Swanley Heritage No 4 - Bottle-making in Swanley

A bit specialised perhaps but this post is intended to gather information about any history of making bottles in Swanley.

At the recent meeting on Swanley which was held at the Youth and Community Centre one participant brought along a clear glass bottle with the imprints "Hotel" and  "Swanley". Little information was forthcoming at the meeting.

However, another participant recalls that when she had an allotment (adjacent to London Road on the St Georges Estate),she was frequently digging up bottle tops.


Questions:

• 5.1 Was the bottle made in Swanley?
• 5.2 Is there any history of a bottle-making "factory" on the site of the former allotments?
• 5.3  How many hotels have been run in Swanley?
• 5.4  Which hotel had bottles with the inscriptions "Hotel" and "Swanley"?