tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post8730968785001212018..comments2024-03-28T06:20:10.699-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Bottled beer in the 1950’s – Bright Bottled Beers (part sixteen) Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-48270359250060128642016-06-28T02:53:22.275-07:002016-06-28T02:53:22.275-07:00When I began to take an interest in beer in the ea...When I began to take an interest in beer in the early 1970s, bottles were, as you say, largely standardised, though the odd older survivor with a different shape did turn up from time to time. The most memorable exception was Tolly Cobbold, which was still using its "Indian club" shaped bottles at that time. In the 1960s, Brickwoods were using distinctive squat bottles, though they seemed to have disappeared by the time Whitbread took over.John Lesternoreply@blogger.com