Andrea and her nephew Luke discovered a vintage bottle stopper and a ginger beer bottle fragment at Portobello Beach, Edinburgh. The stopper, marked “ROBERTSON BLANTYRE,” highlights the historical significance of A. Robertson & Co. Founded in the 1870s, the company was a prominent local producer of soft drinks in Blantyre.
Blantyre man Gordon Cook has a very interesting hobby (amongst others). His wonderful collection of old Robertsons ginger and beer bottles will form a display in a glass cabinet in Hamilton Reference Library next month (April 2015). The whole display is about food and drink. The cabinet is now ready and I’m sure you’ll agree, […]