Hey DP my dad worked for Canada Dry for 30 years, and Schweppes were the enemy!!
If only I'd have known back then then you could have changed your tired chat up line from "Have yer mum & dad got any records?" to "Has your dad got any crates"
Dad has told me stories about when the crates used to come back to the factory from the pubs, with birds nests and grass snakes in them, no records though
Ali x