what is in the Wilsons of Sharrow version of Dr Rumney's.

I don’t mean to be argumentive but I have a can of Wilsons of Sharrows Dr Rumney’s right here in my pocket

 

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I don’t have a cam at the present but yeah I would definitely set up a pic

 

Interesting…their website doesn’t mention it at all, under either brand.  Nor does a google search turn up anything related.  I’d love to see a pic of that tin.

i did just find an article that says that Wilsons has bought the recipes known as Dr Rumney’s.   yeah that’s what I thought since I couldn’t find any information about it.

arrgh it’s frustrating to be without a cam

 

here is the article.  LOL I just copied the whole thing

 

Wilson(Sharrow) sold their recipe for Latakia,
which they called “Cyprus”, years ago to another firm,
because they said “it smelled so awful we just didn’t
want it any more”. They were surprised when I told
them it was still being marketed somewhere as
“Wilsons’ Latakia”, and giving them a bad name.
H & G
Wilsons left Sheffield for Liverpool some years ago and
were bought out by Hedges (Imperial Tobacco). I am
told they no longer make Dr Rumneys though I see that
are advertised as selling it by Green’s of Leeds.
HOWEVER Wilson’s Sharrow have the genuine Dr. Rumney’s
recipes, and they manufacture the various Dr. Rumneys as
their S.M. Gold, S.M. Blue and S.M. Green. They
manufacture Dr. Rumneys aniseed as their Aniseed
Extra.
Wilson’s Sharrow also manufacture H & G’s Top Mill snuff
under the name S.P.100.
It was Illingworths, now
burnt down and defunct, who had the Dr. Rumneys recipes
which were bought by H & G Wilsons and passed by them
to Wilson’s Sharrow.
A good Latakia is
manufactured by S. Gawith’s.
(I hope the above clears all
this up and will enable members to get their Dr
Rumneys (which I admittedly dislike intensely, but à
chacun son gout). I have this information from the most
hepful and cordial and long experienced snuff blender,
Wilson Sharrow’s Mill Manager.)
Regards to all,
Griff.

Is there even a source for this article? Looks like a combination of nonsense and hearsay. I’ve never heard of H&G Wilson, only J&H Wilson. I’ve never heard of SM Green. Some of that contradicts some established history too.

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.culture.tobacco.snuff/314

Looks less than credible at best.  I also think someone went out on a limb making those statements.  

I call shenanigans.  

All I know is that I got it from my local Pipe and Tobacco store.  Not sure what the shannanigans would be.  I doubt that this is somehow fake.  I have another tin of Wilsons.  Label is the same.  Perhaps its an American market thing.  I have no idea.  I just thought I might find some info among so many snuffers

Well, you’ve come to the right place for expertise. We have a lot of information here, and a lot of expert posters. Show us some photos and we’ll unravel the mystery.

There is no “American market” since we all order our snuff from the UK.  

So does your tin say “SM Gold/Blue/Green” or does it say “Rumney’s”?  

it says Dr. Rumney’s.  yeah the American thing was just a guess LOL

I have there number and am going to call and hopefull clear this thing up

 

http://www.northtrek.plus.com/Snuff.html

There is a little bit on Rumney and Illingsworth who made the snuff.  

@thesymbolist:

Tell me if the snuff you have is in any of the pictures:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Wilsons+of+Sharrow+Rumneys+snuff&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1600&bih=775&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=wOpPT4_xLIGxsAKPmtC1Dg#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Rumney%27s+Snuff&pbx=1&oq=Rumney%27s+Snuff&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=156124l158651l0l158791l14l14l0l7l7l0l234l812l5.1.1l7l0&gs_l=img.3…156124l158651l0l158791l14l14l0l7l7l0l234l812l5j1j1l7l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=6322df9f27b9e94d&biw=1600&bih=775

Alas I don’t see it.  I’m over at a friend’s house who has a cam, and I’ll see if she will take a picture of it here in a few.

Here is a picture of it.  Briar and Bean in Evansville IN is where I got it.

I’ve never seen it before.

What the hell… wow.  Never seen that before.  

My call for shenanigans is revoked.  

Does that shop have any more?  

No, I just checked Greens of Leeds and checked Wilsons of Sharrows Catalogue. No Rumney’s or SM Green. Maybe it’s just an old label.