Comment section goes full political/nostalgia/racist pretty soon.
(, Wed 18 Aug 2021, 23:50, Reply)
as the Hartley quote, the past is a foreign country; they do things differently there
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 2:29, Reply)
it was a national vocation.
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 10:06, Reply)
Collecting cigarette cards was a common hobby.
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 14:20, Reply)
wasn't there even Embassy point shops too where if you got enough coupons from packets of fags you could have a thing?
I used to have a really nice Marlborough Zippo lighter from the days I smoked...
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 15:13, Reply)
'we fought against the wrong enemy' Brilliant take on ww2.
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 19:29, Reply)
A lot of the comments are emotional fantasy, thought doesn't come into it much.
Reading so much into very little.
'Isn't everyone so smart' avoiding the fact it is central London and in the middle of the day. The scruffy people are likely at work or home, especially in wartime.
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 21:25, Reply)