The Alpine Soft Drinks man used to come round in a sort of converted milk float every week (Wednesday or Thursday), and sell these street by street back in the mid seventies. Alpine Soft Drinks were closer to Corona than Cresta, but they came in the most vivid colours and left you hyper all evening. Alpine Soft Drinks came in the usual flavours - Orangeade, Limeade, Lemonade, Cola, Cherryade and of course Dandelion and Burdock. As someone who worked for them for a short time I can remember one of the top sellers was American Cream Soda.
Do You Remember Alpine Soft Drinks?
Do You Remember Alpine Soft Drinks?
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Buba
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Worked for them back in the day in (Dundee Scotland) full time brilliant days ..past my drivers test with them as well..My boss was Jim Conway..
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Bournes
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Started as a Saturday lad in 1980 at the Stoke depot, then full time van lad, then driver. George Hunter was depot manager, Brian Harrison was supervisor. Some of the names in can remember after all these years, Alan and John Harrison, Brian Campbell, Dave Craig, Steve Ball, Tony Jenkinson, Dave Cresswell and Fitz. Hard work, happy days and the meagre pay even managed to buy me my 1st Ford Capri. I remember cycling home with an enormous xmas turkey in my bag when the strap broke and it bounced down the middle of the road before getting squished under the wheels of the local bus.
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ILOVEDALPINEPOP
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This Has Sent Me into Nostalgia Mode!, I Remember them being Delivered to Us in the Dudley/Sedgley/Coseley Area of the Black Country/West Midlands in the 1970's,
The Limeade was Vivid Green in Colour!,
My Favourite was Probably the Pineapple & if they Sold it now I would Buy it unless it is one of those Rose Tinted Glasses things where everything seemed better then Like Fish & Chips or Xmas TV!.
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radioman1
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I do it was my first job back in 1985 i was a van lad
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MALCOLMG
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I DO I WORKED AT THE HALL GREEN FROM ABOUT 1968 -1970 AS A DRIVERS MATE THE ONE I WENT OUT WITH WAS ALUN JENKINS TOP BLOKE I WAS THEN TEAMED UP WITH DERICK CARTER WITH WORKED TOGETHER FOR LONG WHILE ,HE HELPED ME LEAN TO DRIVE THE WAGON L PLATES OF COURSE THEN WHEN I PASSED MY TEST I WAS TEAD UP WITH DICKIE BIRD HAS MY MATE GREAT TIMES
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maggie66
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I do yes there pop was fantastic and dandilion andurdockwasmy favourite,do they still do it now.
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Cawh
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Just talking about Alpine pop - lived in great wyrley be Cannock and remember banana pop - can anyone else remember this? We didn’t have it very often not sure why.
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nev
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Yes got to be the best pop I ever tasted.
I'd like to ask why they stopped trading
And also if there would be a chance of starting the business back up again regards Nev.
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Kazzie
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I work in Alpine soft drinks in Charlton SE7 in 1979
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Gerryb
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Yeah Me too I was Driver and me Mate Ian Cousins Then Tommy French another Driver I Cant Remember any Other's as we started in the morning and straight down The Cafe in Woolwich for Breakfast Was Opposite The Waterfront which was not there then could only get Two Lorry's in The space so it was a Race to get there Otherwise you couldn't See the lorry and Tea leaf's would rob you of a couple cases pop lol So whoever was third and fourth Went to a different Cafe our Round was All Over Charlton so we Had Breakfast and then Split get an early start did you work on the Line or in The Office The Young Girl when We Cashed up had long Blond Hair lived in Victoria Way We went to her Birthday Party I Cant Remember Her Name Blimey funny how things come back ?? Good old day's lol
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BillReading
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I joined Alpine in 1976 at the age of 20, working in the Cannock vehicle workshop under John Copeland, the mad Irishman! My first day was a baptism of fire as Monday’s were defect days for truck maintenance, where we would load a changeover truck with parts & tools and head off to our designated depot or depots to carry out repairs. The work was hard and the conditions were poor, but the opportunities, working atmosphere and camaraderie kept me working for Alpine until 1990. Having stumbled across this site by accident, it has been a joy reading the comments and bringing back memories of the people mentioned, understandably mostly sales related. I was lucky enough to progress through the ranks, moving to Beeston in 77 then to Cardiff in 79 as an area manager, looking after Swansea, Aberdare, Bristol and Chelmsley Wood, then added London eventually returning to Chemsley Wood in the early 80s when I covered the UK.
I was lucky enough to know all of the managers and many of the supervisors including the directors during my employment I too wonder how they are or if they are still with us? Some of the names to jog the memory, Stan Crewe our ultimate leader who famously said plastic bottles will never catch on, he moved to Florida, Tony English who I used to see often in Stratford upon Avon who told me he was still in contact with him, but that was a few years ago. I worked with Alan Taylor on and off until around 2008. Fond memories of the Beech brothers, Cooper man, Pete Brooks, Brian Lucas, Alun Jenkins, Mick Collins, Malcolm Lees, John Middleton, Pete Murray, Wally Room, John Priest, Joe Brown, Kieth Price FD, John Dasent, John Boulton, Neil or Nigel Harvey. Geordie Johnson, Alun Davies. On the transport side, George Aspinall, Trevor Rushworth, Bob Marshall. Ray Surman, Chop Lawson, Brian Kettlewell, Keith Wakefield, Martin Butler, Bob Williams, Barry Hinks, John Orme, apprentice Lee. Production, Alf Hunt, Clem Lewis, Gordon Snelgrove, Billy from Liverpool, Pete Macadam, Robert Ross and the list goes on. I can truly say that there was never a day that I did not want to go to work, for the people, the fun and the sheer experience. It was only when Pedigree sold to a consortium headed by Andrew Greystokes then of City & Westminster and a change to the attitude of door to door selling along with a change of ethos by the new management saw its decline. As they say all good things come to an end.
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Billynomates
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One name not in your list is Les Burton (my dad) but looking at your start date of ‘76 he was working in Cardiff, Swansea, Aberdare etc as a D evelopment Manager and we were living first in Ogmore be Sea then Bridgend. We spent time with Alun Jenkins and his family along with Brian Lucas and his family. Brian Pratt was another chap I remember.
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Tracey316
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I remember Alpine, loved this drink company. Wally Room is my friends Dad who lived on our street, sadly he passed away 31/12/19. He was a really wonderful man, well liked by everyone. In fact over 40 years of knowing him, I was working for a bakery, and who should walk in as new area manager, none other than Wally, surprised us both. He's sadly missed.
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