TENNENT'S SCOTTISH SERIES CANS

UPDATED 12th JUNE 2007

HELP ME FILL IN THE BLANKS

As I mentioned before I have referred to the Lager Lovelies book while doing much of my research in to Scottish cans in general.

In the book there are a total of 5 cans unknown, three from the Second Scottish Series and two from the Third Scottish Series. I talked at length with Charles Schofield with regards to the various Scottish Series cans, he was not able to obtain any original pictures of the full sets, but found info from brewery records as to which cans belonged to what set. It has been mentioned that the Scottish series cans may have been produced in different sets to these shown in the book.

As you can see we now have 63 cans listed which goes against the theory that there were 3 series of 20 cans.

From my own research and from talking at length with other collectors, many errors have been pointed out that go against what is shown in the Lager Lovelies book. The main one that comes across is that REAL and by  REAL  I mean a real can from a collection  or pictures as opposed to a mock-up can with a flat plate wrapped around a can as shown in the Lager Lovelies book.

A very big thanks go to Paul Randall from Edinburgh for kindly allowing me to scan his collection of Scottish Series cans which included 3 that are new to the list of cans.

You will see that I have placed new details under the thumbnail pictures of the Scottish Series cans - again I would like you to help me fill in the blanks. The lettering might be an indicator of which Metal Box factory the cans were produced at or as some people think a date indicator. Each of these theories have their merits and it would be interesting to hear from anybody that knows differently.

I have seen 28MB, MB A and MB and the lettering appears at the bottom of the can near to the seam. All 28MB are on the front and MB A appears on both front and back near to the seam, MB only appears on the back of the can.

When the lettering appears in green you can click on the thumbnail picture to see an enlarged image.

 

#

16 oz.

12 oz.

SERIES

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

1.

MB A

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3

L

Aberdeen Harbour

2.

28MB

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U

L, SS

Ballachulish Ferry

3.

28 MB

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2

L

Bass Rock and TANTALLON CASTLE

4

28MB

12BathingDumbar100.jpg (7706 bytes)

2

L

Bathing Pool, DUNBAR

5.

28MB

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2

L, P

Ben Nevis from CORPACH

6.

 16BrigOAlloway100.jpg (7814 bytes)

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1

L

Brig of Doon, ALLOWAY

7.

28MB

12BurnsCottageAlloway100.jpg (6767 bytes)

1

L

Burns' Cottage, ALLOWAY

8.

 16CaledonianCanalFortAugustus100.jpg (7552 bytes)

MB A

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U

L

Caledonian Canal, FORT AUGUSTUS

9.

 16ClochLighthouse100.jpg (6103 bytes)

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1

L

Cloch Lighthouse

10.

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1

L

Commando War Memorial, SPEAN BRIDGE

11.

MB

-

3

L, SS

Cricket at the WEST OF SCOTLAND

12.

28MB

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U

L

Crowning of Beltane Queen, PEBBLES

13.

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12CulzeanCastle100.jpg (8181 bytes)

MB

1

L

Culzean Castle

14.

28MB

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2

L

Devil's Elbow Near Braemar

15.

MB A

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2

L

Dunrobin Castle GOLSPIE

16.

28MB

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1

L

Dunvegan Castle, SKYE

17.

28MB

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1

L

Edinburgh Castle

18.

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12ForthBridge100.jpg (7295 bytes)

MB

1

L

Forth Bridge

19.

28MB

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2

L

Fossil Grove, Victoria Park, GLASGOW

20.

28MB

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2

L

Gaffing a Salmon on the Endrick

21.

 16HighlandGames100.jpg (7687 bytes)

MB A

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U

L

Girl Dancers at HIGHLAND GAMES

22.

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1

L

Glasgow Art Galleries

23.

28MB

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1

L

Glasgow University

24.

16GlenOrchy100.jpg (7479 bytes)

MB A

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2

L, S

Glen Orchy

25.

MB A

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2

L

Highland Cattle ISLE OF JURA, ARGYLE

26.

28MB

12HighlandGathering100.jpg (7518 bytes)

3

L

Highland Gathering, BRAEMAR

27.

28MB

12Inverness100.jpg (6917 bytes)

MB

2

L

Inverness

28.

28MB

 -

1

L

Kyles of Bute

29.

28MB

-

U

L

Lady of the Loch at Ardlui

30.

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1

L

Linlithgow Palace

31.

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1

L

Loch Lomond

32.

28MB

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U

L, E

Loch Shiel, INVERNESS-SHIRE

33.

16Millport100.jpg (7326 bytes)

MB A

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3

L

Millport on the Firth of Clyde

34.

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12MunicipalBuildings100.jpg (6957 bytes)

1

L

Municipal Buildings, GLASGOW

35.

28MB

 12ObanHarbour100.jpg (8004 bytes)

MB

2

L

Oban Harbour

36.

MB A

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3

L, P, SS

Pipe Band at HIGHLAND GAMES

37.

28MB

12PMJMacDonald100.jpg (8315 bytes)

3

L

Pipe Major J. Macdonald

38.

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3

L

Pony Trecking, Monteith Hills

39.

MB A

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3

L

Pony Trekking near ABERFOYLE

40.

28MB

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1

L

Princes Street, EDINBURGH

41.

MB A

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3

L, E

Putting the Shot

42.

28MB

-

U

L

Rothsay Bay

43.

28MB

12Royal&Ancient100.jpg (6483 bytes)

3

L, S

Royal & Ancient Clubhouse, St. Andrews

44.

16Rothsay100.jpg (7957 bytes)

MB A

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3

L

Sailing down the Clyde at ROTHSAY

45.

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1

L

St. Monance, FIFE

46.

28MB

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1

L

Ship Building on the Clyde

47.

16SkiingCoireCas100.jpg (8597 bytes)

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3

L

Skiing at Coire Cas Nr. AVIEMORE

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3

L

Skiing, Meall a' Bhuiridh ?

49.

16NorthBerwick100.jpg (7534 bytes)

MB A

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2

L

Swimming Pool, NORTH BERWICK

50.

16TheBarras100.jpg (8622 bytes)

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3

L

The Barrows, GLASGOW

51.

16BeachLargs100.jpg (7292 bytes)

MB A

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3

L

The Beach at Largs

52.

MB A

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U

L

The Beach, AYR

53.

28MB

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2

L, P

The Cobbler, LOCH LONG

54.

16TheHarbourPortpatrick100.jpg (6930 bytes)

28MB

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2

L

The Harbour, PORTPATRICK

55.

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12scott100.jpg (7911 bytes)

MB

2

L

The Scott Monument, Edinburgh

56.

16SkiTowGlencoe100.jpg (6395 bytes)

MB A

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3

L

The Ski-Tow at GLENCOE

57.

28MB

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2

L

The Tolbooth, Glasgow

58.

16ThrowingWeight100.jpg (6258 bytes)

MB A

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3

L

Throwing The Weight

59.

16TossingCaber100.jpg (5911 bytes)

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3

L

Tossing the Caber

60.

28MB

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2

L

Town House, DUMFRIES

61.

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1

L

Tron Steeple, GLASGOW

62.

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12UnionStreet100.jpg (6961 bytes)

1

L

Union Street, ABERDEEN

63.

16WallaceMonument100.jpg (6265 bytes)

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1

L

Wallace Monument, STIRLING

 

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