From a list spanning 1886 - 2008, at Wikipedia's page here
1922 - Thirst knows no season.
1923 - Enjoy life
1924 - Refresh Yourself
1925 - Six million a day.
1926 - It had to be good to get where it is.
1927 - Pure as Sunlight
1927 - Around the corner from anywhere.
1928 - Coca-Cola ... pure drink of natural flavors.
1929 - The pause that refreshes.
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Coca-Cola slogans of the 1920s
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Monday, 7 July 2008
New Zealand Roller Skating Speed Records 1955 - 1965
from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966 here
LADIES’ QUARTER-MILE
1955, Catherine Lawrie, 1 min 4 sec
1956–61, Judith Marriott, 0 min 59.8 sec
25 Feb 1961, Louisa Gray, 0 min 58.1 sec
8 Apr 1961–63, June Dillon, 0 min 54 sec
26 Oct 1963–64, Judith Willaimson, 0 min 51.8 sec
1965, Ngaire Dillon, 0 min 50.2 sec
LADIES’ HALF-MILE
1955, Betty Sears, 2 min 10.4 sec
1956–61, Catherine Lawrie, 1 min 59.4 sec
25 Feb 1961, Judith Lloyd, 1 min 58 sec
8 Apr 1961, Corinne Grant, 1 min 56.1 sec
1962–63, Ngaire Dillon, 1 min 52.4 sec
20 Oct 1963–64, Judith Willaimson. 1 min, 46.2 sec
1965, Ngaire Brader, 1 min 41.2 sec
MEN’S QUARTER-MILE
1955, I. Hughes, 0 min, 58.4 sec
1956–61, D. Judd, 0 min 53.6 sec
1962–63, S. Wray, 0 min 53.2 sec
1963, A. Douglas, 0 min 49.2 sec
1964, G. Brader, 0 min 48.6 sec
1965, G. Brader, 0 min 46.1 sec
MEN’S HALF-MILE
1955, D. Carthew, 2 min 0 sec
1956–61, I. Hughes, 1 min 49.1 sec
1962–63, S. Wray, 1 min 49 sec
1964, G. Brader, 1, min 38.1 sec
1965, G. Brader, 1 min 33.2 sec
MEN’S ONE-MILE
1955, I. Hughes, 3 min 58.2 sec
1956–61, I. Hughes, 3 min 49.3 sec
1961–63, B. Galway, 3 min 37 sec
1963, A. Douglas, 3 min, 21 sec
1964, G. Brader, 3 min 19 sec
1965, G. Brader, 3 min 10 sec
MEN’S THREE-MILE
1956–61, I. Hughes, 11 min 38.2 sec
1962–63, S. Wray, 11 min 31.4 sec
1964–65, P. Ramsay, 10 min 5.8 sec
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