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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValerieK, post: 2593126, member: 7360&quot;]A late reply - yes, I think that although they were sold as cigarette holders with attached ashtray, putting matchbooks in the base would have been a much better use, with separate ashtrays on the table.&nbsp; Matchbooks, that takes me back to a time when they were everywhere, and were often a clue in crime dramas, when the victim would have a matchbook in their pocket or handbag and the detective would say, &quot;I see they visited the . . .&nbsp; bar and look, there&#039;s a phone number written in here . . .&quot;&nbsp; Vanished days, and I certainly don&#039;t miss having to be a passive smoker in public places!&nbsp; Have you ever seen one of these in use, in a tv programme, an ad, a vintage photo?&nbsp; I&#039;m still surprised that although I have been familiar with cigarette boxes and packets, ashtrays, lighters of all kinds, but have never encountered one of these before.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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