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Winston Churchill D-Day cigar discovered

Posted on Saturday, 21 November, 2009 | 3 comments

A 33-year-old student has revealed a cigar that he was given by his grandfather at the age of 12 that would have been smoked by Winston Churchill during a historic meeting at which the D-Day landings were planned.

A cigar smoked by Prime Minister Winston Churchill as he planned D-Day has been discovered in a small market village - after being hidden for over 50 years.

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#1 Posted by behaviour??? on 20 November, 2009, 12:43
oo...What a good monument

#2 Posted by hetrodoxly on 20 November, 2009, 16:44
If i bought it i'd sit down in a quiet room and smoke it with a glass of single malt 25 Year Old Glenmorangie.

#3 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: on 25 November, 2009, 10:22
That's one expensive puff of smoke.

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