For me Ribena represents alot more than a blackcurrent concerntrate.It represnts my childhood, and carries with it alot of old memories and emotions. As children both my sister and I used to drink alot of Ribena. I had a blue beaker, Alanna had a yellow beaker, both had chewed rims. We would always have it warm sitting in my parents bed. It took me about 6 years to get used to drinking Ribena cold. At university I did a project on Ribena, titling it 'my security'. The project consisted of a series of plaster cast Ribena bottles, with the graphics and body copy describing my childhood. Now-a-days I drink just as much Ribena as I did as child. AND I don't have a single filling!
Some interesting info about Ribena:If you laid a years production of Ribena bottles end to end they would reach from london to Los AngelesBlackcurrants contain nearly 4 times as much vitamin C as orangesThe name Ribena was coined by a Mr Lennox in Bristol in 1938Ribena is made by Beechams and used to be sold in chemists as a medicine