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    • A- ABDULLA, AFTON, ADKINS, ALLEN (Richmond Gem), ANSTIE,
    • ARDATH-Ardath-State Express-333, 555, 777
    • BRYANT & MAY, BLUES, SWAN VESTA
    • CARRERAS-Craven A, Dunhill, Kensitas, Picaddilly, Turf
    • OGDEN'S- (Robin, St. Bruno, St. Julien, Guinea Gold)
    • C- CAVENDERS ( Army Club), CHURCHMAN, COPES, JOHN COTTON, CWS
    • DAVIDOFF, DE RESZKE & DOBIES
    • ENGLAND'S GLORY, EDWRDS RINGER
    • FRANKLYN'S & FAULKNER
    • GALLAHERS- Ariel, B&H, Cadets, du-Maurier, Nelson, Olivier, Park Drive, Senior Service, Silk Cut, Sterling
    • GREYS, HILLS, LAMBERT & BUTLER, MARCELLA, MITCHELLS, MARCOVITCH, MELACHRINO, PARLIMENT
    • PLAYER'S-(Anchor, Bachelor, Country Life, Clipper, Gold Leaf, JPS, Navy cut, Player's Please, Player's, Vanguard, Weights)
    • ROTHMANS, STUYVESANT, SALMON & GLUCKSTEIN ,TEOFANI, WESTMINSTER, WINTERMANNS
    • WILLS'S-(Star, Capstan, Gold flake, Woodbine, Bristol, Embassy, Castella, Strand, Virginia, etc.)
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    • Player's
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    • All Other Brands
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A Collection of Cigarette & Tobacco Advertising hardware
- Mostly issued  by
​the Imperial Tobacco company (ITC)

(Period 1920-2000)

ITC History

To restore or not?

3/9/2018

1 Comment

 
Here is an example of an item I have restored. Bought it in condition shown and not working...that is no ding when top button pressed. After a few tweaks it works fine and looks pretty? Some would say leave it in its used condition...then why do people make old classic cars look like new? Anyway its done now and good for another 90 years.
As bought
Restored

time for a woodbine

​Woodbine was a brand of cigarette made in England by W.D. & H. O. Wills (now Imperial Tobacco) since 1888.
Noted for its strong unfiltered cigarettes, the brand was popular in the early 20th century, especially with army men during the First and Second World War. In the Great War, the British Army chaplain Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy MC was affectionately nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" by troops on the Western Front to whom he handed out cigarettes along with bibles and spiritual comfort.
In common parlance, the unfiltered high-tar Woodbine was one of the brands collectively known as "gaspers" until about 1950, because new smokers found their strong smoke difficult to inhale. A filtered version was launched in the United Kingdom in 1948, but was discontinued in 1988.
All sorts of advertising material carried the 'Woodbine' brand and green seemed to be the basic branding colour.
Woodbine is also another name for the honeysuckle, a widespread common climbing plant with its green foliage and potent scent on warm summers evenings.
Was the use of the word 'woodbine' for cigarettes a deliberate ploy to associate smoking with the sweeter smelling things of life? Who knows!

Here follows some typical 'Woodbine' images from my collection. 
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au-resumesplanet.com link
19/12/2019 11:49:16 pm

I know that most people don't do this, which is why I love the point of this blog. I think that it is important that we go and take care of our limbs. We always think of other parts of our body, and that is not really a good thing. I mean, just think about how much use our limbs. We cannot really do anything without our limbs, or at least not a lot. I love how this blog addressed it.

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    18 Feb 2021 - Melachrino ashtray added.
    ​3 Feb 2021 - England's Glory crib board added -Green.
    ​10 Dec 2020 - Bowls Scorecard added
    2 October 2020 - Ringers A1 advert, Wills Whist card & Players Please menu added.
    13 June 2020 - added Marcovitch paper weight
    4 June 2020- Robin ashtray added.
    13 May 2020 - Juggler tin, gold Wills's gold flake menu holder and State Express tape measure added.
    18 April 2020- Capstan ashtray and Players please whist card added.
    12 April 2020- Fixture card & Whist card added.
    ​27 March 2020 - Salmon & Gluckstein ashtray added.
    24 March 2020 - Murray's whist card, Senior Service ashtray & Oldham Athletic Park Drive case added.

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