I ran across this video,I figured I share it to open up a dialog. For those whom have not seen it I know britishpathe has related videos, explore them at your leisure. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/snuff
An interesting video. Amazing how things have changed since then.
I don’t host parties any more but if I did, I have a snuff waitress and boxes of kleenex handy.
Great footage. Enjoyed seeing the proper use of a snuff mull, and the inside of an old snuff shop.
The outtakes show a lot more lingering footage and closeups which reveal useful details of the shop, manufacturing snuff, display windows and snuff boxes. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/out-takes-cuts-from-cp-475-reel-1-of-2-snuff/query/snuff
Very nice.
YESTERDAYS DANDIES! Still my favorite.
I think most of us badly want snuff shops to be a thing again. I would bet they would have snuff tasting. That would be awesome thing to be able to do before committing money to large 200g’s worth of snuff.
What a pleasure it must be to walk into a real snuff shop. The Good Old Days !
What a pleasure it must be to walk into a real snuff shop. The Good Old Days !
I suppose it is like my favorite cigar shop back in the states- they know your likes and their product line; a great combination if you ask me.
I would love it for just the smells alone. When I went into my first cigar shop, I smelled probably at least half their products. I may have smelt a pipe just cause it was there.
Looks like Wilson’s for the snuff manufacturing shots. The cabinet with all the memorabilia is still there with much the same items including the Scotsman in the corner. The store looks like the recently defunct Smith’s. When I was there they still had that handkerchief display. Good video.
@MrSnuff - the shop shown from the outside is Smiths but the shop interiors are from Fribourg & Treyer in the Haymarket. I am not so old that I visited them in 1964 but years later - before they sadly closed - I used to pop into the shop whenever I was in the West End and I don’t remember it looking very different from the film. It was the shop where I bought my first ever tin of snuff - Dr J R Justice snuff.
What a marvellous find, deeply nostalgic- especially as 1964 was when I bought my first snuff. As Chris said, the clip features the Haymarket and Charring Cross establishments of Fribourg & Treyer and G. Smith & Sons. The gentleman with the collection of snuffboxes (sitting with the lady in a red dress) is Vivian Rose, snuffman at G. Smith & Sons. He was the author of their informative booklet (I still possess my tattered copy) and wrote many authoritative articles on snuff. Notice that many customers still preferred to buy snuff lose, sold by the quarter-ounce. It’s such a shame that these old brick and mortar establishments - that took their snuff and customers so seriously -have vanished. Thank you for sharing.
Super cool… Well, I couldn’t watch it. A page came up and said my stupid adobe needed updating. And… well not getting into that messing up my music again… just not enough snuff in the world to keep ads from annoying me. But, I read the comments, sounds pretty awesome. I can’t see it ever being a big “thing” as finding other people that will use snuff, or even understand what it even is, is rare for myself. I don’t really offer anyone anymore, unless someone is bitching about needing a cigarette, then I always offer a pinch. That and the declining use of tobacco. I’m just glad the internet is here to direct order from websites and the makers themselves. But, seeing that a few stores still exist, is excellent.