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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

No Smoking Please!





I dont smoke and neither does my other half, but i certainly do collect cigarette packs of the yesteryears.In fact i have a whole stack of them.Most of these cigarette packs were made by the legendry W.D & WILLS company based in Bristol and London and shipped to the old Malaya.They came in a pack of 5s or 10s.Other notable companies involved in supplying cigarettes were Modern Tobacco Co.,M.C.L Co.Ltd,The British American Tobacco Company,Godfrey Phillips,Lambert & Butler,R&J Ltd,Gallaher,James Carlton London, etc.There were also locally produced cigarettes by the Malayan Cigarette Co,Malayan Tobacco Co,Poh Tar Co Penang,Joo Lan Tobacco Co,Nanyang Brothers Etc.The Packs came in various brand names such as Torchlight,Rough Rider(very popular),Craven A,Capstan,Pirate,Sea Rider etc.The list is endless.There were  even certain cigarette brands issued during the emergency period in Malaya and also during World War.

8 comments:

Kak Azzah8 said...

Hai Wan..welcome to the blogging world....hurm..banyaknya kotak rokok... collect kotak mancis tak? Saya ada banya my father simpan dari zaman Jepun lagi...

wan said...

hi, kak azzah8.appreciate singgah ke blog and leave a comment.Kotak manchis baru start simpan, tapi simpan yang berkaitan dengan softdrinks/aeratedwater dan cigarettes brand name.Tq for asking.

Fabien said...
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Fabien said...

Dear Danial
Have you interested in SELL all your hulls ?.. I am very interested in the packets, please contact with me: fanfont@gmail.com

SiN said...

Do you sell ?

Unknown said...

Encik ada contact number kah?

Anonymous said...

Any cigarette from Joo Lan Tobacco?

Anonymous said...

I am interested to buy one from your collection. Can you please contact me at orders@sonjachong.com. I would be very grateful if you make comtact.