East Stand Discovery (merged)

**Gatecrasher** · 18-03-2010 06:46 PM

from the latest newsletter

One interesting item unearthed as the concrete was ripped back from the old terrace was a bottle of Sanderson's Brewed Ginger Beer from the Criterion Works, Edinburgh. It's amazing that the bottle was still intact having been buried deep down under the feet of thousands of supporters for years. We'd love to hear from any supporter who knows any history of Sanderson's? What era this bottle will have been from? Or even where the brewery was located? If you can add any background

do you think this could be from the people who built the original stand?

**iwasthere1972** · 18-03-2010 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by Euphoria1875

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from the latest newsletter

do you think this could be from the people who built the original stand?

You could be right. Maybe it was Doddie or Jonnyboy's.

**noseyhibby** · 18-03-2010 07:00 PM

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from the latest newsletter

do you think this could be from the people who built the original stand?

It's an omen I tell ye. This bottle was meant to be dug up as it has been lying there since 1902. Maybe now, the spirits will rest.

***Jack*** · 18-03-2010 07:01 PM

It tastes horrible. You'd better just give it to me ;-)

**monktonharp** · 18-03-2010 07:03 PM

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It's an omen I tell ye. This bottle was meant to be dug up as it has been lying there since 1902. Maybe now, the spirits will rest.

that's it,i'm defo going to Dingwall

**iwasthere1972** · 18-03-2010 07:04 PM

http://stonies.co.uk/bw.html

Maybe similar?

***HibbyKeith*** · 18-03-2010 07:06 PM

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http://stonies.co.uk/bw.html

Maybe similar?

found this one too, its for sale on german ebay site.

**KWJ** · 18-03-2010 07:12 PM

that's cool

They look proper auld.

**iwasthere1972** · 18-03-2010 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by Keith Wright Jnr

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that's cool

They look proper auld.

Only £30 I think.

**iwasthere1972** · 18-03-2010 07:19 PM

In view of this recent find I propose that Hibs call the new stand The Sanderson's Stand.

Failing that The Ginger Beers Stand.

***Gerard*** · 18-03-2010 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by iwasthere1972

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You could be right. Maybe it was Doddie or Jonnyboy's.

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**monktonharp** · 18-03-2010 07:39 PM

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In view of this recent find I propose that Hibs call the new stand The Sanderson's Stand.

Failing that The Ginger Beers Stand.

naw,compromise.....ginger nut stand ........or even ginger baws stand

**CapitalHibs** · 18-03-2010 07:58 PM

Man!- I hope they're find that threepenny bit I dropped at the top of the auld terracing in 1959

**~~Peevemor~~** · 18-03-2010 08:01 PM

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Man!- I hope they're find that threepenny bit I dropped at the top of the auld terracing in 1959

It'll be long gone. If you look on the .net time lapse movie, I'm sure you can see Rod with his metal detector right at the start.

***.Sean.*** · 18-03-2010 08:26 PM

I take it there was space under the East then? I always assumed it was a mound of concrete...

**iwasthere1972** · 18-03-2010 08:31 PM

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It'll be long gone. If you look on the .net time lapse movie, I'm sure you can see Rod with his metal detector right at the start.

**--------** · 18-03-2010 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by iwasthere1972

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You could be right. Maybe it was Doddie or Jonnyboy's.

Dead right. That was to be my half-time bevvy at an East of Scotland Shield game in 1955. It was a present from my grandad, and I want it back. Plus the twopence I'd have got back on the bottle. Plus the interest at 5% per annum compound on that twopence WHICH I was intending to put in my National Savings account for my old age which has now arrived.

GET IT SORTED, MR PETRIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

***Jonnyboy*** · 18-03-2010 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by Doddie

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Dead right. That was to be my half-time bevvy at an East of Scotland Shield game in 1955. It was a present from my grandad, and I want it back. Plus the twopence I'd have got back on the bottle. Plus the interest at 5% per annum compound on that twopence WHICH I was intending to put in my National Savings account for my old age which has now arrived.

GET IT SORTED, MR PETRIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you sure Doddie? Sounds very like the one I lost at a game in 1898

***Gerard*** · 18-03-2010 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Jonnyboy

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Are you sure Doddie? Sounds very like the one I lost at a game in 1898

Dear JB make sure you get it returned to you

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**~~Fife-Hibee~~** · 18-03-2010 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by CapitalHibs

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Man!- I hope they're find that threepenny bit I dropped at the top of the auld terracing in 1959

Would that be the one that hit you on the back of the heid when you bent down to pick it up.

**hibee4life1983** · 19-03-2010 12:31 AM

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It'll be long gone. If you look on the .net time lapse movie, I'm sure you can see Rod with his metal detector right at the start.

Thats just genius.

**vahibbie** · 19-03-2010 03:52 AM

Ginger beer

Must have been an away team supporter

***Moulin Yarns*** · 19-03-2010 05:12 AM

found a site about bottle collecting

"One of the beers was an extremely rare acid etched green glass bottle from James Sanderson of Gainsborough. There was still no sign of ginger beer bottles in the seam, but it was still early days"

**MB62** · 19-03-2010 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by Jonnyboy

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Are you sure Doddie? Sounds very like the one I lost at a game in 1898

Was that the year you became very 'Grumpy' when you were killed fighting the Boers. Or is that just a Loadypish?

**MB62** · 19-03-2010 09:31 AM

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Man!- I hope they're find that threepenny bit I dropped at the top of the auld terracing in 1959

No wonder there were bigger crowds in those days if fans were getting their threepenny bits out during a game!

**mim** · 19-03-2010 09:40 AM

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found a site about bottle collecting

"One of the beers was an extremely rare acid etched green glass bottle from James Sanderson of Gainsborough. There was still no sign of ginger beer bottles in the seam, but it was still early days"

Yup,

I've actually contacted Jerry Kemp from that site and asked him if he can dig up more information on the company and the likely date of the bottle.
He has replied that he is actually in Edinburgh a couple of days a week, so I have put him in touch with Elaine Morrison for a viewing of the bottle - he will be able to date it and is prepared to do some research on the company.

**--------** · 19-03-2010 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by Jonnyboy

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Are you sure Doddie? Sounds very like the one I lost at a game in 1898

Was that the one you told me about - you and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle got arrested for singing "We've got a lovely bunch of coconuts" in the Boundary Bar after the game?

**joe breezy** · 19-03-2010 11:09 AM

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GAINSBOROUGH-L...item2eaba203ba

**Gatecrasher** · 19-03-2010 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by mike_in_munich

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Yup,

I've actually contacted Jerry Kemp from that site and asked him if he can dig up more information on the company and the likely date of the bottle.
He has replied that he is actually in Edinburgh a couple of days a week, so I have put him in touch with Elaine Morrison for a viewing of the bottle - he will be able to date it and is prepared to do some research on the company.

good work