Barry_Cooper published Taking a look back at Player's cigarette factory

In just over a few hours' time, 140 years of tobacco making history in Nottingham will come to an end. The brand has been a huge part of the city's industry ever since John Player opened his first factory in Radford in 1877.But come Friday May 27, the factory will close its doors completely for the final time and bring to end over a century of production.Player's merged with the Imperial Tobacco Company in 1901, as a direct response to threats from US cigarette companies.The popularity of the...