Babycham Glass - 1950s Collectible Memorabilia

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The little bottles still sell, and the brand has even gained a camp, vintage mystique, but the rise of alcopops and mixer drinks has seriously challenged its position in the beverage business.

Launched in the United Kingdom in 1953, [5] Babycham was the first alcoholic product to be advertised on British commercial television, the campaign being launched in 1957, with the drink originally marketed as a "genuine champagne perry". [6] It was the first alcoholic drink aimed specifically at women and used the catchphrase "I'd Love a Babycham". [7] Davis, Fred (1995). The Anglo / The History of the Anglo Bavarian Brewery Shepton Mallet 1864 – 1994. Haskins. pp.120–123. ASIN B000S36AQM. All this information on dating is to the best of my knowledge, so if you know better please do correct me as I’d genuinely be delighted to know! The 50s Deer Perry has been made in the west of England for centuries but pears are notoriously difficult to harvest at the right point. Showering’s version was commercially viable because it used a juice concentrate.Francis Showering first submitted his new drink to the Three Counties Agricultural Show and other agricultural shows in the late 1940s and early 1950s where it was found to be popular. Initially called "baby champ," it later became Babycham. [4] Kerslake, Ross (14 January 2013). "Blast from the perry past: Babycham". The Drinks Business . Retrieved 27 February 2013. We will get closer to the original production method and recipe, as some things got chiselled away for speed with mass production. And we are going towards the original look too, so we’ll have quite a retro feel which, oddly, will make it more modern.” TIP! Search Antique, Vintage, RARE, Collectable, Collectors, Classic, Fine, Unusual, Early, Old, etc; to help you find more (or less!) original babycham glasses..

Sales were boosted in the 1980s by advertising using the slogans "Nothing sparkles like a Babycham" and the more contemporary "Hey, Babycham". [12] Babycham glasses for sale in an antiques shop in the Ridings Centre, Wakefield. Based in Shepton Mallet, the Showering family have been in the drinks industry for 14 generations and have recently enjoyed renewed success with a reinvention of traditional West Country cider. Matthew and his brothers – Jonathan, Francis and Daniel – set up Brothers Drinks in the 1990s and are now official partners of Glastonbury festival. Babycham In Cath Kidston Logo Legal Battle". Sky News. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013 . Retrieved 27 February 2013. and more. Selling and valuing online since 1997. Buy, sell and value in over 150+ specialist categories... Search item(s) and collection(s) - over 250,000+ popular antique and collecting search keywords... 1,000,000's of Antiques, Art, Vintage and RARE Collectables... What doyoucollect?In 1965, the Babycham Company sued the food writer Raymond Postgate, founder of the Good Food Guide, for an article in Holiday magazine in which he warned readers against Babycham, which "looks like champagne and is served in champagne glasses [but] is made of pears". The company sued for libel, claiming the article implied it was dishonestly passing off Babycham as champagne. The judge in his summation stated that the article was defamatory, but that the jury could consider it as "fair comment" rather than a factual statement. The jury found for Postgate, and he was awarded costs. [8] The return to the original headquarters has also meant a reunion with a 15ft statue of the Babycham fawn which was fixed to the roof but had been battered by decades of Somerset wind and rain. The drink took the place of other “ladylike” options, such as a port and lemon, or a medicinal milk stout for the maturer woman. Davis, Fred (1995). The Anglo / The History of the Anglo Bavarian Brewery Shepton Mallet 1864 – 1994. Haskins. pp.115–116. ASIN B000S36AQM.

Thorpe, Vanessa (26 February 2023). "Make mine a Babycham! Return of the drink that added sparkle to the 70s". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712 . Retrieved 27 February 2023. The Babycham legacy means a lot for the family, said Matthew Showering. “It’s very special, as it almost defines our family. It changed everything.”Babycham sues Cath Kidston over leaping baby deer logo". Telegraph. London. 13 February 2013 . Retrieved 27 February 2013. Davis, Fred (1995). The Anglo / The History of the Anglo Bavarian Brewery Shepton Mallet 1864 – 1994. Haskins. pp.104–106. ASIN B000S36AQM. Babycham deer revamped to celebrate its Somerset homecoming". BBC News. 7 December 2021 . Retrieved 4 February 2022.