From: ??????????????????? (A P Griffiths)
Subject: snuff (nasal)
Searching fruitlessly for anything about nasal tobacco snuff on the Web, I
came across a message from someone enquiring about it, but with no e-mail
address to reply to. It turned out to be in www.pipes.org, hence my
subscribing to the Digest. I doubt my extensive lore about the history and
varieties of snuff will be of much interest to pipe smokers (or indeed
anybody else). However I should be happy to respond to any queries if
e-mailed. For the present, in answer to the above mentioned enquirer:
I get my snuff by post from Wilson's & Co, (Sharrow), P.O.Box 32, Sharrow
Mills, Sheffield S11 8PL, U.K.,tel. 0114 2662677. Established 1737. About
70 varieties. (They also make 12 varieties once manufactured by the late
lamented Fribourg & Treyer which used to be in the Haymarket,London.) Ask
for a brochure.
Smith's of Charing Cross Rd, London, est. about 1860, is in the Digest list
of retailers. Frederick Tranter is at 5 Church Street, Abbey Green, Bath,
U.K. Both also have an extensive range.
I just got back from 8 weeks in San Francisco, where I couldn't find any
decent snuff. None at all in Holland, where the famous old shop with
`SNUIF' over the door has turned into a restaurant. A lot of German snuff
is imported here, but all of it seems to be unsniffably mentholated.
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from
Prof. A. Phillips Griffiths
6 Brockley Rd., West Bridgford
Nottingham NG2 5JY U.K.
Tel 0115 981 0319
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[ I've taken the liberty of forwarding your letter to three members of
the Digest who have expressed an interest in snuff in past issues.
Thanks for the new Resource Guide listings! -S. ]
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