Vimto then to Old Trafford (1927) and finally (1971) to a state of the art plant in Wythenshawe, Manchester. In the 1990s, Vimto print advertisements used the cartoon character Purple Ronnie, along with slightly rude poems by Giles Andreae, the creator of Purple Ronnie. In 2003, Purple Ronnie was dropped, and a new creative direction was adopted, revolving around the benefits of 'Shlurpling the Purple'. This, in turn, led to the launch in 2006 of Billy and his Dad's Pants – a modern-day morality story in which, despite turning up at the swimming pool with his Dad's pants in the middle
Ahoy (greeting) as an informal greeting, comparable to ""Hello"". It was borrowed from English and became popular among people engaged in water sports. It gained wide currency by the 1930s. Two discoveries in Middle High German literature reveal interjections similar to "ahoi". Their forms show no links to the middle English form "hoy" and their meanings offer little connection to the call used to establish contact. In around 1290 Heinrich von Freiberg used the form "ahiu" twice in his adaptation of Tristan as a greeting: "ahiu, Parmenois Tristan!", alongside "ahiu, wie schône sie het sich ûz gefêgetieret", English: "ahiu, how prettily she