refreshment break
Time to take a short break while life whirls on around me. My head and a heart are in NZ with my family at the moment, though the rest of me remains on the other side of the Tasman.
While I'm contemplating the universe and the complexities of aged care, help yourself to a drink. This one's for the kiwis. Not the ever popular L&P but a family favourite from my childhood.
Camroc was a dry ginger ale, popular in New Zealand in the twentieth century.
In our house, where soft drinks were a rare treat, camroc was reserved for when we were ill. Being bought a small glass of camroc, by mum, while languishing in bed with a malady made being sick worth it. If camroc didn't bouy our spirits, she knew something was desperately wrong.
Click to enlarge. An ad for Camroc, (Wellington's) Evening Post, 1913
Does anyone know when and why Camroc went out of production? Sorely missed by at least one Wellington family.
While I'm contemplating the universe and the complexities of aged care, help yourself to a drink. This one's for the kiwis. Not the ever popular L&P but a family favourite from my childhood.
Camroc was a dry ginger ale, popular in New Zealand in the twentieth century.
In our house, where soft drinks were a rare treat, camroc was reserved for when we were ill. Being bought a small glass of camroc, by mum, while languishing in bed with a malady made being sick worth it. If camroc didn't bouy our spirits, she knew something was desperately wrong.
Click to enlarge. An ad for Camroc, (Wellington's) Evening Post, 1913
Does anyone know when and why Camroc went out of production? Sorely missed by at least one Wellington family.
Labels: camroc, new zealand, nostalgia, soft drinks
posted by GS at 8:40 am
4 Comments:
I just put it into search and got
http://www.wellingtonantiquebottles.org.nz/companies/thomsonlewiscoltd.shtml
It came from Palmerston North and I wish I could recall which one of my linked bloggers was posting on PN last week. peace and love from me
Thanks Anne. 1981 the company closed. It's a bit of a shock to realise that's 30 years ago!
Oh dear! My mum used to make trifle with Camroc dry ginger ale and I was googling to see if I could find it as I remember the recipe. I guess not! I lived in Wanganui back then 😊
Hi,
Coca Cola purchased Thomson Lewis around 1980. The old victorian factory on the corner of Tory & College Sts, Wellington closed, was knocked down and is now a Moore Wilsons supermarket.
Coca cola produced some of the 7oz bottle flavours for a while, then ceased altogether.
A real shame, as all the softdrinks produced by Thomson Lewis were delicious. They were the first to produce a screw-top 1litre bottle in NZ (Teal35 lemonade). Coca Cola has the formulasq for all their products and unfortunately deprive us of them to this day!
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