Top Deck (drink)

Top Deck (drink)

Top Deck was a soft drink marketed at children within the United Kingdom. It was a low alcohol shandy drink available in a variety of flavours, common in the 1960s and 70s [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/business/6544797.stm BBC News] Vanished UK drink is toast of Caribbean, April 2007] . It was a brand of the Beecham Group until 1986 when it was sold along with the more popular brand Tango, along with the UK franchises for Coca-Cola and 7-Up, to Britvic [ [http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1991/fulltext/309c8.pdf www.competition-commission.org.uk] Carbonated drinks: a report on the supply by manufacturers of carbonated drinks in the United Kingdom, Chapter 8 para 8.51] . It is believed that Top Deck ceased to exist in the mid 1990s. The 1990s rock band Nirvana were reported to have had Top Deck on their [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rider rider] for an appearance on "The Word" [ [http://lostnirvana.info/stat/Nirvana_-_Nevermind.html lostnirvana.info] Transcript of an NME article, Vana Be Adored, Mary Anne Hobbs, 23 Nov 1991] .

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* [http://www.angelfire.com/wi/beercans/images9/fc423.gifImage of 1970s Top Deck "Lemonade Shandy" can]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/wi/beercans/images9/fc420.gifImage of 1970s Top Deck "Limeade and Lager" can]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/wi/beercans/images9/fc422.gifImage of 1970s Top Deck "Cider Shandy" can]


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