Talk:Clayton's

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[edit] Apostrophe

Does anyone happen to have a bottle or advertising material to confirm whether the name was Claytons or Clayton's? My memory is that there was no apostrophe, but I'm not certain enough about it to move the article. dramatic 10:01, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Your memory is correct, the product name is Claytons without the apostrophe (ref: bottle label), so presumably this article's title should be amended. --Melburnian 11:38, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Anonymous edit

Since the anon user who posted this abused me on my talk page, I shall archive it here with comments:

EDIT: Claytons has been sold in Australian supermarkets for quite some time, 
And is usually found in isles containing de-alcoholised wines, superlight 
beers & Mixers

Commentary: Before deletion I checked the following :

• The only search result on coles.com.au for Clayton, Claytons or Clayton's is a competition winner living in Clayton, Victoria
• Google image search returns no beverage related images in the top 100 for either Claytons or Clayton's
• Google.com.au produced no relevant hits in the top 100
• anzwers.com.au produced no relevant hits in the top 100 results.

I've just repeated this with other keywords likely to be on a claytons page - nothing. The most likely domain names for a re-launched Clayton's product are all registered to other business brands. Only reasonable conclusion: There is zero verification for a re-launch of the product (unless its marketing is even worse than 25 years ago).

Had there been verification that Clayton's had been re-launched (and how closely related any new product was), I would have made the necessary changes: Spelling, grammar, wiki markup, position in article. dramatic 05:15, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

I was curious to check this myself, a google search on "Claytons Kola Tonic" shows that this product is available in Australia and Barbados--Melburnian 12:01, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

And an analysis of those results (given that the product has no manufacturer's website) makes it clear that it is product of Barbados and is in no way related to the Clayton's product that is the subject of the article. dramatic 09:05, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

I have now located the original “Claytons” (not a Claytons Claytons) on the shelf of a local Safeway supermarket in Australia. The labelling of this bottle is visually nearly identical to that of the 1980’s product (which I have) with the additions of the wording “original recipe” and the slogan “the drink you have when you’re not having a drink”. According to the label it is now distributed by Cadbury-Schweppes. The label states "Originally blended and bottled by the Clayton Brothers for the Pure Water Company, Battersea, London in the 1880's" which is similar to a statement regarding “Claytons Kola Tonic” sold in Barbados[1] . The “1980’s” Claytons label says it was “made from African kola nuts and citrus essences”--Melburnian 05:12, 7 November 2005 (UTC)