Jim Clay Posted 12 July , 2006 Share Posted 12 July , 2006 Jim Clay...might you be thinking of Lucky Strike??? Drummer, my man, I certainly would! (It's Luckies where "it's toasted" isn't it ) Thanks Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brindlerp Posted 14 July , 2006 Share Posted 14 July , 2006 Another period poster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAAAEd Posted 14 July , 2006 Share Posted 14 July , 2006 A grandmother's brother, served as an ME (stoker) on Tiger at Jutland, used to mix Gold Flake and Sun Valley tobaccos together for his roll-ups. I followed suit for awhile whilst serving when funds were tight. Doh! Must have been having a 'Senior' moment, that should have been Golden Virginia & Sun Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clay Posted 14 July , 2006 Share Posted 14 July , 2006 Doh! Must have been having a 'Senior' moment, that should have been Golden Virginia & Sun Valley. Join the club PetrolPigeon! Now is it the baccy wot does it? - or the booze? - or the booze & baccy? Or are we just getting old? Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAAAEd Posted 14 July , 2006 Share Posted 14 July , 2006 Join the club PetrolPigeon! Now is it the baccy wot does it? - or the booze? - or the booze & baccy? Neither, its the wild, wild women. As Henry Allingham would say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 14 July , 2006 Share Posted 14 July , 2006 Join the club PetrolPigeon! Now is it the baccy wot does it? - or the booze? - or the booze & baccy? Or are we just getting old? Jim I couldn't possibly comment........ ...but seeing the Old Holborn (pronounced Ho-burn...no 'L') tin brought back memories of my old mum...wistful grin...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gporta Posted 30 July , 2006 Share Posted 30 July , 2006 Smoking Entente Gloria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfh249 Posted 30 July , 2006 Share Posted 30 July , 2006 Smoking Entente Gloria Strewth, cigarettes were a bit bigger in those days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Watch Posted 11 August , 2006 Share Posted 11 August , 2006 That was to counteract the 3rd light superstition. Smoking these meant you were so far away from the match you'd be safe from snipers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooloo Posted 11 August , 2006 Share Posted 11 August , 2006 Strewth, cigarettes were a bit bigger in those days Must be his daily 2000 No wonder he's sharing them. zoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine CJ Posted 11 August , 2006 Share Posted 11 August , 2006 Just another bit of information from Argentina: The River Plate Contingent Committee made sure that altogether 83,000 packets containing 1,052,400 Argentine cigarettes reached the Argentine volunteers. My great-uncles wrote about how delighted they were to be smoking Reina Victoria cigarettes in France!!! Thought you might be interested, as not much is known about volunteers from so far away a country, LCJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 12 August , 2006 Share Posted 12 August , 2006 If we had 6 million men in uniform it is quite likely that more died (eventually) from smoking than from enemy action. Funny old world! Gunner Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaymen Posted 18 August , 2006 Share Posted 18 August , 2006 This was posted in the older thread but is no longer viewable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magumba Posted 20 August , 2006 Share Posted 20 August , 2006 Just a quick off the top of my head reply regarding cigarettes in ww1. www.murraycards.com of Hendon produce several publications regarding cigarette cards and if my memory serves me correctly their catalogue lists brands,manufacturers and card series contained within the packets with issue dates etc. Worth a look if only for the regimental 'silks' cards of the 14-18 period. Regards Dion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milner Posted 6 September , 2006 Share Posted 6 September , 2006 Just had an interesting day at the british library newspaper section and found this quote about a relative of mine in a local newspaer of the time. The hospital had just been sent some cigarettes for the soldiers by the local village. "An Isleham soldier Arthur Fleet has been under treatment for some past weeks at Fordham Hospital and it is hoped he will puff his way back to perfect health". How times change. Regards Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCLI Posted 7 September , 2006 Author Share Posted 7 September , 2006 Just had an interesting day at the british library newspaper section and found this quote about a relative of mine in a local newspaer of the time. The hospital had just been sent some cigarettes for the soldiers by the local village. "An Isleham soldier Arthur Fleet has been under treatment for some past weeks at Fordham Hospital and it is hoped he will puff his way back to perfect health". How times change. Regards Phil That's my kind of hospital - thanks for all the replies and the many tandems on which this topic went. regards to all, DCLI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroc Posted 9 September , 2006 Share Posted 9 September , 2006 Re; 'third light and you're out!'; Still a superstition amongst some of my fellow faggers! I was always led to believe it originated in one of the South African sieges, Mafeking or Ladysmith. As to the original posting, check out Manning's 'Her Privates We' for a useful indication of just how smoking was such an integral part of the experience of the Great War; they light up at almost every possible opportunity! I recall reading the unpublished memoirs of an officer in a Service btn of the Devons; at the end, he gave a few views on modern life, and one of his observations was with regard to smoking. In his opinion, modern smokers die more due to environmental factors than anything else, especially pollution, since he recalled him and his comrades regularly smoking up to 50 a day with no long-term effects!!!!! Circumstances differ I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 29 January , 2007 Share Posted 29 January , 2007 This Tortoiseshell Smoking Mixture Tin held a 1914~15 Star Trio:~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 29 January , 2007 Share Posted 29 January , 2007 Just had a good old read through this thread. One thing I noticed, most references were to Capstan Full Strength. These were sold in a pink packet. The normal cigarette just after the war (1940s) was Capstan medium. blue packet. The three 'good fags' were Capstan, Senior Service and Players. These cost twopence halfpenny each. Woodbine, Weights sold in open paper packets of five , cost twopence. Who remembers " For your throat's sake, smoke Craven A"? In case you hadn't guessed,I am another ex smoker. Before moving on to the real thing, we used to smoke rolled up newspaper and if anyone had a penny to spare, a stick of cinnamon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
india58817 Posted 30 January , 2007 Share Posted 30 January , 2007 Weights, so called because they were originally sold by weight as was tobacco. Does any body know if Will's Passing Clouds were available in WW1? Don't know if they could be got in the trenches, but Wills began the manufactiure of 'Passing Clouds' in 1874. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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