"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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coronacathie
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I,m Cathie from Corona in Bradford. probably a long short but is there anybody who worked there in 1974 to 1980?
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Paulo
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I worked there on little Horton lane. Around 1977 to 79 I think.
Used to be an hell's angel working there as a driver when I was a forklift lad. Terry he was called.
The man in charge was Nigel and the lad over me called Neil.
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ellie spinelli
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On a recent clear out of my attic I found a few 'Corona Coola' cans. I had no idea what they were only being 25. Thank you for enlightening me!
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Dancing Queen
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I used to order Corona drinks from the Corona Man in the 60s. There was one variety I can't remember - I think it was a bit like Cococola and the name (I think) began with C. For some reason it was less popular than the others and I don't think it was on the list later on. Can anyone recall the name, please?
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DaveComer
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The name of that drink was Coola and was introduced in 1960 to compete with Coca Cola and Pepsi. It was discontinued in the late 60s when Corona started selling 26oz bottles of coke under licence. Hope this answers your questions.
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waddy640
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Does anyone remember Neptune Soft Drinks. We had them in London in the 1950's before Corona.
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pyare
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I used to sell them in my shop in early 1980's. They used to come in glass bottles and 5 or 10p deposit which you get back when empty bottle returned. good old British brand disappeared.
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stemax1960
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Goff Elstow was the Corona man for Harpole, Northamptonshire in the late 70s and early 80s. He once sold leather belts as a sideline as well. Corona Orangeade knocked Tango and Fanta into a cocked hat!
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issiet
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I was a dustman in London in 1992, we were asked by an independantly run newsagent if we could take away some things he was throwing away among thses things were three crates of Corona cream soda. i had and still do believe that i have never tasted better cream soda than Corona and had not seen any for a number of years...These bottles were 2 years out of date, i made sure the crates wernt thrown away and i dared try one. It was still the perfect cream soda that i remembered, only one bottle in the three crates tasted stale all the rest were a delight..Alas i have never seen anymore since then, the closest i have found is the half litre barr cream soda in a glass bottle, I would lave to taste genuine Corona cream soda again
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creynolds
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hello,
Although a good number of years ago ?
would you still have the original Corona 12 bottle crates
Hope you can help a Late 60's door to door salesman
Thanks ..Colin
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THE POP MAN
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I worked as a week-end van boy during the late 60s and early 70s at Merthyr Tydfil depot,South Wales.The drivers I can remember were Lyn Jones,Alan Bird,Alan Jones,Roy Flye,Paul Mason,John Stevens,Keith Morris,Eddie,Stewart,Malcolm,van boys Philip Chennells,Dai Selway,'Shirley',supervisors Bill Hardwicke and ...... Earwaker from the Rhondda.Vehicles used were Bedford TKs on retail and a variety of makes on door to door.Several I can remember were Karrier Bantams one being reg.No 740 NTG,Commer Walkthroughs- FYL 648C,CLL 550H and several 'A' type Bedfords - 968 LTX. [A flying machine] ....... A typical Saturday[after checking the load]was for us all to meet up in a cafe in Dowlais for either a hot pie and sauce or cheese on toast usually accompanied with hot,frothy coffee.Several lads would load up the juke box or play the pinball machine and then we would all leave together and head off in different directions on our rounds.. . . . At 4.45 we would then queue outside the depot and 'cash up' and stock take,making sure to remove a number of empties from under the top crates to pay for our dinner.Then at 5.00 the gates would be opened,we would unload,pay in then head home. . . . GOOD TIMES.
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martin2011
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I heard of a drink like this in 1980s called high brite and it was sold in 7-11 stores and it was delivered buy a woman in a white ford truck the slogan was the heath quencher
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davesmart
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hi chris
john badcocks wife was Dorothy
i met his eldest David a couple of times
he retired from corona in about 1986
then his wife and himself took to fostering
i among many were 1 of them
john passed away around 1997
and dorothy passed away in 2009
many stories they told me
feel free to ask any questions
regards
dave
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