After two nights of German bombing raids (March 1941) on a town near Glasgow, in which nearly every house was damaged:
Along with food, "2 tons of candles and about 6,000 boxes of matches were sent to Clydebank… About 70,000 cigarettes and 15 lbs. of tobacco were also supplied"
Good to know the essentials are sorted...
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