Back in the years following WWII consumer products still had their regionalisms. Detroit had Faygo & Vernors, and while Coca-Cola and other national beverages were around, there was still a place for local drinks like Martin’s Ginger Ale and Sun Crest Orange.
The Windsor Beverages factory was located at 1291 Albert Rd, and no longer exists. The 1200 block of Albert Road ends at 1267, at the edge of Gary Dugal Park.
Did this company not relocate? Also, this advertisement is a bit strange in that it uses US spelling for ‘flavors’ and ‘favored’…. I do remember 2 Way Ginger Ale.
Back in the 1960’s our grade school had a bottle drive to buy new school uniforms for the basketball team ( the previous uniforms were from the WWII era! ) and I recall helping a teacher drop off bottles of lesser known varieties of soda pop to this location.
There was also a beverage or bottling company on Tecumseh Road between Bruce and York in the 60’s . I think they bottled Dr. Pepper and other products. I won a free record from Dr. Pepper and I think my Dad went there a picked it up for me. I lived near there at that time and we always played around the plant. Does anyone else remember this plant or have pictures?
Dave. It Was Munro’s Orange Crush on Tecumseh between Bruce and York.
Yes that rings a bell. Thank you Gary, it was orange crush.
There’s a pic of a Munro bottle cap and many other Canadian Bottling Company information here – http://www.ecbw.ca/tim_maitland_collection/