Spooner's was established as E. Spooners in Landore Swansea in 1908, then after he had a son became Spooner & Son the second son meant he changed the company name to Spooners & Sons. Unusually Spooners produced a large size standard ginger beer with a brown lip. Examples of these are shown in bottles three and four below.
Three two tone champagne versions
with a brown top.
Four large size standards with a brown lip. (some dated 1921/2/5)
All Spooners ginger beer bottles are internal screw.
Bottles 1,4 & 7 are from the SMcD Collection
List of Trade Directory entries and the date placed.
Spooner, E. And Sons, Mineral
Water, Pwll Street, (Kelly's Dir. 1929)
Spooner, E. & Sons, The Factory, Pwll Street, Landore, (Kelly's Dir.
1938)
Glass Ginger Beer bottles from Spooners
Spooners advert from 1949
Norwich and Brighton Ginger Beers