Poetry from the Pennant, October 1934

A (Colne) Spring Symphony

By Paula Mumford

Cartoon, ref: D/P117/29/1
Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies

The Official Organ of Benskin’s Watford Brewery Ltd
Ref: D/P117/29/1, October 1934, Vol 2

A (Colne) Spring Symphony

By Mr.G.H Jones of The Acorn, St. Albans

“Have you heard the story of how “Colne Spring” got its name,
If you haven’t you must hear it for it’s earned world-wide fame,
It’s attracted some attention far over land and sea,
So I tell to you the story as I had it told to me.
A drop of melted heaven fell from the sky one day,
And it nestled in a hollow near a Brewery-Watford Way,
And when the brewers saw it, sure it looked so pure and fine,
They said, “Suppose we use this gift to make a drink divine?”
So the mixed in liquid laughter with warmth of sunshine bright,
The scent of summers breezes and the peace of soft moonlight,
The strength of mighty nature and the kiss of fairy wing,
And when they had it bottled, then they christened it “Colne Spring

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