Re: Got a light mate?

I seem to remember an advert for Gold Flake which went something like "Good for your thraple" Maybe only a Scottish thing.

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I've still got my Dad's Ronson Varaflame lighter. Very retro now. I used a Ronson Varaflame Windshield Lighter myself. A few friends used Swan Vesta matches so they could strike them on a wall, or look even more cool by striking them on the sole of their shoe.

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I remember calling them that. 'Coffin nails' was another nickname for cigarettes.

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They both experienced real health problems. My father was more successful and lived to be 81 years old. My mother died aged 59.

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During my army basic training there were occasions when we were told to fall out for a smoke. Then as an afterthought the NCO would say ‘those who don’t smoke can go through the motions.’

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I enjoy the odd pipeful of tobacco or a cigar on special occasions. I but the baccy and cigars in Germany where you still get proper tobacconist's shops.

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isnt it funny how u forget the names ..doc said no.6 i used to smoke many moons ago ..i smoked carlton red pck ,,, cor'f ''''

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3 shillings and tuppence for 20, Never alone with a Strand.1959.

Oh hate the stinking things, hate them near me even outside, when I draw a lungful in as a person passes.

Last thing I remember in a packet was the "Turf Cigarette Card". Cigarette cards pre-War I have dozens of great mint sets all very interesting and cannot give them away .

First and last fags for me was when I was 14, won 50 on the end of the pier, smoked them, threw up and never again.

£9 for 20, somebody is pulling mine

Never alone with a strand....we all had the Mac not the fags and no we were not "flashers"

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I used to smoke Weights (for heavy smokers ) when I was a teenager. All the shops were shut, so I went into a pub to buy 10 Weights. What I didn't know was that the pub was owned by George Martin, a radio comedian of the 1950s. I asked him for 10 Weights and he asked with a smile, "How long is one wait then?"

Ha-ha, very funny George.

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Anyone remember "Passing cloud" which were oval as opposed to round?

Or "Cocktail cigarettes" which were different colours. I remember a girl for my town who would buy several packets and sort them into packets of the same colour. She would smoke cigs that matched the colour of her dress.