"Jimmy had his own currency after the war - nylons and American cigarettes." The retired writer for the East London Pioneer, who still has the notebook from his early 1960s interview with Jimmy Sowerbutt, said: "Tobacco was very short with all the currency restrictions and nylons were worth a fortune.
"So he did his deals with the thousands of GIs and USAAF lads in Britain - some on their way home or off to Germany, some resting. They wanted girls, liquor or access to the nightclubs. Jimmy supplied them and took payment in cigarettes and nylons."
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colour-Lemon-Surrender-1940-ebook/dp/B008USR7FA
"So he did his deals with the thousands of GIs and USAAF lads in Britain - some on their way home or off to Germany, some resting. They wanted girls, liquor or access to the nightclubs. Jimmy supplied them and took payment in cigarettes and nylons."
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colour-Lemon-Surrender-1940-ebook/dp/B008USR7FA
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