OneGuyFromBarlick

Lucky or not it was absolutely accurate.....

Next for shaving???

All right, I give in.... Here's an oldie for you to have a crack at.

Is it a sticky - tape dispenser?

Small torch or Stanley's smartphone?

Sorry, nowhere near. Think of bad habits......

Is it to hold cigarettes?

Cigarette lighter? Thanks for triggering that thought Liz!

Does it hold sweets/lollies ?

Cathy is closest. Look at the size and think of something you ingest which is bad for you!

Is it a sugar / sugar substitute dispenser?

Cathy wrote:Is it a sugar / sugar substitute dispenser?

I still use saccharin tablets. The ones I am using at the moment are dated: exp 09/2011. Not done me any harm yet.

I agree with Cathy, artificial sweetener dispenser.

I couldn't believe it the other day when we were sat in our camp chairs out the back of beyond...when hubby read the Tomato Sauce bottle and declared it 3 days out of date! ( new one in cupboard at home and I had only packed the almost empty one for the trip as neither of us generally bother with Sauce). I checked it and declared it ok, as it was a "best before" date...not a use by date. So he used it quite happily after that.

Mystery object. We have seen it before, but darned if I can remember what it is.
Does it still have the original contents in it I wonder? Like 1970's Tic Tacs or similar? ( because I wouldn't put it past you Stanley).

China...get some new sweeteners...please.

Marilyn wrote: China...get some new sweeteners...please.

Nowt wrong with 'em!

My brother will bring me a new supply when he comes here next April but that doesn't mean I'll throw away my old ones. Saccharin is a stable chemical.

You know what I think about sell-by dates! Nobody has got it yet. The content was very popular with coal miners......

Some sort of lozenge to help with breathing?? Were they called Imps!!

`Miner's Mates' or `Olde Miners' lozenges? There's a lovely word we don't often hear these days - lozenges!

I think it might be a snuff box.

Chewing tobacco? Is that the same as snuff or a different product altogether?

Salt and Pepper dispenser.

Nicotine Tablets. Miners used them to prevent withdrawal symptoms down the pit. Lighting up for a quick fag was frowned upon just in case the whole caboodle went 'bang'. They are still available I believe.

Wendy got it. It's snuff...... I still have a supply if anyone wants any! China, no such thing as nicotine tablets then but you are right about chewing tobacco. Most miners chewed 'Lady's Brown' a thin twist but many used plug tobacco. The last Condor Plug I ever got hold of was in a wrapper overprinted with 'NCB STORES'. When Thatcher and Heseltine closed the coal industry down Condor and the other makers stopped making plug tobacco. I haven't seen any for years....
I have a story for you. A farmer in Scotland once gave me a two ounce plug of Battleaxe. Good tobacco but too strong for me so I gave it to a mate at Gisburn market. Months later he told me it was the best tobacco he had ever had. It was so strong he gave up pipe smoking!
Next for shaving?

Sign that has been used for target practice, probably an air rifle?

Tizer's attempts at drilling metal?