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Babycham Glass - 1950s Collectible Memorabilia

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Babycham sues Cath Kidston over leaping baby deer logo". Telegraph. London. 13 February 2013 . Retrieved 27 February 2013. His grandson says the family story is that Francis asked a neighbouring French au pair what “pear” was in French and so dubbed his new drink “Champagne de Poire”. Browse FREE Original Babycham Glasses Price & Value Guide. FIND 1000's of Antiques, Art, Vintage & RARE Collectables - each item pictured, described and with it's price guide. Sales were boosted in the 1980s by advertising using the slogans "Nothing sparkles like a Babycham" and the more contemporary "Hey, Babycham". [12] Babycham glasses for sale in an antiques shop in the Ridings Centre, Wakefield. Francis Showering first submitted his new drink to the Three Counties Agricultural Show and other agricultural shows in the late 1940s and early 1950s where it was found to be popular. Initially called "baby champ," it later became Babycham. [4]

Babycham deer revamped to celebrate its Somerset homecoming". BBC News. 7 December 2021 . Retrieved 4 February 2022.Norman, Philip (May 2004). Babycham Night: A Boyhood at the End of the Pier (Extract: The Way We Drank— Babycham). Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-48056-1. Archived from the original on 15 March 2006 . Retrieved 20 April 2006. Babycham glasses – smaller versions of the wide-bowled classic champagne coupe – are now collectible, with aficionados seeking out rarer editions. The Showerings are planning a revamp of both glass and bottle, but nothing that does not adhere to the drink’s vintage credentials. During the 1960s, Showerings stopped brewing beer to concentrate on cider and perry. Production of Babycham went from 300 dozen bottles an hour to 2,800 dozen. At the peak in June 1973 144,000 bottles were being produced each hour. To supply the production line, perry pears were planted in Somerset, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Hereford. Until suitable trees could be grown locally, pear juice was imported from Switzerland. [9] The profits helped to pay for the landscaping of the gardens at the company's headquarters at Kilver Court. [10] Davis, Fred (1995). The Anglo / The History of the Anglo Bavarian Brewery Shepton Mallet 1864 – 1994. Haskins. pp.120–123. ASIN B000S36AQM. Based in Shepton Mallet, the Showering family have been in the drinks industry for 14 generations and have recently enjoyed renewed success with a reinvention of traditional West Country cider. Matthew and his brothers – Jonathan, Francis and Daniel – set up Brothers Drinks in the 1990s and are now official partners of Glastonbury festival.

We will get closer to the original production method and recipe, as some things got chiselled away for speed with mass production. And we are going towards the original look too, so we’ll have quite a retro feel which, oddly, will make it more modern.” The deer on the Babycham glass has changed style through the years, and offers an easy way to date your babycham glasses and get an idea of value.The deer below dates from the 60s. He’s perkier than the earlier deer, golden brown and leaping to the left, front legs down. He has a particularly “blousey” blue bow.

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