Cohen Weenan & Co. was established in 1864, originally in Browns Lane, Spitalfields. It was relatively small - in 1897 they had three commercial travellers, against Wills of Bristol's thirty.
In 1931, Godfrey Phillips acquired control of Cohen Weenen and CW&Co. became a subsidiary of GP.
I did find a brief report, only a snippet, from 1962, saying that GP had lost home market rights for the CW&Co. brands, which seemed to go into the hands of an Imperial-related holding.
Godfrey Phillips was bought out by Philip Morris in 1968.
That's all I got.
And now,
the image gallery.
Bishop's Move was one of their early brands.
Sweet Crop.
A very interesting experience as reported by John Loring...
http://www.loringpage.com/attpipes/tobacco-rustedtin.html
we have Classic Curly Cut,
which was heavily advertised...
...even on the cinema screen!
This commercial supposedly dates to the 1920's...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAq07zoB1Gs
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a miscellany...