"We’re expanding our activities to another site, guv?” asked Tipper, nodding upstairs.
“Storing, not whoring,” Sowerbutt smiled. “I need to store a load of cigarettes in a hurry. Bit on the hot side in more ways than one.
"Remember that bombing by the Jerries up north last month, Middlesbrough or some place. Among other things, the Jerry flyers scored a direct hit on a small warehouse. The owner managed to rescue most of the cases, not that he remembered to tell the insurance people. The smokes are fine, few scorch marks on some of the packets.
"I thought the new owner in Whitechapel couldn’t really complain if the smokes disappeared again. Spaghetti and some of the boys paid a visit last night. This blackout business makes night-time thieving so much easier." amazon.co.uk/Colour-Lemon-Surrender-1940-ebook/dp/B008USR7FA
“Storing, not whoring,” Sowerbutt smiled. “I need to store a load of cigarettes in a hurry. Bit on the hot side in more ways than one.
"Remember that bombing by the Jerries up north last month, Middlesbrough or some place. Among other things, the Jerry flyers scored a direct hit on a small warehouse. The owner managed to rescue most of the cases, not that he remembered to tell the insurance people. The smokes are fine, few scorch marks on some of the packets.
"I thought the new owner in Whitechapel couldn’t really complain if the smokes disappeared again. Spaghetti and some of the boys paid a visit last night. This blackout business makes night-time thieving so much easier." amazon.co.uk/Colour-Lemon-Surrender-1940-ebook/dp/B008USR7FA
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