Some Pics Of My Stuff

[memoman]

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The canned version

i seemed to remember that.So much has changed since though?

[sixtyten]

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Had a look at your site, Dave
Very interesting (to an 'anorak' like me )
I see in the Ghostbusters section, the first can is unbranded.
We have mentioned this before on DYR, I bought mine from the short lived 7-11 store.
It was identical with no 7-11 logo

https://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/f...-drinks-2.html

[sixtyten]

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The canned version

[sixtyten]

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This thread has thrown up another forgotten gem.
I know its been mentioned on here before by Branny

Strike Cola! made by Barrs

[Fearmint]

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Didn't Pepsi produce some cans with those 3D stereogram magic-eye patterns on? I'm pretty sure I had some that I bought and kept (even though I didn't like Pepsi much) cos I was fascinated by magic-eye things.
If I didn't imagine it I might still have them somewhere.

I wish they'd bring back vanilla coke in the UK. I loved that stuff.

[memoman]

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I was under the impression that in the eighties the recipie changed.I am sure normal coke tastes different to what i remember as a kid?.I must say that regular coke is all i can stomach now i have gone off all the other connertations that are currently on sale.

[Dave]

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Coke Classic was reintroduced after the uproar from the American people. It was only released in the USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Coke Classic was still different to the original Coke though as it used high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar.

I think it was probably the new shape cans that you remember with the smaller tops. There was only 1 time when a UK Coke had the word Classic on it. It was only sold in 1 chain of supermarkets for a couple of weeks back in the mid 90's. This was because Sainsbury's called their own Cola "Classic Cola" Coke disputed it saying that they owned the rights to the name Classic on a soft drink, so they had to sell it as Coke Classic for a short period of time just to prove it.

This can is not in my collection but I wish it was.

[sixtyten]

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So what was the one I remember being launched around that time?
Just the new shape non-ring pull cans?
I could have sworn the cans said Classic Coke at one point

[Dave]

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New Coke came out in April 1984, one year before their 100th anniversary. It was never released in England, although I do have a very rare prototype 2 litre bottle label of New Coke that was destined for a UK release. Sorry the scan is not very good. I did it about 6 years ago and need to make a new copy as soon as I can find it again.

[sixtyten]

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Me too. So you started collecting in the year Classic Coke was launched and failed?
I remember the first time I tried to drink from the new shape top can, and kept spilling it.

[Dave]

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No sorry, my mum used to drink gallons of Corona Coola Cola and Lemonade when we were growing up. She also used to drink loads of Top Deck Shandy. I remember the small Cresta bottles used to have a styrofoam label on them as we always used to peel the labels off.

[sixtyten]

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Any Cresta? or Corona stuff?

[Dave]

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I think the TaB is £1 a can, we also have an ethnic grocery store nearby that has soft drinks imported from Saudi Arabia. They sell Mountain Dew in cans for 69p and glass bottles for 79p.

[memoman]

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I can still get it (and Mountain Dew) from my local Cybercandy branch, but it ain't cheap

That does not suprise me.But people will pay inflated prices.

[sixtyten]

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I can still get it (and Mountain Dew) from my local Cybercandy branch, but it ain't cheap