My grandparents smoked Woodbines at 20-30 a day each. Could barely see when in their house. šThat and the coal fire. Didnāt know that they were free in the trenches ( thank you John). My Grandfather was in the trenches, perhaps that is when he started smoking them. He also used to ride the horses that pulled the gun carriages, directing them into battle.
When he was in his 80s he had a chest infection. He got a bit confused and thought he was back in the trenches( which, in common with most, he had not otherwise spoken about). On one occasion he was sitting up in bed moving his hands back and forth as if he was holding something. We asked him what he was doing and he said ā getting the fleas out with this candleā Clearly he was holding the seams of his clothes and running them back and forth over an imagined candle.
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