Some Pics Of My Stuff

[Twocky61]

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I love Quatro = it always reminded me of brake fluid

[Dave]

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[Dave]

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[Dave]

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Thanks I appreciate the compliments!

I started collecting in 1985 when I was 10 years old, my parents used to let my sister and I get a can of drink on a friday when we used to go food shopping at the local Co-Op. I picked up my first Coke can there as I noticed it was a different colour to the others, it was actually a misprint. The following week I picked up the standard can and it went from there.

Today eBay is a big help for me, although there isn't much that I'm missing. I once found some older cans from the 70's and early 80's in somebody's garden under some bushes which was amazing.

I also attend Coke collectors fairs, this year I went to a large one in Essen in Germany, and a smaller one in Meijdrect in Holland, and earlier this month we had the second UK fair in Bushey London. I have a box of old Coke cans from around 1980 with "Have a Coke and a Smile" logo on the side if you wanted one.

Anyway here are a few pics of my latest additions from the 1970's

[stuckinthepast77]

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dave these are fantastic to see,you have amassed an exellent,exellent collection there-all i have amassed are 2 dented pepsi cans from the late 80s and one dented tango can from 1989-i look at yours in shock and awe-and a little bit of envy lol-tell me,how did you get about collecting them,and,more importantly for me,where do you find them?mine came off a local building site where new works had disturbed them,but id love a few unbattered ones!any collecting tips would be advised please

[Dave]

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Just had a quick count up and I have 955 different Coca-Cola cans and around 235 different bottles, although the bottles aren't up to date.

All of the bottles and cans that I collect are made in the UK for the UK market or for export, or imported to the UK when we had water shortages or other manufacturing problems.

[Dave]

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The pics aren't working on my pc either.

If you want to see my collection then I have 2 websites. www.ukcokecancatalog.webs.com and www.ukcokebottlecatalog.webs.com

Let me know what you think!

[Cooldeepblue]

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due to an error on this useless computer i can see none of your pictures sadly dave and thats a pity as i dlove to have seen your collection

I don't think it's your pc. I can't see them either...perhaps they are no longer there.

[stuckinthepast77]

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due to an error on this useless computer i can see none of your pictures sadly dave and thats a pity as i dlove to have seen your collection

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Is it just me or didn't drinks like these seem all the more appetising looking at the older style packaging? I used to love Panda Pops, and any of the Panda brand of drinks. Corona for me were the best, my parents loved the Creme Soda they did and I loved their Lemonade. We used to get loads of Corona drinks from our local CO-OP milkman. We'd give the bottles back for 10 pence a time.

[moonvisage]

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Great pics! I remember drinking Lilt for the first time and thinking '' wow! ''. The orange tango can i remember very well,as i use to love looking at that can when drinking it.A face full of oranges was a delightful sight when drinking tango.

[Dave]

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I have a friend in the States who collects all kinds of packaging and he has stuff going back to the early 1900's. When I was looking at pictures of his collection he has Coke, Sprite, and TaB glass bottles in 64oz which is just under 2 litre's. I can't imagine how heavy something like that weighs. If I was to take a drink straight from the bottle with one of those I would probably end up pouring it all over my face. LOL

[old git]

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Seeing the box of empty cans,it seems really wierd them having the old style ring pull.I remember mum moaning at me for putting the ringpull into the can before i drank the drink.Also remember the plastic cups on the bottom of the 3 litre bottles.But what i remember most was,what seemed like years before the 3 litre plastic bottles came out,dad bought a 3 litre glass bottle(cant remember the drink),but i was amazed at the size,i'd never seen a drink so big.It was then used for many years as a doorstop/money box.

[Heather74]

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Wow!! I dont remember still Fanta! Fanta to me is fizzy. Great pics

[Dave]

Fanta/Disney Juice Boxes From The 80's

Just found these in my loft, both of them are still full, but I don't think I will be drinking them anytime soon, although my 5 year old daughter was just eyeing them up!!