Originally Posted by
anonymouse
Anyone remember Collier & Hart, based in Old Swan behind the tenements in St Oswald Street? I loved their Sarsaparilla! Seven pence a bottle and three pence back on the empty - ah those were the days! I read that the government want to return to the days of the returnable bottle but surprisingly the supermarkets are none too keen!
I think the Liverpool soft drinks industry went 'POP' when the BARR company bought everything up. Tizer never did taste the same after that.
My friends mum worked there and its mentioned towards the end of the page on this link:
http://oldswan.piczo.com/no40fitzger...inkvar=000044#
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Here's the quote
"I worked in Collier and Hart in Rock Street for approximately four years, starting in 1951 with my best friend Marie Shannon. Some other friends I remember are Peggy Riley she lived in 9c above the arches in St. Oswalds flats, she married Jimmy Riley. Teresa Murphy also from the flats. Grace Fellows who lived in McQueen Street. I remember the owner, Bill Collier and his son Mr. Fred, he had a handle bar moustache and he was in charge. I also remember Joe Blakely he was the Foreman.
I was married at St. Oswald Church across the road from the Lemonade factory and I recall hearing Joe say
“There goes one of our girls, I can tell from the red circles round the ankles”
This was true, we wore rubber aprons and clogs, the lemonade syrup would run down our aprons and onto our legs which created this red ring. I look back on these years with fond memories and can still remember receiving a telegram, from my sister Joan on my 21st birthday whilst at work."
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