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Foster Clark LtdWhat Brislingtonians threw awaySubmitted by dplindegaard on 28 August, 2010 - 11:39Some years ago I found a number of bottles in what I believe was at one time a rubbish tip in Brislington. For the present I am not divulging the whereabouts of the site in the hope that I can have a proper dig one day soon, now that I am retired (! Ha! I seem to have more to do than ever!) They are all fairly small and some have glass stoppers. Two are green, ink bottles, I think, and several others, all clear glass, have embossed writing: i.e. Grossmith & Son, Perfumers, London; (obvious) Pascall, London, (who I think manufactured sweets) Eiffel Tower Lemonade, Foster Clark Ltd, Maidstone Bisurated Magnesia, Bismac Ltd, London; (Indigestion!) Edwards' "Uzon" Brilliantine; (remember antimacassars?) Langdale's Cinnamon.(a herbal remedy, still going strong.) Judging from my very basic research, I think they were made in the 1920s. I have informed Brislington Archaeology Society and I hope that soon they will be professionally photographed for the Society’s on-line museum. Watch this space. |
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