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There was nothing better, and never will be, than that first sip through the creamy foam of a mug of A&W rootbeer from that tray that they mounted on your car window.
The little town I grew up in, pop. 6,000, had its own bottling company, Star and Crescent Beverages, and they made about 20 different flavors of pop. There was also a canning factoryu there that distributed their own branded canned veggies, Greenies, in local stores. And two store-front bakeries on Main Street, and nobody bought their bread anywhere else And a candy store that made their own candy, and and an ice cream parlor that made their own ice cream in at least 20 flavors. And three drug stores with soda fountains, where a Phosphate cost a nickel---it was a big glass of carbonated water squirted into a flavored syrup. And two dairies, who delivered milk to the front porch every morning. And an ice company that delivered ice to people who did not yet have electric fridges, and on summer days, we'd ride our bikes around looking for him so he could give us chunks of ice to suck on.
Anybody remember (back to the topic) Squirt, a tangy lemon-lime soda, not very sweet?
We went around to gas stations and got bottle caps from the pop machines, and pried the cork liner out of them with our ubiguitous pocket-knives, and put them on our shirts like badges, with the cork liner pressed back into them inside the shirt. I never went to school a day in my life without a jackknife in my pocket. My dad got a switchblade for his tackle box, and I carried that to school for about a year.
That was quite a walk down memory lane. I was going to post about A&W. A nice size frosty mug for a nickel. Used to roller skate to the one in Monrovia, Cal. (Skates with a key). I still purchase Squirt in in Atlanta at Publix.
There was nothing better, and never will be, than that first sip through the creamy foam of a mug of A&W rootbeer from that tray that they mounted on your car window .....
The root beer that A&W sells now is not nearly as thick or foamy as the great stuff we got on those car trays. Sometimes we got it in those megaphone shaped containers.
Any of you West Coast people remember Nesbitt's? I can recall how good and refreshing it tasted on a hot summer's day after pulling one or two from the cold
chest at Haney's Market in South Inglewood. Of course I was only 5, so anything would have tasted good.
Cheerwine is still available, but is only well known and widely distributed in NC/VA/SC...so living in Atlanta it feels nostalgic because I haven't seen it around in many years. The same with Sun Drop, another NC product with limited distribution.
We still have a A&W no car hop servise thou since the 70's. I remember buying A&W root beer in a gallon jug to watch Star Wars at the drive in on opening night.
My favorite in the mid 70's was Aspen, a Pepsi product. Carbonated apple with a bite.
Jtur88; Are you referring to the ice man and milk man who delivered milk in glass bottles in wagons pulled by horses? Man...thats my time era in the 30's and early 40's.
Jude1948; Do you recall the In and Out on the south side of Huntington Dr near 3rd St in Arcadia when they first opened up?. I went there many times in 1948 after the football games on Fri night. I first moved to Arcadia in Jan of 1948...lived in Santa Anita Villiage and later lived on Joyce Ave 1/2 block off Colorado Blvd (today the place is covered with the 210 Fwy) Time sure flys.
I started the Cherry coke craze at Henry's Drive In that year. Time sure flys. Steve
Jtur88; Are you referring to the ice man and milk man who delivered milk in glass bottles in wagons pulled by horses? Man...thats my time era in the 30's and early 40's.
Jude1948; Do you recall the In and Out on the south side of Huntington Dr near 3rd St in Arcadia when they first opened up?. I went there many times in 1948 after the football games on Fri night. I first moved to Arcadia in Jan of 1948...lived in Santa Anita Villiage and later lived on Joyce Ave 1/2 block off Colorado Blvd (today the place is covered with the 210 Fwy) Time sure flys.
I started the Cherry coke craze at Henry's Drive In that year. Time sure flys. Steve
Steve, you have a little time on me. I was born in 1948. Lived in Monrovia in 1959 and went to Mayflower Grade School. I do remember In and Out. Best burgers and fries and shakes. It was such a treat to go. Do you remember Siitting at Thrifty's lunch counter?
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