Greetings and a request for advice

[peetee]

Originally Posted by BarryK

I remember when I was a kid, a friend of the family smoked a very aromatic pipe tobacco, it was fairly common then, and totally unmistakable if someone smoking it passed you in the street.

You may find this was called Clan.

I once tried using it as a roll up tobacco. Heck of an aftertaste....

[BarryK]

Originally Posted by peetee

You may find this was called Clan.

I once tried using it as a roll up tobacco. Heck of an aftertaste....

Hi Pete
I remember Clan - tartan packet right?
The one I mean was way before then, it was around 1950 that I first remember smelling it, until then all pipe tobaccos smelled to me like smoldering camel sh.......... , er excreta.

I was asking my older sister about it a few weeks ago, she also remembers the great aroma but can't name it - said it was called something like 'Sweet Briar' or similar.

That name didn't ring any bells with me, although the name was a double word, not 'Passing Cloud' but something similar.
I can only describe the smell as flowery, Rich and sweet - smelt like the countryside in Spring and there was not another tobacco that smelt anything like it.

Does anyone have a clue?

Barry

PS - I never actually smoked it - I was only about 8 years old when I first smelt it.

I smelt it for years after, in the markets, shops and often in the street - then it just faded away, probably about 25 years or so ago.

[ApOsTle51]

" Craven Mixture " ??

Piccy

[BarryK]

Originally Posted by ApOsTle51

" Craven Mixture " ??

Piccy

Doesn't ring a bell........but thanks anyway.

I'm sure I'll recognise the name when I hear it............

[Mungo]

Just going on popularity of pipe tobacco's of the time i recall St Bruno was used a lot and advertised everywhere.

[ApOsTle51]

hehe Barry's got everyone on a 'find the pipe tobacco mission' now

is there a prize

[lordmage]

the only thing i can come up with is cutty pipe or half and half

[Caesarea]

Originally Posted by ApOsTle51

hehe Barry's got everyone on a 'find the pipe tobacco mission' now

is there a prize

Well prize or not it is interesting to recall those days - I used to smoke Clan in my long-stemmed porcelain pipe.

This site
British Pipes - The Pipe Collector
has an article on British pipes - can't vouch for the sociological comments. The website's home page also has links to Compton's tobacco and some vintage tins of tobacco, 4 Square and so on.

I guess one could Google for vintage tobacco and it might bring up that elusive name.

C

[BarryK]

Originally Posted by ApOsTle51

hehe Barry's got everyone on a 'find the pipe tobacco mission' now

is there a prize

Oh yes - definitely a prize............

You will have my undying gratitude forever (or 28 days, whichever is the least)

[BarryK]

Originally Posted by Caesarea

Well prize or not it is interesting to recall those days - I used to smoke Clan in my long-stemmed porcelain pipe.

This site
British Pipes - The Pipe Collector
has an article on British pipes - can't vouch for the sociological comments. The website's home page also has links to Compton's tobacco and some vintage tins of tobacco, 4 Square and so on.

I guess one could Google for vintage tobacco and it might bring up that elusive name.

C

BT, DT, GTTS, but thanks for trying............

I recently spent a couple of days on the internet, Googling, asking on Pipe smokers forums, etc. - no joy........

I'm begining to think that this secret is lost in the mists of time forever (or for 28 days, whichever is least)

The only additional information I can give is that it was a pretty rare, maybe expensive tobacco, I'd guess that less than 5% or so of pipe smokers used it.


Cheers

Barry

PS - many apologies to Tom for so thoroughly hijacking this thread.