Gus’s Smoke Shop

[huntertrw]

I'm glad that this thread wasn't closed due to age. It's a classic bit of tobacconist lore.

Perhaps Kevin might move this thread to the Tobacciana History category?

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[jguss]

How could I have missed this? I’m in a crunch now but will try to post something later, probably after returning from the Chicago Show. For now I’ll say the pre-Fudge era is different from the narrative related above. The eponymous Gus’s surname was not Pfender/Fender, and he actually sold the business in 1955. The buyer, a small time academician with a troubled past, was starting a new life as a shopkeeper after a curious run-in with the law.

 

[NookersTheCat]

I'm glad that this thread wasn't closed due to age. It's a classic bit of tobacconist lore.

Here here... it's finding stuff like this pop up that reminds me why I stick around here amongst the 7,895th "What is Cavendish?" debates