An Old Druid Pipe Advert ---- And A Few Others...

[misterlowercase]

 

[cobguy]

Really cool old ads ... Thanks for taking the time to post these!

 

[necron99]

How fun. I enjoyed that. Thanks for posting.

 

[settersbrace]

These and old gun magazine ads. I could spend an entire evening sifting through them. Thanks for this^^^^.

 

[bullbriar]

Great old ads, thanks for sharing.

 

[ravkesef]

Ah, those were the days. Wish we could advertise our pipes and tobaccos as openly as we once did.

 

[weezell]

Love this stuff...

 

[tuold]

Always entertaining to look at those old ads.
What's with the "Craven" tobacco?
definition: lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
Not exactly the kind of "tobacco man" I want to be!

 

[dottiewarden]

Check out that briefcase holding 18 choice Singleton Pipes! What I would pay today for that collection!

 

[petes03]

Nice! I love looking at these old ads!

 

[condorlover1]

Gill Brothers or GB of Barkingside Road must have being going for ever. I remember a pub called the White Swan just off Cable Street in London probably around 1984 that had those big advertising china ash trays that said Gill Brothers. It always stuck in my mind as you usually saw ash trays that had advertising for Players or Wills Woodbine cigarettes. Somewhere in that area was one of those adverts painted onto the side of a building that said 'Ogdens Shag?' and underneath it someone had painted the slogan 'Mosley or Slump?' and then someone else had written underneath in red letters 'Slump Please'. Sadly all that part of East End life has vanished and I only saw it as I use to ride my motor bike through that area to and from university. Now everything is tower blocks and chrome buildings!

 

[misterlowercase]

Great story there Condor, thanks for sharing!
About the Craven,

good catch tuold, you're totally on spot about the definition, weird ain't it?

Supposedly it was named after the third earl of Craven, but then add that it came in a pink tin and contemptibly fainthearted it perhaps did appear,

http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend/1108/craven-craven-mixture
...but looks, as well as words, can be deceiving,

consider what GLPease said about his first experience with Craven Mixture, and to spice his tale is this ironic ad:

Not really a Q&A, here, but several people have written in regarding the strength of some tobaccos, the gist being that there are blends that really sneak up on you, like an iron fist in a velvet glove, and much stronger than expected.
I can certainly relate! The first bowl of the original Craven Mixture I ever smoked, I recall it being in 1984, offered up a frightening tale to tell. I was heading home from the Saturday afternoon pipe gathering at Drucquer’s, smoking a bowl of this deceptively potent stuff, quite contentedly, as I drove. Craven, by the way, was the blend reputed to have inspired Barrie’s My Lady Nicotine, and after my first experience with it, I could well imagine the delirium that a regular diet of the stuff must have provided the book’s protagonist. Yes, it was delicious, and this sample was very nicely aged; a rich, full flavored, lovely blend, but one that was very deceptive in its strength. I drove. I smoked. I fully enjoyed the experience. I had no idea what fate would befall me next.
I made it home just before the full effect took hold. As I was getting out of the car, I noticed my nose was sweating. "That’s odd," I thought. Minutes later, it was the E-ticket ride on the Orleans Orbiter. (For those who have never experienced it, the Orleans Orbiter is one of the most sadistic of what I have come to refer to as the "Whirl-and-Hurl Machines" ever to haunt an amusement park. I made the mistake of getting on one once, and spent the rest of the day curled up in a fetal position in the back seat of my friend’s Buick. It ruined not only the rest of my day, but most of the following one, as well. I cannot even imagine spinning in more dimensions at one time, and even the thought of the thing turns my stomach.)
I’ll spare the gruesome details, but suffice to say that all I could do was walk around, attempting to breathe deeply. Lying down was a very bad idea, as it just increased both the magnitude and the velocity of the room’s polydimensional spinning. Ghastly memory. It took several hours before I started to get back to normal, and I didn’t have much interest in pipes for a few days after that. The tobacco didn’t seem that strong when I was smoking it, and by the time I realized it, it was too late. The moral of my cautionary tale is to treat any new tobacco you try with respect, or it might hurt you.

http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/ask-g-l-pease/ask-g-l-pease-january-2012-volume-9/

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I also liked seeing the Merchant Service pipe ad, they made Bing's favorite pipes, I've read that so many fans always wanted a momento and Bing was so gracious, that he had merchant Service supply him with many many pipes, because he was always giving them away to fans!

Bing Crosby has done more for the pipe than any other entertainer. A pork pie hat and a pipe became his trademark, generating instant recognition for his multitude of fans. And since so many of Der Bingle's fans wanted to emulate his casual, contented air, a company called Merchant Service created the Crosby-style pipe which, like Bing's, has a very long, thin shank and stem. "It's my personal favorite," says Charlie Kornguth, owner of Beverly Hills Pipe & Tobacco Company for more than twenty years and in the industry for forty-six. He takes a new pipe from the shelf and points to the imprint: "Bing's Favorite."

They are pretty scarce and hard to come by...only a few ever show up,

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/briar-estate-pipe-merchant-service-464792347