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A Collection of Cigarette & Tobacco Advertising hardware
- Mostly issued  by
​the Imperial Tobacco company (ITC)

(Period 1920-2000)

ITC History

Churchman's ashtrays

18/7/2016

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After collecting for a good few years now I had not come across a 'Churchman's' ashtray but then all of a sudden two come along together!
​Here they are below:- a ceramic ashtray from the 1960-70's and  an older bakelite one from the 1930-40's
Here is information about Churchman's (taken from Grace's Guide to British Industrial History)

​W. A. and A. C. Churchman

of Ipswich, London and Norwich.The firm of W.A. and A.C. Churchman was founded in Ipswich by William Churchman in 1790, beginning as a small pipe tobacco manufacturer with a shop at Hyde Park Corner.
In 1888 William Alfred (later Sir William) and Arthur Charles Churchman (later Lord Woodbridge and a director of the British American Tobacco from 1904 to 1923), grandsons of the founder, succeeded their father, Henry, in the business. It was from them that the Company derived its title. At that time output was mainly shag, snuff and tobacco.
By 1890 the Company was also making 'white cigarettes', and six years later installed one of the first cigarette-making machines, producing 20,000 cigarettes an hour; the famous 'Churchman's No. 1' brand dates from this period.
In 1891 Churchmans opened a new factory in Portman Road, Ipswich.
In 1890 James Buchanan Duke of North Carolina merged his family tobacco business, W. Duke Sons & Co., with four of the largest American manufacturers to form the American Tobacco Company, which by 1901 had amassed capital to the equivalent of £150 million sterling. An aggressive assault was launched on the British cigarette market, Duke making no secret of his authority to spend up to £6 million of American Tobacco Company money on the acquisition of British and European tobacco companies.
To counter this threat, W. D. and H. O. Wills, John Player and Sons (Player's), Lambert and Butler, Hignett Brothers (with their associated firms) and Stephen Mitchell and Son, with six other firms, joined forces to found the Imperial Tobacco Co in 1901.
The following year Churchmans joined the new company. Churchmans' Portman Road factory was extended several times during the inter-war years. From at least as early as 1918 to at least as late as 1944 they also had a small branch in Norwich, of which very little documentation appears to have survived 
In 1961 W.A. & A.C. Churchman amalgamated with Lambert & Butler and Edwards, Ringer and Bigg, to become first Churchman, Lambert & Ringer, then renamed Churchmans in 1965. By now production was concentrated on the manufacturing of cigars, and in August 1966 Churchmans acquired the firm of Herbert Merchant, the main UK agents for the Dutch cigar producers Henri Wintermans.
With a work force of over 1,000, the Ipswich factory produced more than 1,000,000 cigars a day. But in 1972 the company ceased to be a separate brand of Imperial Tobacco; the cigar business was integrated with John Player and Sons, and the tobacco interests with Ogdensof Liverpool.
Finally, in May 1992, in order to streamline operations, the parent company moved all production to Bristol, and Churchman's closed with the loss of over four hundred jobs.
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Alfred C. link
31/10/2017 04:11:44 pm

The people who smoked have loved to purchase the ashtray. The information that you give in this article is very sensible and I totally love the way that you convey this article. This type of the information is so rare and I like it.

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16/7/2020 07:33:23 am

The next year Churchmans joined the new organization. Churchmans' Portman Road processing plant was broadened a few times during the between war years. From at any rate as right on time as 1918 to at any rate as late as 1944 they likewise had a little branch in Norwich, of which next to no documentation seems to have endure

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8/3/2021 11:18:17 am

Loved reading this tthanks

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    13 Jan 2022 - added Wills change tray and several single playing cards
    6 Dec 2021 - added Players Please Bridge card
    ​6 Nov 2021 - added L&B ashtray, Park drive whist card.
    ​27 Oct 2021 - added Richmond Gem glass ashtray
    19 Sept 2021 - SS Club card added.
    ​13 August 2021 - RED BELL ashtray added.
    ​11 August 2021 - Players Please change tray, CONDOR crib board, 2 fixtures cards and Nelson Whist card added.
    21 July 2021 - Shrewsbury Park Drive case & Wooden Capstan dominoes added.
    21 April 2021 - 3 club cards added.
    ​13 March 2021 -Ogdens GoldBlock change tray and Wills's bridge card added.
    18 Feb 2021 - Melachrino ashtray added.
    ​3 Feb 2021 - England's Glory crib board added -Green.
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