Soda Water and Ginger Ale (Thwaites and C&C)

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SLOW COOKER (continued)

   18 June 1950, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. SM20, "Timely Aids for the Cook" by June Nickerson, photo caption:

For cooking on porch, earthenware pot fits on hot plate that heats to simmering point.  Good for beans, soups, spaghetti sauce, other "slow cookers."  By West Bend.

(The "slow cooker" here refers to the food--ed.)

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SODA WATER AND GINGER ALE

   Do both come from Ireland?
   I couldn't find them easily, but look at this item from the NYPL:


I. SLATER'S NATIONAL COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY OF IRELAND
Manchester and London: I. Slater
1846

Pg. 211:
MINERAL & SODA WATER & GINGER BEER MANUFCTES.
(...)
Thwaites, A. & R. & Co. (inventors and sole proprietors of the double and single soda water), 57 Upper Sackville st (See advertisement)

(Where is the advertisement?  Does it state what drinks the company made in 1846?...This is listed in the Directory under "Dublin"...From the www.cantrell.ie/history.htm web site comes the below--ed.)


Ireland has always been a good place for drinks. Perched on the edge of the Atlantic, and lulled by the flow of the gulf stream, Ireland's temperate climate produces ideal natural conditions for the best raw materials to flourish.

New ideas seem to flourish here too. It was in Ireland that the first "uisce beatha" was distilled; where the more modern skills gave birth to the smooth dairy liqueurs we call Irish Creams, and where, over two centuries ago, the antecedents of our company, The Cantrell & Cochrane Group, developed a method of carbonating pure water, an invention they called Soda Water.

Today at the heart of a vigorous and diverse drinks industry you'll find us making Carbonated soft Drinks, Mixers, Mineral Water, Squashes and Cordials, Juices, Ciders, Perries, Liqueurs and Spirits.

Over the years we have become the most broadly based of all drinks companies in Ireland, operating in almost every segment of the alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks market.

The company was started in 1852 in Belfast by Dr. Thomas Cantrell, apothecary and surgeon. However, we can trace our history back to 1769 to A & R Thwaites and Co. which subsequently became a constituent company within the C & C Group.

Dr. Cantrell formed a partnership with Alderman Cochrane (later Sir Henry and Lord Mayor of Dublin). This partnership lasted until 1885 when Dr. Cantrell retired. In 1869 they opened a factory in Dublin and created the foundation of a business that was to become a thriving international industry.

In 1871 the Belfast business moved to a new premises at Cromac Building, Victoria Square and the company continued to expand and establish an extensive export trade to many parts of the world.

Changing world conditions around the 1914 - 1918 war created difficulties in the export market which led the company to concentrate on the home market. Following this change of direction factories were set up in London, Stockport and Glasgow with service depots throughout Great Britain.

In 1956 Cantrell & Cochrane Belfast moved to its current premises in Castlereagh Road, Belfast.

1968 was an important year in the history of Cantrell & Cochrane as this was when Cantrell & Cochrane Group of companies came together as a result of a merger of the Soft Drinks and Cider companies. The merger was a result of an arrangement by which Allied Breweries (now Allied Domecq) and Guinness acquired the Cantrell & Cochrane...