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Posted 4 months ago
bigglerum
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Memories of 2012 when I started my collection Ginger Beer bottles with Welsh town names.
One phone call and a 150 mile drive to see all these bottles arranged on a full sized snooker table.
A lot of packing up, and they were heavy!
Now on my shelves in my mineral/bottle room
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Mineral and Soda Water BottlesBottles for mineral and soda water first appeared in the late 1600s. As a g…
Very nice collection, used to collect bottles and go on digs.
you sure have much nicer ginger beer bottles that we do here in america -- do you like moscow mules???? -- making me want one right now served in an iced copper mug ---- mmmmmmmmmm -- oh well we all have are fantasies -- very nice collection -- typically it is hard to purchase ginger beer here in the nw -- very common however on our east and southern coast -- go figure what's is up with that -- perhaps the south still hasn't forgiven us notherners :):)