Serial Number: CC0032
Status: Display
Description:
This vintage classic W. & F Faulkner, Tom Long 1930’s tobacco tin oozes with history and richness of the times gone by. Made in London, S.E. (South East), this rusty tin measures approximately around 4 x 3 inches with inscription on the front that reads “and assuredly this is a grand old rich tobacco”.
W&F Faulkner launched the first sale of Tom Long tobacco from a little coffee stall, under the arches in Blackfriars Road, London. Tom Long’s coffee stall, was becoming very popular and in demand. A director ordered up tea from Tom Long’s stall and remarked that he wanted to use the name Tom Long on tobacco tins. It became one of the most used tobacco ever sold. Tom did not get a Royalty for the use of his name, bybut W&F Faulker, later became part of the Imperial Tobacco Company.
