herringbonekid
I'll Lock Up
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label design looks early 30s.
Just done a quick search on the British Newspaper archive - seems that 'Popular', 'Standard/Sports' and 'Special' were all available up to 1951 at least. Then adverts for 1952 advertise a sort of translation - so 'Popular (Red Quality)', 'Standard (Blue Quality)', 'Sports (Green Quality)' and 'Special (Black Quality)'. By 1953 they stick to the colours. Hope that helps illuminate these mysterious little creatures that roam the vintage wilderness.