"Who Do You Think You Are?"

Just watched re-run of "Who do you think you are?" with Jeremy Clarkson. Very entertaining (I think JC is great!) but also informative. His mother's mother was a Kilner. Of the Kilner Jar fame. He traced his family back to the begining of the industrial revolution and to glass manufacturing.

Made an interesting point about the rise in choice of alcoholic drinks and therefore the need for a recognisable bottle for each new drink. Designers or whoever decided on the shape of objects in glass factories had to come up with variations on the glass bottle.

I watched the programme while munching on walnuts stored in... a (variation of the) Kilner jar!