"Coates comes up from Zummerzet, Whee the zoider apples grow..."
I remember them... Merrydown was what daring teens took to parties in the 1950s...
When I lived in Cornwall there was scrumpy a-plenty - you could go into a farmhouse cellar, and slake your thirst from a barrel. Some of the older men in the village drank a half-pint of scrumpy, mixed with a half-pint of sherry! I tried it once - it was lovely, going down or coming up...
I can also remember the Coates advert and also remember cider being very cheap we used to buy a cider called Merrydown when we lived in NewQuay in our youth, we used to congregate in a pub called The Sailors Arms which had the straw on the floor and the atmosphere to match. happy days
I remember the Coates one. I also remember so frequently drinking cider and then being sick that in the just the smell of cider made me sick. It was very cheap in the mid 1960s. We used to drink a quart bottle between 4 friends. I think one quart bottle cost about 2s 6d.
Can anyone remember an advert with a jingle that went 'cider from Devon, absolute heaven'? Can't remember any more and can't remember the name of the brand. My husband is convinced I've made it up and keeps quoting the Coates ad about 'Coates comes up from Somerset, where the cider apples grow', but I'm sure there was this other one about the same time - it would have been maybe in the 60s-ish. Thanks for your help.