John Brassey: Metal Detectorist and Author

[b.buoy]

woodbine, woodbine tipped, escort, envoy, Bristol, solent, capstan medium, capstan full, embassy plain , embassy tipped, passing cloud, three castles, three nuns, golden Virginia, castella, picador, embassy small corona, embassy corona.
That's still off the top of my head and without really thinking. I came up to Wales as a Wd+Ho Wills tobacco rep in the 1960s. Had initially an escort A40 car, CAE 638c (Bristol reg) then various others in later years.
Happy days, Issued 3k cigs per month as well as about 3lb weight  of various tobaccos. Used to get a stock 6k box of Embassy on top of the allowance when we were doing promotions. Cigars by the boxful. Gallahers Park Drive was the main enemy. lol

[Val Beechey]

I'd forgotten Park Drive.  Ah memories, memories.  I had a fad on Black Russian for a while but I didn't take to Passing Cloud, they were a funny shape, weren't they.

I reckon if a few  of us got together we could write a book.  The old songs still sell well so we could be in with a chance.

Oldest song I can actually remember is 'Put another nickel in, in the nickel Odeon'

Val

[John Winter]

The first two songs I ever heard:   

MAIRZY DOATS by The Pied Pipers 1944

De Millers - Chickery Chick

[Resurgam]

                             In the early days, when I first started smoking, there were "Turf" "Black Cat" and "Domino" cigarettes. Whilst we were working in Turkey, many of the local cigarettes looked as though the packets had been sat on and each cigarette was oval in shape. The Turkish cigarettes also stunk as though the papers had been used for some other purpose! 

[b.buoy]

Ok, what about Alma Cogan. The railroad runs through the middle of the house.
And
If you roll a silver dollar, down on the ground. It would roll roll roll, because its round round round.
They just don't make em like that anymore----------------------------Thank god

[grego]

What about Jonny Ray,