Hello all,
Just wondered what any one else thought of J&H Wilsons Medicated No99? I got mine about a week ago and have been dipping into it every now and again, but as my stock of O&G is getting low im trying to spread my nose elsewhere for a while. Its a really soft snuff (texture wise), a nice light brown colour and seems more moist than O&G. Its strong menthol, and another flavour? I am not sure what it is, is it camphor can any one tell me? Its almost honey like! Anyway, its not bad, strong stuff but has a bit of a burn when you take a pinch.
Its not up there with O&G, for me at least, but its a nice change. Any one else like this one?
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JH Wilson's - Medicated 99 is available from
UK - Greens of Leeds - £3.00
UK - McGahey the Tobacconist - £3.15 (per tin when bought in bulk)
UK - My Smoking Shop - £1.05 (smaller tin)
Dear Mr. Johnson,
Many thanks for your interest in Sharrow snuff and our new website.
Your sample will be sent out this week/early next week.
Kind regards,
Carol
Wilsons & Co. (Sharrow) Ltd.
I'm very much a Menthol Man, so this is my kind of thing. On the one hand, it seems like a basic menthol, but there is also definitely something extra there, as suggested by the first post. (Which was made back in 2007 - sorry for resurrecting such an old thread!) I can imagine re-purchasing this fellow.
I think that was at the peak of my TAD days. These days i'am lucky to snuff once a day, the rolleys really got me this time.
Been taking the Medicated No99 fairly frequently over the past few days, and this is truly good stuff. Hopefully it should keep well in the twisty-coin tin as presumably it's airtight.. just a bit of a bother to open.
Miners would usually buy tins of snuff from the colliery canteen. Wholesale purchase by the National Coal Board accounted for a huge slice of the home market. Closure of coal mines in Britain saw a slump in snuff sales.
Different mining areas favoured particular brands. Coal pits in Yorkshire sold a great deal of J&H Wilsons whereas the Midlands had a preference for Illingworth snuffs and Dr. Rumney in particular. JIP of Nuneaton was much favoured too. At the Birch Coppice mine it was found (by Sonia Roberts reporting for Tobacco in 1981) that an average of 792 tins were purchased from the canteen over an eight week period.
According to the blue booklet Medicated No. 99 is flavoured with both menthol and eucalyptus.