Issued across the DC Thomson c1930, this set of 24 cards is a little unusual in that the front of the card is a footballer, and the reverse is of a car – though not uncommon with DC Thomson as they produced several sets with the same format of different subjects front and back Producer: […]
Issued across the DC Thomson “Adventure” & “Vanguard” comics in the latter half of 1925, each comic had a single card included each week – but there were 5 different cards issued every week so even if you bought both comics every week, you would still at best get 2 of the 5 cards, and […]
R&J Hill tobacco manufacturers was established at 175 Shoreditch High Street in 1775 by the Hill brothers, in what was called the Badminton Tobacco Works, and had offices nearby in a building called Spinet House. It is thought that the production of cigarettes began somewhere around 1890 with the “Fine Art” brand. Later brand names […]
The very little information I have been able to find about this company, is that J.W. Filshill Ltd was established as a confectionery and preserve maker in 1875 in Gallowgate, Glasgow, being the brainchild of John W. Filshill. A fire in 1897 reduced the factory to rubble, though it was rebuilt on the same site […]