{"id":1003,"date":"2021-03-26T02:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T02:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2021-03-27T02:30:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T02:30:55","slug":"quenching-your-thirst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/2021\/03\/quenching-your-thirst\/","title":{"rendered":"Quenching your thirst"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Glynn’s cordial bottle, Collection of the Coffs Harbour Regional Museum, 13.841<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cordial was one of the treats inspiring early businesses to develop in Coffs Harbour. Cordials manufacturing was usually developed to disguise the poor taste and quality of water. [1]\u00a0 To quench the thirst of the local community, the Glynn Brothers – John and William – had established a cordial factory near the Coffs Harbour jetty by 1912.<\/p>\n

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Advertising (1912, December 21). Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 – 1915), p. 12.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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State Archives and Records:<\/a>\u00a0NSW Registrar General, Deeds Registration Branch; NRS 12961, Registers of Firms under the Registration of Firms Act, 1902, 1903-1922. [2\/8546] 28838 Glynn Brothers Coffs Harbour 1917<\/figcaption><\/figure>The business was formally registered on 17 July 1917. John assumed full responsibility for it in 1921. As it grew, the factory had to deal with some location issues:<\/p>\n
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SHIRE COUNCIL (1934, November 30). Coffs Harbour Advocate (NSW : 1907 – 1942; 1946 – 1954), p. 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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SHIRE COUNCIL (1935, July 19). Coffs Harbour Advocate (NSW : 1907 – 1942; 1946 – 1954), p. 4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

John Glynn decided to rebuild in a new location; so a new construction plan was devised and the business moved to Collingwood Street<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Plan of factory for J. M. Glynn, Collection of the Coffs Harbour Regional Museum, 12.1467<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The approximate location of the new factory, shown in image mus07-7778, from the collection of the Coffs Harbour Regional Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The site prior to construction is shown in this land sale poster:<\/p>\n

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Coff’s Harbour land sale posters, 1935 and 1937. See Plan E, Block 14. Coffs Harbour Regional Museum collection item, 12.1701-1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The business continued into the late 1940s<\/a>. Its artefacts live on in the collection of the Coffs Harbour Regional Museum.<\/p>\n

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Glynn’s Jusfrute cordial boxes, Collection of the Coffs Harbour Regional Museum, 15.218<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Metal sign on the wall of the “I scream for icecream” shop in Grafton. (Informal photograph)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reference<\/em><\/p>\n

Black kettle and full moon<\/em><\/a>, Blainey, G., 2003<\/p>\n

Acknowledgements<\/em><\/p>\n

Coffs Harbour Regional Museum thanks Jim Munro for sharing his research into the history of the Glynn Brothers’ cordial factory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cordial was one of the treats inspiring early businesses to develop in Coffs Harbour. Cordials manufacturing was usually developed to disguise the poor taste and quality of water. [1]  To quench the thirst of the local community, the Glynn Brothers – John and William – had established a cordial factory near the Coffs Harbour jetty … Continue reading “Quenching your thirst”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1037,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions\/1037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}