devouring an entire army of bubbles and then belching out their remains appealed to the juvenile mind.
Do You Remember Corona soft drinks?
Do You Remember Corona soft drinks?
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bigkris
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I started as a driver / salesman at Corona Soft Drinks, Cooper Street Nottingham. The Branch Manager's name was John Badcock, who lived at Radcliffe on Trent.His wife's name was Lillian and they had (I think) seven children, the eldest was David, who was also a "Saturday Lad".
Our Supervisors were Len Hutchinson and Bob Zadvinski.
I was on Round 8.
Basic Corona at this time was 1/2½d (6p) a bottle (4 for 4/10) plus 1d delivery charge.The company used to add a third to this to increase our commission......to be continued, as it's 02.00 and time for bed!
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Lizhowe
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Wow! Just found this sight. My Father, Eric Davies, was Area Sales Manager with the Beecham Group, based in Cambridge, his area was the whole of East Anglia. Johnnie Badcock was one of his managers! My Dad was from the Rhondda and started as a van boy (actually started with a horse and cart) operating out of Porth. He became a manager in Aberdare, then Cardiff and then Plymouth where he was responsible for Devon and Cornwell.L
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davidatkin
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bigkris, its been a very long time since your post but I read it and have to correct you, John Badcocks wife was NOT called Lillian but was actually called Dorothy. and yes they did have 7 children and the oldest son was indeed David Badcock.I am able to correct your info because in 1989 at the age of 7 I was placed as a foster child with John and Dorothy Badcock in their home at Radcliffe on Trent at 10 Cropwell road where I grew up and in 1997 John Badcock lost a fight with lung cancer and died. I grew up with this family and referred to them as Aunty Dot and Uncle John. John had been a pilot during the 2nd WW and was born on a farm in Devon in 1920 I believe and ran away from his abusive father to join the RAF when he was 16. I have very fond memories of my time with them both and had a good school and decent upbringing in the village too. I attended Dayncourt school on Glebe lane just off Cropwell Road. His wife Dorothy was also the head dinner lady at my school and also the lollipop lady for the younger school in the village.
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abadock
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Hi David, I'm not sure if you will see this but I am married to one of John's sons, Steve. He was really interested to read your post about his dad, John Badcock and his mum Dorothy. Its lovely to hear that you have fond memories of your time with them. John was such a character wasn't he? Ther are so many funny stories about him. I must admit I wasnt aware that he ran away from home and his father was abusive. Did he tell you this or was it Dorothy? I would love to know if you know anything else as Im trying to compile the family tree for our daughters. I do remember seeing Corona bottles all over the house and there was a time when John put petrol or somthing similar in one of the bottles and my husband drank some of it thinking it was pop!
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tonyjcant
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Can anybody tell me where we get Corona Pop now. I have been told Spar and Londis in South wales. Is This True?
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Pookie
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My Mum worked for the company that invented Corona Pop. She used to have to reconcile all the ingredients for each of the Corona varieties made and add costs for the losses made on each of the products. It was first produced by a company called Thomas & Evans in a little place called Porth in the Rhondda Valley in South Wales. I have recently finished working for Bacardi Martini in Southampton doing a very similar job as that's where the Bacardi Breezers were produced so even though we were doing similar jobs roughly 60 years apart she still understood the process that had to take place.
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mellyd
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My Dad was a Corona Pop Man! so I was weaned on the stuff. He worked for them for 30 years until the 90's. He used to let us go into the warehouse during the school holidays and drink as much pop as we liked. Funny but we could only usually manage around a 10th of a bottle. We always went thinking we were going to drink bottles of the stuff. I have very fond memories of the company.
Melanie, Nottingham
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andx
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I work for a law firm and just found an old empty can of Corona Beer Shandy (empty) in the attic of the firm. The expiry date was a month after I was born! exp: Aug 1987!
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peterdee
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i worked for corona soft drinks from 1954 until 1970 istarted as adriver salesman ,then supervisor,branch manager, then finally salesmanager [north london ,in charge of the first telesales operation .as a branch manager the hours were long as a lot of the selling to houses was in the evening .i enjoyed my time with the company,beecham group were a very good company to work ,but today nobody would work the hours that we did then .
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Ken Bartels
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I worked for Corona at the Wakefield depot on Flanshaw Lane back in the 80,s after it moved from Little horton lane Bradford. I started off as a drivers mate and moved on to become a driver, then transport supervisor. I made some good freinds who I still keep in touch with. Corona was taken over by Britvic Soft drinks and the best drink in my view was Tango orange in bottles.
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Paulo
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I worked at the Bradford depot and moved to Flanshaw for about a year.
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lynne
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I remember a corona lorry delivering corona on crates laid sideways on a lorry in the 1960's. My sister and I were allowed to choose what 6 flavours we wanted. I liked ciderapple and dandelion and burdock flavours. My sister liked cherryade. I remember having to return the bottles so that we could get the money back on them. Wouldnt it be a good idea if that was done now. They do it in some European contries
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terrie69
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I remember Corona Fizzy Pop every bubble has passed it's fizzical. There was a factory just up the road from where I lived in Grunisen Road Stamshaw Portsmouth. When you returned the bottles they would give you 2 shillings (10p). I loved it and Texan Chew Bars with the Cowboy waliking a long saying texan sure is a mighty chew.
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Anonymous
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as a kid my grandad was senior superviser for corona in the plymouth branch. I loved it sometimes driving with him in his big lorry on his dinner break. At christmas we would have the tiny bottles of tomato,pineapple and orange juice. but my favourite was cherryade and lemonade. I still have corona pop men soft toys. Good memories.
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