As myself and ermtony as mentioned we frequent the St. John’s in Hull. Well we have a new landlord. His name is Scott, he says he’s not going to change things and not kick us oud b**gers out. He asked me the other night:- “John, how do I get snuff, to fill up the three snuff boxes around the bar, when it gets low.” I said no worries, I, ermtony & Richard do the fillings.
Then on my smart phone I showed him a picture of “Snufftakers Arms” It’s a photo shop editing of his pub, I’ve posted it on here a few times so will not boar you with that. Anyway he wanted me to email him the image, he’s gonna print it and stick it on the walls.
He’s also considering changing the name of the pub to THE SNUFF TAKERS ARMS. Oh! how the world of SNUFF lives on in our White Rose County!
@SnuffHead I am wondering how the communal boxes of snuff work in a bar? Do people just stick their fingers in or are there spoons? Not really important but made me curious.
@ greencrow U jus stick yor fingers in it. Spoons wud soome get pinched jus like a loose box of snuff did in a nearby pub. It was a large box with a loose lid. Must have gone into a lady’s hand bag, bet she had snuff every place! :-)
@SnuffHead Not to be squeamish but that doesn’t sound like the most sanitary of practices. I think I would just carry my own rather than use the bar’s snuff.
definatly more sanitary then some of the gals you find in some bars and people put them in their mouths. So Pot Poe has a solid point, even if I feel a little naughty.
Closest thing I have to that in my neighborhood is “Snuffy McGees.” When I took out my snuffbox and said that it was only appropriate given the name of the place, I discovered that nobody there had ever seen snuff before… I haven’t been back.
