Thank you John, I now recall seeing these when I was also much younger. I will send to friend Sue in Ceduna. Ros On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 10:06 PM, John Purves <jptree@bigpond.com> wrote: > Dear Ros, > Re. cidarette race-Lady to run 25 Yards with cigarettes and > matches(in those far off but much happier days they were WAX matches often > called Vestas and these were lit by striking on a rough surface] to a > Gentleman .The lady then had to light a cigarette in the man's mouth.He > then > ran 25 yards to the winning post.Prize was 10 shillings each- a > considerable > sum. > Try "thekelly Q-H blog " or Politically incorrect Xmas games-New Zealand > History {good photo ]on google. > Who remembers going to SMOKE SOCIALS with their Parents as a child in the > 1950's? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ros Dunstall" <daisygirl.1212@gmail.com> > To: "SA List" <AUS-SAGEN@rootsweb.com>; "FPFHG" <fpfhg-list@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 6:35 PM > Subject: [FPFHG-LIST] Cigarette Race???? > > > > around 1900 - 1915, at an annual town picnic day, in SA, a cigarette race > > was held. can anyone tell me what that was please? > > This is a MEMBERS ONLY list for FPFHG Members. Advertising on Rootsweb > > lists is prohibited. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > FPFHG-LIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > This is a MEMBERS ONLY list for FPFHG Members. Advertising on Rootsweb > lists is prohibited. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FPFHG-LIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >