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29-12-2011, 01:03
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Re: Years Gone By
Or was it Bull Brig?
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29-12-2011, 01:08
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Re: Years Gone By
I remember going from shop to shop looking for Woodbines for my dad. Could only get Pasha-does anyone remember Pasha and why did dad hate them so much?
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29-12-2011, 08:57
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Re: Years Gone By
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I remember going from shop to shop looking for Woodbines for my dad. Could only get Pasha-does anyone remember Pasha and why did dad hate them so much?
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Maybe because they tasted like arabs underpans before washday 
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31-12-2011, 02:34
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Re: Years Gone By
I had a spell smoking Sobranie black russian cigarettes......they smelt like camel dung...but surpringly tasted pretty good.
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31-12-2011, 06:31
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Re: Years Gone By
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Maybe because they tasted like arabs underpans before washday 
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You have strange tastes ....  
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31-12-2011, 08:28
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I had a spell smoking Sobranie black russian cigarettes......they smelt like camel dung...but surpringly tasted pretty good.
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With a long cigarette holder obviously 
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31-12-2011, 08:45
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Re: Years Gone By
My son has returned from India with cigarettes called "Biri" -apparently they cost the equivalent of 30 eurocents for a packet of 25. God knows what's in them but he seems to like them!
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31-12-2011, 09:02
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Re: Years Gone By
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With a long cigarette holder obviously 
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Thinking of Black Russian Ciggies one made by the same firm Sobranie Cocktail, all different colours
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31-12-2011, 13:56
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Re: Years Gone By
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With a long cigarette holder obviously 
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I remember the long beatnik cigarette holders....you had to be careful dancing or turning corners........ 
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31-12-2011, 13:59
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I remember the long beatnik cigarette holders....you had to be careful dancing or turning corners........ 
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I bet they had a similar problem in the middle ages with their fancy cod pieces.
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31-12-2011, 15:10
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Re: Years Gone By
Do they still have those double courting seats on the back row in the cinemas these days?
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31-12-2011, 15:33
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Re: Years Gone By
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Do they still have those double courting seats on the back row in the cinemas these days?
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Aint seen them fer donkeys years.mind i aint been cinema fer about 20 yrs, but can't remember seeing em then.
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31-12-2011, 15:51
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Aint seen them fer donkeys years.mind i aint been cinema fer about 20 yrs, but can't remember seeing em then.
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Possibly no need to do it on the back row now.
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31-12-2011, 16:10
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Do they still have those double courting seats on the back row in the cinemas these days?
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Ya mean the swimming seats 
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31-12-2011, 16:22
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Ya mean the swimming seats 
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Where did you get that name from.
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