Event    From 31/8/1900 

First sale of Coca-Cola in Britain

Categories: Food & Drink

Image from the magnificent Advertising Archives. This is the earliest UK ad that we could find there: 1910s.

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First sale of Coca-Cola in Britain

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Coca-Cola lost plaque

The first pouring of Coca-Cola in Great Britain was on this site 31st August ...

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