Mark Perrie sent in this photo of a green bottle (pictured on the wooden table) that he dug up and found in Fife. An old Robertsons Bottle no less, complete with early Robertsons winged logo and stamped Blantyre. This was of course a bottle from Robertsons Aerated Water company formerly based in Springwells Blantyre.
I let Gordon Cook see this, knowing if his interest in collecting all things “Robertsons” and Gordon told me the winged logo was always on these battles, even going back to the beginnings of the factory.
Gordon has amassed quite a collection of Robertsons bottles, which are on display in Hamilton library. He shared some photos here to let us all see the different types.
I’m currently writing up some history about Robertsons of Springwell, but in the meantime, here’s a couple of snippets i’ve uncovered so far.
Established in 1870. By the mid 1930s, Andrew Robertson & Company were the owners and tenants of the aerated water factory and bottling stores at Springwells.
In the mid 20th Century, Mr Jock Shaw was a delivery driver. He had one arm and lived on Parkville Drive. Despite his disability, he still was capable of offloading the crates of bottles and deliverying them from his horse and cart, which was seen often in the streets of Blantyre.
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Just found a Robertson bottle in the back cupboard in my work place. If anyone is interested in it please contact davidajack83@gmail.com
I have just dug up one of these bottles with the lid still on it what’s the value