"My birthday to-day," he said with a broad grin, as he blew in, "and a few of the lads are coming along to-night to celebrate. .■Whoopee! Yes, I've got every thing ready! The fatted calf will be there, the drinks are ordered, and all I want now is a bit of baccy. " Something extra special. Get me' Say half a pound. We're all pipe smokers." "O.K.," said the tobacconist, as he weighed up the weed. ' If you and your cobbers don't like this, call me a Dutchman!" Next week the festive one popped in again with "Say! Don't know what ■that baccy was you handed out the other day, but all the lads wanted to .know the brand, and I couldn't say — didn't 'know mvself." Th^ tobaccdnist smiled. "Cut Plug No'. 10 (Bullshead) he said. "Knev/ you'd like it. Everybody does, It's toasted, same as Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog) , Cavendish, Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold, alsi tailormades. Gold, Desert Gold, also tailormades. bouquet ! Can you beat it— -I ask you?" "You've said it, boss! Let's have another ^lalf-pound! That's baccy, that isl"
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1946, Page 4
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182Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1946, Page 4
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