Hidden TreasureMy landlord had some builders in to remove a staircase in an outbuilding when a rusty biscuit tin fell out from under the woodwork.
What wonders were in this hidden treasure box? Two live hand grenades and 40 rounds of ammunition. From WW2. I've never seen builders run before.
What hidden treasures have you uncovered?
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chthonic, Thu 30 Jun 2005, 13:33)
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nice helmetWhen I was ickle we got a council grant to help us restore and move into a house in a tiny ghost-village in cumbria. In the loft we found a WWII helmet and gas mask, and, dug up in the garden, a nazi belt buckle. The helmet had a name in the hatband (helmetband?) which I forget and I always wondered if it was his wife who made him throw out his trophy...
The surrounding area was jampacked with treaure in the form of (very) old bottles, clay pipes and early railway/mining bits and pieces. Stevenson's Rocket used to run past our place you know, although the bastards in the next village along are the ones that got their name up in the London Transport Museum. bastards.
it was all fields in my day you know.
if you feel this post is too long, you shouldn't have read this far should you?
that's 5 mins you'll never see again. ta ta :)
(, Fri 1 Jul 2005, 13:30, Reply)
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