But does that necessarily mean that their production process isn't still in operation by people experienced at making SG blends?
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How is the GH page from that site you linked any different? Only one active, all the rest resignations. https://suite.endole.co.uk/insight/company/00192996-gawith-hoggarth-co-limited
Gawith Hoggarth:
Mr Robert William Young
British • Director • Company Director • Born in May 1962
ACTIVE
Mrs Irene Mary Gawith
British • Director • Office Manager • Born in Nov 1953
RESIGNED
John Ruthven Gawith
British • Secretary • Born in Sep 1949
RESIGNED
John Ruthven Gawith
British • Director • Tobacco Factory Manager • Born in Sep 1949
RESIGNED
Mr Robert William Young
British • Secretary • General Manager • Born in May 1962
RESIGNED
Samuel Gawith:
Mrs Helen Thornhill
British • Director • Housewife • Born in Aug 1944
ACTIVE
Mr Andrew Robert Thornhill
British • Director • Barrister At Law • Born in Aug 1943
RESIGNED
Mr Douglas Harris
British • Secretary • Born in Sep 1921
RESIGNED
Mr Douglas Harris
British • Director • Snuff Manufacturer • Born in Sep 1921
RESIGNED
Edith Dakeyne-Cannon
British • Director • Snuff Manufacturer • Born in Mar 1907
RESIGNED
Also have a look at those date of births.
These are the people who resigned from SG in the last few years:
Robert William Gregory
Secretary • British
– 1 Jan 2010 – 1 Apr 2016
Mr George Percy Thornhill
Director • British • England • Born in Oct 1973
Company Director 8 Feb 2012 – 31 Oct 2016
Robert William Gregory
Director • British • United Kingdom • Born in Oct 1946
None 8 Feb 2012 – 1 Apr 2016
Mr Andrew Robert Thornhill
Director • British • England • Born in Aug 1943
Barrister At Law 28 Feb 1992 – 8 Mar 2017
So Robert W Gregory, and the two Thornhill's and the other female thornhill is still the active director?
Robert William Gregory
Secretary • British
– 1 Jan 2010 – 1 Apr 2016
Mr George Percy Thornhill
Director • British • England • Born in Oct 1973
Company Director 8 Feb 2012 – 31 Oct 2016
Robert William Gregory
Director • British • United Kingdom • Born in Oct 1946
None 8 Feb 2012 – 1 Apr 2016
Mr Andrew Robert Thornhill
Director • British • England • Born in Aug 1943
Barrister At Law 28 Feb 1992 – 8 Mar 2017
So Robert W Gregory, and the two Thornhill's and the other female thornhill is still the active director?
The official release states:
After months of deliberation and negotiation I am pleased to advise that the House of Samuel Gawith and Gawith Hoggarth will merge on March 18th.
The men and machinery of SG will move to the larger and more adequate factory of GH. The men will be the same as will the machinery. The brand will be made in exactly the same way as it has been since 1792 with no change to blend, water or branding
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I hope at least that they wash their hands after they visit the can. Some touches of the old country I can do without.
When SG was formed in 1792, the original lines were of snuff.
SG introduced tobaccos to the market sometime about 1830 – 1840, nobody is sure about the actual date. 1792 was an original but was marketed as a plug, which was a popular way of using pipe tobacco then. It was introduced as Cob. We changed the name of the flake to 1792 in about 2000, the plug still bears the name “Cob”.
Full Virginia and SQL was introduced in about 1925, so they are youngsters so to speak.
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I am reviving this thread because (a) I found it very amusing, if somewhat tiring and confusing, to read, and (b) my last two tins of cabbies mixture have clearly been tainted by the malodorous lakelands scent. All my other SG tins are pre-merger, but I would ask folks to weigh in with any more recent observations. Have you noticed any tainting or other differences in other SG blends of late?
You piqued my interest so I opened a SG FVF tin that I just got while in Prague this Summer. Indeed, there's some soapiness and a rare whiff of florals. My Cabbie's Mixture had a lot more though. I'll try, later on, some SG FVF Plug in another pipe.
It kills me when folks say they don't taste any Lakeland in 1792. That taste you taste when you smoke 1792 is tonquin bean... pure Lakeland essence. What else could you be tasting? Tobacco doesn't naturally taste like that. :
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Cosmic, yes, the so-called "lakelands flavourings" include several "natural" substances, and would I understand include tonquin bean for sure. However, I think when pipesmokers refer to lakelands scents in casual conversation what they are common referring to is really rose geranium (ie the infamous grannie perfume/soap smell).
Aside from the prospect of a lakelands taint, I have also had a few pipesmokers tell me that they have noticed changes in the strength and cut of a few of the blends and also that the tins (or at least some of them) may be more lightly packed than they were pre-merger. One friend told me he opened a fresh tin and weighed the tobacco and there was only 37g in the tin.
Aside from the prospect of a lakelands taint, I have also had a few pipesmokers tell me that they have noticed changes in the strength and cut of a few of the blends and also that the tins (or at least some of them) may be more lightly packed than they were pre-merger. One friend told me he opened a fresh tin and weighed the tobacco and there was only 37g in the tin.
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