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I was out wandering when i came across what i assume is a old dumping area,The ground was littered with old medicine bottles,pottery etc.

Does anyone know about these bottles?

here are a few shots :)

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It says "Not to be taken". I hope you didn't!

They're definitely not whiskey bottles, can't help you.

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There is a demand for old bottles, especially unusual one.
I've seen a magazine all about bottle collecting, I'm sure you will find the site on line.

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Certainly not whiskey, they could be old poison bottles though ;)

It may be a little gold mine then as there is easily 100+ bottles....

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..now you've got me interested :D

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Similar bottle being sold here
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1878...pit?ref=market

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searching "not to be taken" comes up with these types of bottles being linked with poison. Plenty being sold on ebay Collectible Poison Bottles from Pre-1900 | eBay

disgusting someone would dump a load of bottles that held poison inside.

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It's surprising what some folk dump,I've been back this morning and collected a big bag full.
There are thousands of old bottles there,all shapes and colours from blues, greens to clear.

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Part of my new bottle collection

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Some of the markings on the bottles/jars are:-
chesebrough vaseline
Millers ozone bleach
CWS
Poisonous not to be taken
Garton's HP sauce
Dinnefords magnesium
Lucozade
Ponds (white jar)
not genuine unless bearing wp hartley's label....


....any information folk may have would be appreciated.

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I think I should get 10% for suggesting selling them Accyexplorer.

We were excavating part of the old railway line just short of the Martholme viaduct on the Read side a few years ago.
The number of old beer bottles we found which had been thrown from trains was amazing.
Some very early last century with brewers name moulded in the side.
The farmer took them away and said they would fetch a few quid.
Once again I never got my cut.

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I know all about bottles, having once been hit with one.:D:D:D They hurt.

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You have probably been wrapped around a few as well:D

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Never been hit with one but I'm an expert at emptying them. If AccyX is collecting empty bottles I'm his man.

I'm puzzled by the site. First thought -an old tip but the ground looks rocky and the bottles are on the surface?

I can just hear that gentle voice shrieking 'Either those bottles go or I do!'.

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Very true but,These bottles would break your skull before smashing,some of the glass is a inch thick :D

Yes,No digging needed,if these are on the surface, one wonders what lays beneath...Hmmmm.

I've started my collection with a boom (about 50+) And our peg knows where the door is :D

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Is the 10% negotiable,seems a little steep :D

I may give you a little karma for pegging the site though ;)

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Think I need a expert as some of the bottles are quite unusual and there is also quite a few bones (no skulls).

Here is one of the bottles:-

BBC - Nottingham - History - A saucy tribute

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Accyexplorer's use of the term 'our peg' interests me. I have only heard it used by residents of Preston. It means any female member of the family - wife,. sister, mother so far as I am aware.

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Here is another one of the items I found (for those interested):-

Ceramics and Glass

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Well, you're £100 up for a start!

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That's just my Lancashire twang,I too believe it's mainly used by those from Preston area tho I'm Accy born and raised ;)

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If I decide to sell them,I may donate them to a local museum or keep them for my retirement fund :D

I'm more interested in what lays beneath the surface of this site....Hmmm ;)

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Just been looking through my collection an found a old duttons brewery of Blackburn beer bottle :D

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This do you?

Bunnahabhain 12-year-old - Whiskybase.com

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That's the way to do it!
Not much point in collecting empty bottles!

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Wow haven't seen those lucosade bottles since they used Iron Maiden in the ad with linford christie

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No,too early for me only 12years old and at £235 a bottle, it's obviously for the commoners ;)

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Also in the collection are padiham aerated water and collinsons of Clayton.....

....oh and a milk bottle (not any old milk bottle mind, a M&S one)

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Worth more than your sauce bottle- and it still needs emptying!

And it makes excellent aftershave! At a reasonable price.

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Obviously! I must be ultra common then as I've a slack handful of them, plus a Bruichladdich Links series "St.Andrews" & "Swilcan bridge", along with various other rarities. :)

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I saw a bottle of whiskey for sale in edinburgh castle for over £13,000

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That's more like it,I'll take two :D

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They only had one left :p

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back when I was drinking whisky I used to order different bourbons from whisky exchange until I found out about the shop in Clitheroe. They once had a bottle of whisky for £50k

edit: haha still selling it https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-9391.aspx

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There's one on this site for 460k (dollars) :eek:

The Top 10 Most Expensive Whiskies in the World - TheRichest

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wow never going to complain about hubby's any more LOL:)

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Well you try taking a bottle of whiskey off a Scotsman no wonder it was expensive:):hidewall:

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For those who are interested

Here are a couple more pics of my bottle collection,also a plate i found in the area too :)

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Markings include:-
Bryilcream
Heinz
stergene
R.Y.P ltd
PD&co

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Well, I've been back to the bottle site today and got myself another bag full of bottles and a extra large bag of broken glass.
Marking on the bottles include:-
Stocks Accrington
Dutton brewery Blackburn
Jaffa juice
Parkinson's ltd burnley
Ibbetson
Milton
Sloan's liniment
Silvikrin and many more.

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After surveying the area I believe the bottles are on the surface due to foxes,rabbits,kids or others digging.
The site has to be a old dumping ground 1900's onwards I would I say :confused:

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Part of today's collection :)

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They even have it on their toast for breakfast.

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You need to use some Ozone Bleach or Mould and Mildew on your window frame AccyX

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He has a problem there- all his bleach bottles are empty!

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I know, I keep telling our peg but with it being in the garage she says that's my department :D

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Well, it looks like someone else has found the bottle dump.
I went there this morning and there are giant holes dug into the embankment.
Personally,I couldn't give a flying about the holes but there are broken bottles everywhere which is dangerous to wildlife and dogs/walkers.
I came home and told our peg who started giving me the "Right, no more bottles" :(

She also lectured me about how the police could try an deem it "theft by finding" and "criminal damage" for the holes :eek:
So if anyone recognising the bottles or knows their true owner please PM me and I'll return them asap (for a small cleaning fee).

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Be interested to know how you left the site after your excavations and scavenging AccyX
Did you leave holes and signs of ecavation drawing attention to the site for other tip rats?
Were the holes you left not a hazard to other people?

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Follow this link for info about Dinnefords magnesium
Dinneford?s Magnesia | Illustrated London News
looks likeyou have found a treasure trove

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I left the site as I found it,there was no holes and I cleared a lot of Broken glass up.
There was no need for "excavations" as the bottles I found were on the surface.
If (and that's a big 'if') I decided to have a dig, I would be responsible an fill the hole when finished.

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After cleaning some more of the bottles here are a few more of the markings:-

Seagers
Bovril
Sanizal
Disprin
T&R smiths Chorley (open with a coin and drinks of health)
Nulon
Dinnefords pure fluid magnesia
Watermans
Fennings fever curer
ENO

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"Treasure trove" is a bit strong :D
I've seen various old ("vintage") bottles selling for peanuts.
I think the key is knowing what bottles are sort after and knowing what's rubbish.
I think the site probably dates from the 1900s (more mid 1900s).

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Interesting. They've been lying around all these years but three days after you announce your find on Accyweb someone else targets the site and starts digging holes.

Coincidence?

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They've long ears these rabbits.
:jimbo:

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Hmmmm :confused:

Yeah, but much like the other organs of members on here there probably floppy :D

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Looks like these bottles are worth little to nothing as far as cash is concerned :(,I was wondering if anyone knows the best place to donate them (apart from HBC's blue box) so they can be shown as part of a history collection etc?

Some of the bottles are very dirty and some have slight damage.Remember most of these bottles are only 50+ Years old and there is no stoneware bottles just glassware:)

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Start of my new bottle collection :D

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I thought that your bottle find might not yield much monetary value when I read some familiar names of 1950s and 60s products, but some of them have their own value -they're beautiful! Cleaned up and put in a sunny spot, they would be a nice addition to one's home. Your photo proves this :)

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Call in the museum in the market house Jimmy's is excellent on bottles

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I had a walk to the bottle dump site today,it's a shame Mrs Explorer has said "no more [deleted] bottles" as someone has been rather busy digging the area up and unearthed some real gems (as far as bottles go).

Strange how they have left them though,their obviously looking for something other than bottles :confused:

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Well,having the afternoon to myself,I decided to do some more bottle cleaning and these are some of the names that cropped up:-
St.Pierres Smirnoff (lovely embossed bottle )
Gordon's special dry London gin (miniatures)
Disinfectant supply ltd Preston (still going today I think)
Spa food products (???)
Palatine dairies Blackburn (milk bottle)
Blue seal vaseline (speaks for itself)
L Rose & Co Ltd (nicely embossed)
Horlick's (medium sized jar,nothing compared to the monster pictured above)
Amami (cologne ?)
Inecto (hair dye?)
Yeast vite (yeast pills?)
miniature de kuyper (cherry brandy)
Snowface (????)

Also a couple of kick up bottom wine bottles...


...Shame they hold little monetary value :)

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UPDATE

Well,I've got rid of all the bottles,I decided to give them to our pegs nephew minus a few that I'm going to keep for decoration purposes.
I hope he has more luck getting shut of them than I did,I couldn't give the ruddy things away :D....

...Any ideas for a new hobby? I've been thinking of getting a metal detector,I'm sure Mrs E will love that :eek:

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for those who are interested :D

Here is a collection of old dutton brewery beer bottles I decided to keep before giving the bulk away.
Really,they should be in Blackburn museum as they are a part of local history but, they wasn't even interested when I went over and said I'd donate them :(
So,I'm going to keep them for when I decide to retire ;)

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Sat there in your rocking chair staring at some empty beer bottles? Sounds fun.

Although I must admit I collect bottles- full ones! I lose interest when they're empty.

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The way things are going between Mrs E and I,the bottles are the only thing I'll have left to stare at...apparently I spend "too much time" on the PC :D

I lost interest when I found them,till I thought I could make a 'drink' on them ;)

Time for a little music

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8PlwyFmWVp8

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Another bottle I saved from the brink of death :)
Sorry it's sidewards:-

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Oh be joyful, I've emptied a few of those in my younger faraway days.
The owner of Duttons brewery had a car with the registration OBJ 1.

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It's also empty!
When are you going to start a proper collection?;)

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I bet that Reg would of been a pretty penny.
You must of been loaded G :D....this size of bottle (approx half a pint) would of sold for around 1s 5d (about 8p) a whole tuppence more than a pint of decent bitter.i believe it was expensive because of the (high) alcohol content.

When I can put a stop my online shopping habit ;)

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In those days private number plates hadn't become fashionable.
You either got what was offered out of a group of the upto date registrations or asked for one to be reserved when it was due.
I remember being offered any from group of fifty but non meant anything, they were just what was due for issue.
A friend was the same, she took LHG 602 on anew Ford Prefect in 1962. It meant nothing but 600 and 601 had gone so she just took the next.
I wanted. RU55ELL but it went for £60 grand when it went on DVLA auction.
I seem to remember John C Bamford reserving a block of JCB 1 to 20 and some of the JCB fleet of vehicles still have them. My mate drove one of the delivery lorries with JCB 9 in late 60,s.

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Well my washer has arrived,it's a beast, far better pressure than sticking my thumb over the end of the hosepipe :)...

....I can't help thinking those who will pay 60k for a reg are trying to boost their ego,that's just daft imo.I'd pay £50 max for JAS0N1 ;)

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You'd struggle. As I recall it's £80 admin fee to start with!

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ive had the same plate on three cars (one after each other) and it was £80 a time to change between cars.
I'm not sure but I think it's £100 now but as I say "I'm not sure".
You can search DVLA web site for unused numbers starting at £140, the cost of mine.
Specials go to auction and can make thousands.

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Just added to mine, was on-line ordering from the Whisky store, some presentation packs for our boy who's grafting away decorating & renovating our new residence & a couple of limited editions for our "Pension fund". ;)

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No chance of a private Reg for me then :(
I read that the highest selling number plate ever sold was 1 D which sold for around £350,000...


....i can only guess what the D stands for ;)

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Dave, You've got the right idea but don't forget to get some you can empty nice and slowly sat in front of a roaring fire on a cold frosty night.
Or any night that takes your Fancy.

Accyexplorer.
Fact.The numberplate "F1" is up for sale for an astonishing £10 million – six years after it was bought for a mere £440,000. The owner of the plate is Yorkshire-based car-tuning tycoon Afzal Kahn, who has it registered on to his Bugatti Veyron hypercar, worth around £1 million on its own.13 Jun 2014.

You may have seen the word "KHAN" on the back of a few Range Rovers, some being driven around Accrington. It replaces the Range Rover badge.
The cars are modified and tarted up at a cost of at least £30k and are black with darkened windows, similar to the driver.

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Russ, I always do my friend, usually 3-4 bottles are ordered. 1 to open straight away to "taste" with the second when it's really good to ensure the "taste" wasn't some kind of fluke first time round & also to let some of the peasantry I know have a wee nip with the other 1/2 going away for posterity. :)

As to the Rangeys, I assume it's some kind of ethnic "Overfinch" variant, I vaguely recall seeing something on the telly about a Pakistani lad who'd gone self employed & started a business doing mods on cars, think it may well be him.

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I'm assuming then Dave that you're not the sort of man to drown your grog in Canada Dry or some other obnoxious liquid to take away the unique flavour of your favourite tipple.
Once in the Falls of Laura hotel just outside Oban I was in the bar when a touristy type came in and loudly ordered a scotch, "the best you have barman". Then proceeded to add a drop of Canada Dry ginger.
An old local sat nearby with his "wee dram" along side his "pint of heavy" almost lost his teeth chocking on the thought of destroying a product his ancestors had spent years perfecting.

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Most serpently not! :eek: We also stayed at Oban x-years ago at the Corran house, in the Cellar was the Markie Dans Pub, over 100 single malts to try & so little time, it was here my tonsils wallowed in the uniqueness of Macallums "As we get it" (cask strength with bits in it! :D) I reckon Jockist Jihadis come here when they die. (or at least to get an idea of what paradise should be like, mind you there's probably a paucity in the Virgins department, but hey ho, you can't have it all). ;)

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early sixties I did a couple of coach tours around Trossachs staying at Callander.
I always including a visit to the distilleries and would be given a bottle for taking the punters in.
The lads in the Irish job brough pochin back.
I have a bottle of Johhny Walker here from 1960 something square bottle still marked with 70% proof and imperial measure not centilitres.
Bottoms up Dave. Slangeva.

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My poison bottle display,I've just got to convince Mrs E it's aesthetically pleasing so she will allow it in the house :D

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Poison bottles hey? And a horned skull?
She may think you're trying to tell her something!!;)

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I am,I'm trying to tell her my neatly placed poison bottle collection would look better than her randomly placed slyvac rabbits that are all over the ruddy house ;)

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Well,the answer to allowing my poison display in the house is a definitive "no" from Mrs E...so it looks like they are staying in the garage :(

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Fill em with gin, that should change her mind.

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If a new rabbit didn't sway her,Gin wouldn't work ;)
On a plus,she did allow my duttons brewery collection a (dark) place in the kitchen.

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Was a damn good bottle the owd OBJ. slurped quite a few meself back in the day.:)

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I'll bet she changes her mind when the gin wears off!

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Gordon's always was her soft spot (till the rabbits) ;)

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A lady of taste!

A touch of Gordons used to be very popular with the ladies.;)

With Tonic or Orange, of course!

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You've got a good selection there 'explorer.
I wonder if they were somebody else's collection and similar to you his spouse wouldn't have them on display.
I'd would try to get advice from another collecter or bottle magazine.

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Try it now mate & you'll be on the sex pest register with a restraining order thrown in for good measure. :D

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Cheers G,I'm glad someone appreciates them (empty) ;),They all came from the same site so you never know.
It's only the bottles that are genuine,where the true value for me lays, the labels are from Google :D
I was thinking of giving them to the museum at the brewery visitors centre in Bburn when Mrs E or I have had enough of them.

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A touch of Gordon used to be very popular with the ladies.;)

No,no, DinG, you've got it the wrong way round!
But being a gentleman I never complained!:D

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Mrs E's local drinks bottle collection,which got a place a place in the house (with no debate) :(


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I couldn't resist,I went an had another look at the bottle dump today,someone has been rather busy digging out huge (6ft round and 4ft deep ) holes :eek:
I gathered a sack of broken glass (with a couple of lion brewery bottles for my collection).....

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...I also had a think about personal number plates and how expensive they are,I've decided it'd be more financially beneficial to change my name via deed poll to TE64 LCK.....£20?...bargain :D

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Best plate I ever saw was on a blue Ford Escort Cabriolet.
It was 113 ONK and was driven by a young blonde lady through Ripon.
She had the 1 and 3 very close so it read 1BONK.
Nowt to do with bottles but number plates have been mentioned above.

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It's difficult not to paint a picture and draw conclusions from that picture when you see a blonde driving a car with the Reg that i assume is suppose to read "I BONK" :eek:....

...I'm sure she was a intelligent lass who wasn't really a nymphomaniac :D

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My favourite is "T4WT U", when read forwards it looks like it could be a teachers car, a whole different meaning when you see it in your mirror.:D
Also liked one I saw on a Lambo, I can`t remember how it was made up but it read "Too Sexy", possibly TO 05 EXY, but that reg doesn`t show up on my car check.:confused:

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A blast from the past - in Aldi this week I found bottles of Berliner Kindl, bought 6 to see if my memory served me correctly - it did. Then I realised that the last time I had drunk it was 36 years ago on my last visit to Gatow and Teufelsberg (the joint UK/US post), in the Grunewald.

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I took a wonder past the bottle dump today,It is heavily overgrown and rather hazardous.I noticed a rabbit hole with a object at the entrance,I couldn't believe what it was,a old mintons match holder/striker :alright:

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please stay on topic
if you want to talk about number plates start a new thread
anything posted in this thread about number plates after this post will be deleted
ta

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Does anyone know any info about a bottle dump that was at top of Royds St in the woodnook area?
Apparently (so a little birdy says) it was across from the nursery,behind woodnook school.