A couple of month`s ago, I was given a very large collection of pre-war cigarette cards which my best mate, who sadly passed away 2 years ago, had been given, and in turn, his mum had given to me. Above are pictured a small part of his collection, which I`m now trying to sort through, and get into display pocket`s. Such a variety of cards, on every subject you could imagine, and I didn`t realise just what a vast selection of topics there were. The tobacco companies between the wars issued literally, million`s of such cards, and it must have done something to educate the masses. Are there any such free educational card`s about today in anything? I did in my younger days, eagerly collect the Brooke Bond tea cards, and alot of that knowledge is with me today. Alot of these cards are unfortunatley placed in their original pre-war albums in such a way that the information on the back cannot be read. What do you think, leave them in their original albums, with the backs of them unseen since pre-war days, or take them out for display in clear see through plastic pocket`s?