I’ve been into the Karoo for 8 days and there, in a small village called Carnarvon, I discovered Taxi Gold. It’s packed in 12g gold coloured Taxi tins with a navy blue and gold label. Although the tins look as if it is new, the snuff is bone dry. The shop had 13 tins only but the owner told me he might have some more in his store room. The colour of the tobacco is a beautiful rich brown with gold specs. It is coarse like other Taxis and I believe it once was moist (or wet) like other Taxis because it comes out of the tin like a biscuit, the tobacco sticking together. I’ve opened one tin only and added some brandy. It’s got the familiar high nic kick and I like it. Does anyone know about this snuff? I can’t find anything about it on the web.
It’s listed on Maciej’s www.top25snuff.com page and a German site http://www.tobiasjung.net/html/snuffcomment.php?id=32 as well. According to a Swedish match newletter it was put on the market in 2003.
I wonder if the village was named after Lord Carnarvon?
@ cstokes, your spot on Go Here.
“Even the villiage’s original name, Harmsfontein, was changed to Carnarvon to honour the British colonial secretary, Lord Carnarvon.” Carnavon website Yet another instance of Sassenach imperialistic jingoism.
Damn, talk about a good guess. My knowledge of Egyptology has finally come in handy.
@snuffgrinder: Sassenach is a term the Scots use for the English. “Limey imperialistic jingoism” might be better 
Being of predominantly Scots & Scots-Irish descent; Sassenach seems appropriate.
No idea where that leaves me, being of English-Scots-Irish-Welsh ancestry… 
@snuffgrinder: The village was renamed Carnarvon well after the Acts of Union though. I’m sure the Scots are just as capable of imperialistic jingoism as their southern neighbours !
We also have a Wellington, Somerset West, Somerset East, East London, Graaff Reinet, Victoria West, Cradock, Jansenville, Port Elizabeth, Clanwilliam, Gordons Bay, Greyton, Prince Albert, Riebeeck West, Saldanha Bay, Sir Lowry’s Pass, St Helena Bay, Tulbagh, Wolseley etc., etc., etc. All of these names will disappear in future as the native Africans are changing everything of value to us.
I studied Irish for awhile. They have a similar word. It literaly means “Saxon”. They refer to England as Saxon land. Somtimes they refer to France as Gaul too. Anyway, Sassenachs aside, that’s very exciting news Peter. Taxi Gold! And welcome back!
@Pieter Don’t worry, same thing happened in Ireland as well and it’s totally natural and justified to reasonable extent. Well, in jackeen Dublin there are still lots of English streetnames like Little Britain Street, so “their” culture is respected! Change in toponomy and monuments was actually quite small considering the history of oppression.