SS GB

Then, of course, the Royal Navy were issued with cheap 'blue liners' (that may have been post-war) at a rate of 300 cigarettes per month until it was decided that they may not be 'promoting health'

Jamila my mother was told to smoke by her GP in the forties when she had what we now call post natal depression,that was in spite of the fact she had always had a breathing problem.She smoked for years and ended up on steriods which added osteporosis to her health issues.She died of lung disease .

My MIL ended up with breathing problems too, but she did live until she was 87. I don't know how long she smoked for; I think she gave up in about 1955.

I was not at all surprised by the number of people smoking in the programme.

I remember the Navy cigarettes. They were in cartons sometimes and smelled delicious! As a young child I longed to smoke them. My parents gave up smoking when my Father left the Navy. My uncle also smoked all the time he had TB (caught and neglected in the Desert during the war). We also had cheap cigarettes in Malta in the sixties but never bothered much with smoking. Just as well the price they are. I prefer a glass of wine.

I have all this series taped so read this thread to see what people thought and was it worth watching - but surely Herr Flik was in Hello Hello * Greyduster* ?

I remember rolling up newspaper and smoking it! I was very young and remember my mum throwing a fit, something she did regularly at my actions. I was left very much on my own during the war, a latch-key kid. (It was horrible by the way).

You mean 'Allo,'Allo, Welshwife!

Of course I did!!!

Oh Lord! How could I have got that wrong??? I must have seen every bloomin' episode! Goin' gaga!

A little bit of nostalgia Jalima and Liase. Just the packet no cigarettes.

Duty free cigarettes are still available on ships but no longer on shore bases and they're definitely not the 'Blue Liners' that we all remember.

"I was left very much on my own during the war, a latch-key kid. (It was horrible by the way)."
Same here, Printmiss.
We had a gang, and got up to all kinds of mischief. But left us insecure.
My friend's Dad had a gun in the garage which he told her he would use to shoot the whole family if the Nazis invaded.

Juliette that takes me back!

My mother used to say that they were the sweepings up off the floor of the tobacco factory!
DH used to smoke them, they were rough.

My DH was encouraged to wrap up a packet of 50 Players to send to his grandma at Christmas, she always had a ciggie and she lived to 96.

It did seem an abrupt ending, we have to assume that Archer got away and joined the resistance, then gave the atomic details to the Americans.Then the Americans got involved in the war, and that was the end of the Reich!
Did he ever see his son again though, or Barbara?
I think I must read the book now.
Everybody smoked all the time when I was a child, the top deck of the bus had to be fought through a blue fog to get a set there.Ditto the cinema, all adults lighting up every five minutes.

Jalima your DH's Grandma lived that long in spite of the ciggies, oh if only she hadn't smoked, she would have had another five years.

Or maybe six.

My own grandma never smoked and died at about 70

It's all 'in the genes' isn't it ( barring accidents)