Re: Years Gone By
I remember Joysticks cashman and Royalty too. They were much fatter than normal fags and sort of oval. Woods also used to sell American fags like Camel, Lucky Stripe. American fags came in stylish fag packets which were a boon to fag packet collectors.
Then there was Nosegay, Bar One, Turf, Park Drive and good old Woodbines. You could also buy them in packets of five. Ship’s Woodbines were the same size as Senior Service or Players and on board ship I used to pay 10d for a 20 packet. Players and the like were one shilling and we were allowed to buy 800 per month. In Civvy street at that time Players, Senior Service etc were 3 shillings and sixpence or thereabouts.
Did you know that the sailor portrayed on the Players packet was a real person called Tom something or other?
The cheapest fags were ‘Guttersnipe’ or ‘Bend Down Virginias’ but only in dry weather.
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