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Slightly off theme, but
essential for these
characters to our right,
are the baby’s bottles. All
of the ones shown
contain alcohol – don’t
these manufacturers
know that babies need
milk? Or maybe they are
just recruiting early! Or
could these be for mum –
you know, “Yum Yum,
I’m enjoying this bottle,
drink yours.”

Mum would be doing rather well with this lot. There are quite a number of variations of
Baby Bomba. For a starter they come in black and red. There is some variation in the
writing on the bottles and, of course, many different contents. I know of vodka liqueur,
maraschino (cherry liqueur), Certosa liqueur (shown), Sangria wine (shown) and brandy.
Cruzan rum is from the Virgin Islands (back on theme again!) and Schnaps-Baby is from
Michelsen of Germany. The final bottle is obviously very old but I have no idea who made
it or even where it was made. It comes from the collection of the late David Fretwell (see
his obituary on the back cover). Any information on this bottle would be appreciated.

This is the end of the first article, but you must know that I will not let you off that easily.
Read on for more bottles on the theme of ‘sex sells.’

David Smith