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From: "The Days" <>
Subject: Re: History of Bottle
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 20:29:30 +1000
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Sandy
I think the Pickaxe bottle was probably a Southwark beer bottle, I rmember
them having a pickaxe on them many years ago
Heather
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From: "Sandy" <>
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Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 4:00 PM
Subject: History of Bottle


> Dear folks,
>
> After recently landscaping we discovered several bottles that had been
> buried in our backyard at Largs Bay.
>
> The first bottle being a ceramic ginger beer bottle with J. Ladd's Mineral
> Water, JL Factory Adelaide Port and Gawler printed on the front, the
second
> bottle being a long neck bottle with The Adelaide Bottle Co-operative
> Company Limited, Pickaxe Brand, Trade Mark Recd.
>
> Although this topic is not really genealogy, I am very curious as to the
> history of these bottles and the history of J Ladd's and The Adelaide
Bottle
> Co-op. If anyone has any knowledge of these two companies or would know
the
> era of these bottles - I would be very grateful in knowing.
>
> Thanks,
> Sandy
>
>
>


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