https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/02/10/john-players-cries-of-london/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 24 Jun 2020 09:02:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/02/10/john-players-cries-of-london/#comment-1342920 Wed, 24 Jun 2020 09:02:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=23361#comment-1342920 WOW ! Thank you so much for this lovely article about cigarette cards. These bring back so many memories of when I collected them. My favourites were of the film stars and those of flowers of which I have only got one of the Wills cigarettes left and the flower is called ” Lady Inchiquin ” My favourites here in your article are Town Crier. Question – do they still put cards in packets of cigarettes today.? Such a pity if not.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/02/10/john-players-cries-of-london/#comment-38810 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:05:11 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=23361#comment-38810 The cards take me back to my youth in the ’40s. Fag cards! We played games with them, winner takes all. “Stick ’em up” and “Flapsies”. If I see a fag card of a cricketer it still sends a shiver down my spine. Very heaven.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/02/10/john-players-cries-of-london/#comment-6115 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:43:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=23361#comment-6115 When I was a child in the 1930’s all cigarettes had cards in them. Many smokers threw away the packet with the card still in it. They were inserted between the foil around the cigarettes and the outer pack. All children picked up packets and looked for the cards. There were many series covering many subjects. The top of the range were made of silk.
Gary

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/02/10/john-players-cries-of-london/#comment-6091 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:55:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=23361#comment-6091 My favourite one has to be the Ink Seller. Buy pens, pens, pens of the best. Marvelous.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/02/10/john-players-cries-of-london/#comment-6071 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:46:54 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=23361#comment-6071 What a wonderful set of sounds and words. Am shouting them in the shower!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/02/10/john-players-cries-of-london/#comment-6070 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:27:57 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=23361#comment-6070 Thank you for sharing these beautiful images with us. My favourite is the lemon and orange seller. I really love the colours used, particularly the colours of her dress.
Have a great day gentle author.

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