Reliable Mineral Waters Co. Ltd.
9 Wassail Street, Swansea. Telephone No. 120Y and 144Y
An unusual trade mark of a safe similar to the Warners Cure bottles.
Two standard versions; one
cork stopper and one internal screw, with two tone brown tops and picture
of a safe.
One two tone champagne version with a brown top for "Hop Bitters"
In a Trade Directory for 1918 Jack Hansard (John Hansard born 1881, son of H.W. Hansard) was listed as the Manager of Reliable, Hansards had been sold in 1904 and it appears Jack Hansard started up the Reliable Company some time after, shown below is a receipt clearly stating Reliable Mineral Water Co. as Late Hansard. The address shown is also Wassail Place the same as Hansards used to be.
List of adverts placed in Trade Directories and the year placed.
Reliable (The) Mineral Water
Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 9 Wassail Pl. (South Wales Dir. 1907)
Reliable Mineral Water Co., Ltd. Wassail Place, Tel 544Y (1910-11)
Reliable (The) Mineral Water Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 9 Wassail Pl. (Wales
Dir. 1912)
Reliable ( The) Mineral Water Co. Ltd., 9 Wassail Place, Jack Hansard
manager. Phone No. 120Y (Swansea Dir. 1913-14)
Reliable Mineral Water Co. Limited. Wassail Place, Wassail Street. (Kelly's
Dir. 1914)
Reliable (The) Mineral Water Co. Ltd. 9 Wassail Pl. Jack Hansard Mngr,
Phone No. 120Y, (Wales Dir. 1918)
I
am especially interested in buying the champagne version of this ginger
beer, if you have one for sale, please use the contact me bottle on the
home page for an unbeatable offer.
Bottle 3 is from the SMcD collection
Norwich and Brighton Ginger Beers