tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171372316344074696.post5880756740771131164..comments2024-03-27T00:31:58.184-07:00Comments on The Institute for Alcoholic Experimentation: More on Moussec (and a Prohibition secret?)Clayton Hartleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216238797201636919noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171372316344074696.post-60637358679862264632023-09-15T09:34:55.038-07:002023-09-15T09:34:55.038-07:00Hi,
Don't know if this would be of interest t...Hi,<br /><br />Don't know if this would be of interest to anyone https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266413264267.<br /><br />Just came across it while listing Garden Machinery parts of all things!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171372316344074696.post-13540389070726605682023-06-06T05:43:08.686-07:002023-06-06T05:43:08.686-07:00Hi Simon, thanks for sharing that. Yes, we do seem...Hi Simon, thanks for sharing that. Yes, we do seem to be in an era when every building is being eyed by developers for conversion into flats. (And yet property prices don't seem to come down as a result…)Clayton Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14216238797201636919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171372316344074696.post-1193285593732618632023-02-28T09:20:20.672-08:002023-02-28T09:20:20.672-08:00Interesting thread, so I thought I'd add my ex...Interesting thread, so I thought I'd add my experience of the factory. I used to live in The Cloisters, where the factory was based, and as a young student did P/T holiday work there, around the late 1960's and early 1970's. It was a unique place to work as the tasks were very repetitive and mainly unskilled, such that the workforce changed jobs approximately every hour or so moving along the production line. I recall it being hot and humid working on the bottle cleaning and steaming plant, the labelling area was very tedious while watching the bottle filling level even more so. The workers were operating a type of production line, around the building. Staff used to pinch the odd bottle and take it to the toilet and drink the product - there was even a bottle opener on string attached to the toilet door! Not a well paid workplace, but at least you could get part time holiday work easily in those days. I recently visited Rickmansworth, and the road, where the factory used to be, it has been demolished and now an apartments block is there! Further evidence of the decline of UK manufacturing, sad in many respects. Interesting to see the aerial photo as I recognise the area and buildings!Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00634969885288839058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171372316344074696.post-90613401185700017632022-10-03T01:27:35.661-07:002022-10-03T01:27:35.661-07:00It's a tough job, but someone has to do it.It's a tough job, but someone has to do it.Clayton Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14216238797201636919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171372316344074696.post-11268800631734728022022-09-12T20:59:45.246-07:002022-09-12T20:59:45.246-07:00Back in 1969 I found a pub in Cannington, Somerset...Back in 1969 I found a pub in Cannington, Somerset which had a large quantity of the stuff. It seemed that they had been talked into it by a salesman and we’re stuck with it. I gained many good customer points by working my way through it over the next year until I left the SFI. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171372316344074696.post-3667852404864731792017-07-21T10:54:49.129-07:002017-07-21T10:54:49.129-07:00Interesting....I have, sat next to me a sealed and...Interesting....I have, sat next to me a sealed and therefore unopened 94ml bottle of Moussec British Wine Dry Sparkling, I read the Rickmansworth story and saw the mats on ebay, but nothing else, I know not the age but placed it on ebay under my ebay title of wuggywoo and received no interest or comment, so still have no idea of it's age or value.... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07765964019221789368noreply@blogger.com