Arnon Reisman - A Phillumenist: United Kingdom

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Sunday, February 2, 2014

Fusilier - The British Queen's Guard who used to throw bombs with his bare hands

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Goodwin's Soaps - The England's Toilet Soap

A Swedish label of Goodwin's Soap

Friday, April 27, 2012

Antique Pre 1900 ARTB English labels

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Bryant & May ‘Flaming Fusee’ matches for cigars
and pipes, London, England, 1861-1895

Match-making was a particularly dangerous job in the 1800s. Workers – mainly women – employed by companies such as Bryant & May to make matches commonly experienced a condition known as phossy jaw. This was caused by poisoning from the yellow phosphorous used in the head of the match. Phossy jaw was a terribly disfiguring and sometimes fatal condition. Eventually, a combination of this health danger, poor pay and long hours led to the formation of a trade union for the workers. The Match Girls Strike of 1888, led by social activist Annie Besant (1847-1933), was a landmark industrial action and led to better pay. In 1901, Bryant & May finally stopped using yellow phosphorous in their matches.

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Friday, April 13, 2012

The Leopard - Paraffin match. Old British label

Do you remember the story by Richard Bamford : http://blog.extensis.com/fun-and-games/phillumeny-is-the-hobby-of-phillumenists.php , who discovered a box of matches of "THE LEOPARD”, which were lost in the early 1900’s? Than, I have manged to find a similar label -

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

More old matchbox labels from the UK

Bryant & May London label aimed to the Turkish market of old days (1890's)

2 lovely old S.J.Moreland & Sons LTD Gloucester labels

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Very old matchbox labels from UK - aren't they also beautiful !

Quis separabit

(Latin: Who will separate [us]?) is a motto of the Royal Dragoon Guards,[1] the Order of St. Patrick, The Royal Ulster Rifles, The London Irish Rifles, the Irish Guards[2] and the North Irish Horse. The phrase also appears on the Seal of South Carolina.

It was the motto of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards,[3] a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1922 to 1992. It was the motto of the Connaught Rangers, a British Army regiment, from its amalgamation in 1881 until it was disbanded in 1922. Prior to this, it was the motto of the precursor regiment of the Rangers, the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) which was founded in 1793. It was also the motto of the Royal Ulster Rifles and the Ulster Defence Regiment.

It was the motto of the former Government of Northern Ireland and appeared on the province's defunct coat of arms. It is also the motto of the Ulster Defence Association, a proscribed loyalist paramilitary in Northern Ireland.[4] The source is the Vulgate translation of Romans, 8:35: "Quis nos separabit a caritate Christi...", translated as "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?".

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Special very old BRYANT & MAY'S matchbox with Braided Cigar Lights inside

This matchbox is dated early 1900's or maybe earlier. According to the matchbox-labels.co.uk it is dated 1885.

According to matchboxlabelsuk.co.uk, these matches were used to light up cigars, and produced with the new method of braiding the stems, stopping the heads from falling off (with the first edition Cigar Lights, the heads would often fall off).