Added by Mrs Patricia Crick, Caddington, Bedfordshire. A fizzy pop glass bottle, with it's original glass ball still intact. Children would use the glass balls as marbles from fizzy pop bottles ...

Before plastic bottles came into use, glass was the most common container. And when they tipped over, 1.5-litre glass pop bottles had a nasty tendency not just to break, but to send shards flying.

Before plastic bottles came into use, glass was the most common container. And when they tipped over, 1.5-litre glass pop bottles had a nasty tendency not just to break, but to send shards flying.