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Ginger Beer Bottle

     Here's the photo of the John Andrew ginger beer bottle. My friend Hughie found it
     while he was digging up the car park of the bowling green in Auchinleck. (mid '90's
     I think) He was told the following story by elderly friend of my Mum's, Mrs Violet
     Little of Glaisnock Street who is sadly no longer with us. She passed away a
     number of years ago. Even though she was in her 80's, she still had a mind like a
     steel trap.
     She remembers John Andrew being a chemist who worked in Cumnock. As a
     wee sideline, he made ginger beer in his spare time in a building on the Gas work
     Brae in Cumnock. He also delivered his wares with a horse and cart as far away as
     Dalmellington, which is around fourteen miles away. (a fair old trek on a horse and
     cart eh?) Although she wasn't sure, Mrs Little believed that John Andrew was the
     forerunner of Curries who produced lemonade in Auchinleck, Hamilton and Dumfries.