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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Vanessa Thorpe

Make mine a Babycham! Return of the drink that added sparkle to the 70s

Workers at the Babycham factory in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, in 1959.
Workers at the Babycham factory in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, in 1959. Photograph: ANL/Shutterstock

Babycham is as famous for its place in the history of advertising as for its sweet taste. It was cleverly targeted at women who wanted to enjoy a light drink with a touch of glamour while the menfolk downed pints, and was a marketing phenomenon in the 1960s and 70s.

Now Babycham is back in the ownership of the family that invented it in the 1950s, with production just returned to its old headquarters amid plans to give the sparkling perry a new lease of life among the sort of younger audience that has embraced cider in recent years.

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