Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Greys Cigarettes

From Graces Guide
1917.

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Early advertising uncovered on a house in Western Street, Bedford. Image taken in c2011.
February 1919
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Manufactured by Major Drapkin and Co of London.

1921 'Major Drapkin and Co. have introduced a novel and ingenious style of packing the famous Greys cigarette with a view to the convenience of the present giver.'[1]

1933 'Greys Cigarettes, presented by Major Drapkin and Co., 132, Commercial Road, London, E.1. (per Messrs. W. C. Stevenson Ltd, Folkestone).'[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Sketch - Wednesday 14 December 1921
  2. Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald - Saturday 12 August 1933