REASONS FOR THIS SITE

THERE ARE SOME VERY GOOD SITES POSTED ON THE WEB AT THE MOMENT IF YOU LIKE BOTTLE COLLECTING, BUT I BELIEVE THAT PRINTED GINGER BEER AND STOUT COLLECTORS ARE NUMEROUS ENOUGH TO COMMAND THEIR OWN SPECIALIST FORUM.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS SITE IS TO PUT FELLOW COLLECTORS IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER SO THAT WE MAY ALL MUTUALLY BENEFIT . IDEALLY THIS WILL BE IN THE WAY OF ENHANCING OUR COLLECTIONS BY  POSTING OUR WANTS,SWAPS AND FOR SALES FREE OF CHARGE.

I WILL BE FEATURING SOME OF MY COLLECTION ON THE SITE AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF I COULD POST PICTURES OF COLLECTORS BEST BOTTLES WITH ANY INFORMATION OF INTEREST. IF PEOPLE DO THIS IM SURE THE SITE WILL TEACH US ALL SOMETHING.

I DONT PRETEND TO BE AN ABSOLUTE EXPERT ON GINGER BEERS AND IM DEFINATELY NO GENIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO COMPUTERES BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE IM A LONG TERM DEDICATED COLLECTOR OF BOTTLES.

ITS HOPED THAT EVENTUALLY AS THE SITE GROWS IT WILL BE A WORTHWHILE PLACE TO VISIT FOR THE BEGINER AND ADVANCED COLLECTOR AS WELL.I HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL BE PATIENT DURING THE INFANCY OF THIS SITE BUT EVEN MORE  HOPE THAT FELLOW COLLECTORS WILL CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

WHO AM I ?

My name is Simon Franlin and i live in the South East of England about 40 minutes from the centre of London. Ive been collecting bottles in some form or another for about 33 years. Other hobbies have come and gone over the years but bottling has stayed close to my heart and it would be fair to say that as i get older my enthusiasm for the hobby actually increases. I used to collect anything that came from tip digging but about 5 years ago due to lack of room decided to just keep my gingers and let everthing else go. Ive never regreted this decision but have already run out of room again !.

I collect good pictorials, colour tops / prints and split size bottles from all over the world. I have an extensive wants list so why not have a look because i pay top prices for good bottles but condition must be superb.

view my webs album now for some quality featured gingers - takes a little while to load up but its worth the wait