Centrepin Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 Alsorts of things used to come in little tins to be re used. Tobacco, Strepsils, Mints etc. I was searching out some clean old ones the other day and so my grandkids bought me the one on the right. I can't believe they charge a fiver for these tins now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 Some cigarettes (I particularly remember an uncle having very thin tins of Benson and Hedges cigarettes which I think were airline supplied and marked BOAC and my father having "Three Castles" cigarettes in tins) and cigars were also in tins/tubes as well as tobacco, various mints, sweets and throat pastilles, X hooks, tacks, even 'gramophone needles'. We used to have lots as both father and one grandfather smoked pipes and got tobacco in tins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 I still have SMA baby milk tins full of assorted screws from when our daughters were little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 My dad used to keep all sorts in them. Fuses, washers, coins. All sorts. Here's a selection of the ones I found while clearing the house after he passed away last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 Victims to the plastic revolution possibly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 (edited) OH and I have quite a collection of tins. This is just one of them, and last time I looked, this company was still trading. Edited October 22, 2021 by Scully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Zapp said: My dad used to keep all sorts in them. Fuses, washers, coins. All sorts. Here's a selection of the ones I found while clearing the house after he passed away last year. Where’s County ****???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 I've got one but a bit battered and bruised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrepin Posted October 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 Most of mine are on the rusty side containing, split pins, brake springs, retaining washers or other little bits from various cars that I'll never use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 There was a time when people would glue matchsticks and cover the Tin's in them , and varnish them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrepin Posted October 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 51 minutes ago, johnphilip said: There was a time when people would glue matchsticks and cover the Tin's in them , and varnish them . But now they just watch others do it on YouTube 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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