Old English Beverages Co. Ltd. Victoria BC

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Very cool! I wish I'd paid more attention to caps when I lived out in BC. I have a few BC beer caps but none for soda. I didn't realize so many of the national brands had local markings on the caps.

 

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So I spoke with Wayne a while back.....and he confirmed that the Old English I posted is Scarce!...my gut instinct payed off as I pondered weather to pick it up or not. He is going to post my bottle on his site.

I have the vertical nanaimo bottling works as well but mine is clear all the way up the neck and has a JP on the bottom. Any idea what the JP represents or there again are they sharing bottles?

 

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I have the vertical nanaimo bottling works as well but mine is clear all the way up the neck and has a JP on the bottom. Any idea what the JP represents or there again are they sharing bottles?

JP stands for J.E. Parrott (I'm guessing his first name was James), the proprietor of the Nanaimo Bottling Works. Those early embossed bottles from them are quite rare, that's a good one you've got!

 

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JP stands for J.E. Parrott (I'm guessing his first name was James), the proprietor of the Nanaimo Bottling Works. Those early embossed bottles from them are quite rare, that's a good one you've got!

Oh great, glad to have that information. I owe you a big thank you again my knowledgeable friend !

 

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Oh great, glad to have that information. I owe you a big thank you again my knowledgeable friend !

I have a chance to buy a Meikle Bros hutchinson bottle in nice shape with the star, good bottle to have?

 

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I have a chance to buy a Meikle Bros hutchinson bottle in nice shape with the star, good bottle to have?

Depends on the price, but any BC hutch is a good bottle.