HERE WE HAVE THE CAN THAT MANY BELIEVE TO BE THE INSPIRATION
FOR THE "LAGER LOVELIES".
IT IS NOW A TOTAL OF 64 YEARS THAT THE SAME PICTURE OF
VENETIA STEVENSON HAS APPEARED ON THE CANS OF SWEETHEART STOUT. THE BEER IS MUCH
OLDER AND BOTTLE LABELS HAD A CARTOON LIKE PICTURE OF A GIRL - IT WAS ONLY IN
1958 WHEN THE GEORGE YOUNGER BREWERY AT ALLOA STARTED TO CAN THE BEER, THAT IT
USED THE IMAGE OF VENETIA THAT WE ALL KNOW.
THE GEORGE YOUNGER BREWERY WAS ACQUIRED BY NORTHERN BREWERIES
OF GREAT BRITAIN LTD IN APRIL 1960 AND BECAME PART OF THE COMBINED SCOTTISH
INTERESTS OF THAT COMPANY, CALEDONIAN BREWERIES LTD., LATER UNITED CALEDONIAN
BREWERIES LTD., WHICH MERGED WITH J & R TENNENT LTD., GLASGOW, IN 1966 TO FORM
THE TENNENT CALEDONIAN BREWERIES LTD. THAT WE STILL KNOW TODAY.
SADLY VENETIA DIED ON 26th SEPTEMBER 2022.
MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT THE
ORIGINAL IMAGE IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THE ONE BEING USED NOW - HOW ABOUT A RETURN TO
THE ORIGINAL PICTURE TO MARK THE 64th ANNIVERSARY - TENNENT'S !
A FEW FACTS ABOUT VENETIA STEVENSON
SHE WAS BORN IN ENGLAND ON 10TH MARCH 1938 MAKING HER 70 THIS
YEAR. SHE SOON MOVED TO AMERICA WHERE SHE BECAME A MODEL AND ACTRESS. SHE
MARRIED ACTOR RUSS TAMBLYN IN 1956 AT THE AGE OF 17, THEY DIVORCED IN 1957 AND
SHE THEN MARRIED DON EVERLY OF THE EVERLY BROTHERS IN 1962 AND DIVORCED IN 1970
- SHE HAS NOT REMARRIED SINCE. HER DAUGHTER ERIN WAS MARRIED TO AXL ROSE
OF GUN N' ROSES FAME.
