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COCA-COLA TOUR most marvellous drink in the world. He
the
then took it down to the soda fountain and
We were all in school at eight forty-five, mixed it with carbonated water and the
showing our bags of sweets to each other finished product was Coca-Cola.
while we waited for 9.30 to come around At twelve o’clock we were taken into the
because we were off to Coca-Cola. We had factory where they were making 7up. we
maths class until then, so we had to keep saw Dixie, the machine that used to fill
our excitement in. It was ten o’clock, the bottles of Coke on Strand Street, Dublin in
bus was not there (had we got the date 1954. The executives at Coca-Cola threw it
wrong?) At 10.05 the bus arrived. In fact it out but a few people in Coke decided to
had been there since 9.30; it just could not keep it. Now everyone can see it as a
get up the drive to Gonzaga. museum piece. When we arrived back at
We finally arrived at Coca-Cola at 10.40. the quiz room we were given a Coca-Cola
We were given a free drink of Coca-Cola pack which included pencil case, ruler,
and then the Coca-Cola quiz began. We pencil and sharpener. The tour ended as we
were all told about the creation of Coke, boarded the bus heading for school.
about the many people and things involved We returned to school at 1.15, the
in the making of it. Coke was created excitement of Coca-Cola ended but we still
purely by accident. A chemist in 1886 was had our cans and stationery to show for it.
working on a cold remedy and he made a
syrup and he tasted it and thought it was David 0 'Donovan (Prep 4)
Richard Stokes (Prep 4) and Diarmuid John Dowling (Prep 4), Sportsman of the
Toomey, winners of the American tennis Year
tournament organised by Mrs Egan
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the
then took it down to the soda fountain and
We were all in school at eight forty-five, mixed it with carbonated water and the
showing our bags of sweets to each other finished product was Coca-Cola.
while we waited for 9.30 to come around At twelve o’clock we were taken into the
because we were off to Coca-Cola. We had factory where they were making 7up. we
maths class until then, so we had to keep saw Dixie, the machine that used to fill
our excitement in. It was ten o’clock, the bottles of Coke on Strand Street, Dublin in
bus was not there (had we got the date 1954. The executives at Coca-Cola threw it
wrong?) At 10.05 the bus arrived. In fact it out but a few people in Coke decided to
had been there since 9.30; it just could not keep it. Now everyone can see it as a
get up the drive to Gonzaga. museum piece. When we arrived back at
We finally arrived at Coca-Cola at 10.40. the quiz room we were given a Coca-Cola
We were given a free drink of Coca-Cola pack which included pencil case, ruler,
and then the Coca-Cola quiz began. We pencil and sharpener. The tour ended as we
were all told about the creation of Coke, boarded the bus heading for school.
about the many people and things involved We returned to school at 1.15, the
in the making of it. Coke was created excitement of Coca-Cola ended but we still
purely by accident. A chemist in 1886 was had our cans and stationery to show for it.
working on a cold remedy and he made a
syrup and he tasted it and thought it was David 0 'Donovan (Prep 4)
Richard Stokes (Prep 4) and Diarmuid John Dowling (Prep 4), Sportsman of the
Toomey, winners of the American tennis Year
tournament organised by Mrs Egan
108
