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ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 30 Nov 2022 19:31

We are trying to remember the brand names of cigarettes over the years when they were fashionable, so many but not good now we think all the vaping will go the same way.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 30 Nov 2022 19:55

A few I remember from my days in a newsagents shop many years ago

Passing Cloud
St Moritz
Pall Mall
Peter Stuyvesant
SobraniBlack Russian
Sobrani Cocktail
State Express
Camel
Disque Blu
Players
Capstan
Weights
Black Cat
Rothmans
Embassy
Benson and Hedges

My brain hurts now
;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D

Florence61

Florence61 Report 30 Nov 2022 20:07

No6
Du Maurrier
Park Drive
Malboro
Dunhill
Harrods own( for showing off lol)
In my heyday, I smoked cocktail cigarettes with a cigarette holder, very 1920's
I bought Harrods cigarettes and when the packet was empty, topped up with Benson & Hedges!

Florence in the hebrides

Researching:
house/hampshire prophet/cheshire skinner/kent

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 30 Nov 2022 20:09

Senior Service and Park Drive LG :-D :-D

Lyndi

Lyndi Report 30 Nov 2022 20:14

Woodbines

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 30 Nov 2022 20:15

Kensitas.
Woodwind

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 30 Nov 2022 20:18

What were the mental ones called.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 30 Nov 2022 20:19

I think Black cat became Kensitas.
Rothmans of Pall Mall.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 30 Nov 2022 20:20

AnninGlos. Consulate.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 30 Nov 2022 20:22

AnninGlos also St Moritz as I used to smoke those :-D

Lyndi

Lyndi Report 30 Nov 2022 20:27

You're never alone with a 'Strand'

Florence61

Florence61 Report 30 Nov 2022 20:27

Oh yes Consulate and St Moritz

Researching:
house/hampshire prophet/cheshire skinner/kent

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 30 Nov 2022 20:35

Players No 6

Players Navy Cut

Researching:
Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 30 Nov 2022 20:40

Olivier
Gauloisis

Island

Island Report 30 Nov 2022 20:49

AnnG, the mental ones were known as spliffs

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 30 Nov 2022 20:54

Sobranie

Florence61

Florence61 Report 30 Nov 2022 21:09

:-D :-D :-D :-D @ island

Researching:
house/hampshire prophet/cheshire skinner/kent

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 30 Nov 2022 21:14

:-D Island.!

I didn’t really smoke but sometimes I would have a menthal one Consulate I think, boyfriend, later husband smoked Senior service because he was in the RN and they were duty free.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Lyndi

Lyndi Report 30 Nov 2022 23:04

I remember as a child, probably about 8 or 9 years old, being sent to the shop to buy a packet of 5 cigarettes :-0

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 1 Dec 2022 12:25

Black Russians, I think they where Sobranie.......black with gold tips :-D

Edit LaG has already mentioned them :-D

Researching:
Go on, make my day!

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