mick2me 3,033 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 couldn't you buy packets of 2? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Froggy 3 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Pack of two? Packs of three, I think. 'Something for the weekend, Sir?' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 At the Coop, if we had five-packs of Park Drive, we would open them and sell a single cigarette! Pretty pathetic if you think about it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Some corner shops down the Meadows would sell you a single cig, even to school kids. might have been 3d each? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 5 Park Drive tipped = 11d 5 Park Drive plain = 1s/1d and down the village shop in Clifton 3 Woodbine in a proper packet were 9d including 2 matches, the idea behind the 2 matches was you gave one ciggy to your mate and you had one at the same time = 1 match, later on there was 1 ciggy left and one match 11d = 4 1/2 pence 1s/1d = 6 pence 9d = 3 1/2 pence this would be about 1967 saw today a packet of 20 Marlboro which I used to smoke at £6 40p Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philby 21 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Some corner shops down the Meadows would sell you a single cig, even to school kids. might have been 3d each? this was happening in the early 80's, with a certain shop owner selling "singles" to kids who not only were all in school uniform, but would smoke them in the shop, along with the shopowners daughter who was also a pupil at the time! being in my year this would have made her about 14/15 at the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Plantfit...those prices seem cheap for the year.I used to get 5 parkies about that price but thought around 1961....remember Domino?...4 for 6d and joysticks,about ten inches long for fivepence halfpenny.I used to buy Black Russian to look a flash git on the park...tasted like camel s*** Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 They certainly were around that price even after Decimalisation!! In 1973ish !0 Sovereign/ Players Number 10 were 10.5p Number 6 were 11.5p for ten also, so 5 would have been around 6 or 7p or just over a bob. I remember vividly the head line on the Nottingham Evening Post when the price went up to 50p for 20. PLAYERS JOBS, UP IN SMOKE? JOHN PLAYER WILL BE TURNING IN HIS GRAVE AS CIGARETTES RISE TO 10 BOB A PACKET Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Breaking news on BBC news just. PLAYERS NOTTINGHAM FACTORY TO CLOSE WITH THE LOSS OF 540 JOBS! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Bet they all need a FAG after that news Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 What the Horizon Factory Mick???? If so I recall they said the factory was designed to be able to turn over to any of the companies products with ease, from canned food processing to crisps. It was planned and designed with the possibility that ciggies would go out of fashion one day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 This is the story so far http://www.nottinghampost.com/Imperial-Tobacco-cut-540-jobs-close-Beeston/story-20959895-detail/story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 It amazes me how they, (Imperial Tobacco & HMRC) always put the blame on duty free fags ! Perhaps if the government weren't so greedy by the ever increasing imposition of taxes all these jobs might not be lost. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Know what you mean catfan,phew"giz a fag! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 And another thought, I wonder how much the WPL has got to do with this ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Know what you mean catfan,phew"giz a fag! Packed in pal ! Too expensive & dodgy ticker ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 i know i know, gorra light? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 That brings back some great memories mick,lived in Norfolk for while and had a mate who did a brilliant impression of the singing postman" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Another thing abaht smoking being bad for you, it gets in your eyes ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 This video will take you back then The Singing Postman 1967 Norfolk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 #12 same mate sang that as well catfan,but he changed the words to "smoke gets in your eyes,bloody weather" well it was funny when he sang it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 It was bound to happen eventually, I wonder how much business has been lost in both the UK and the US over the last 40 years, I use that as I threw the towel in on smoking that long back. Seemed when I was a teenager, it was hard to find a none smoker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Here's a great example of how statistics can be used to demonstrate both sides of an argument at once. Seems there are more people smoking now than ever before, but that is partly explained by population growth. In some parts of the world smoking is a growth industry, but in other places its falling. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25635121 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Just remembered this quite old http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7YBaiJMnik 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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