38 Alpha Road, Cambridge
History of 38 Alpha Road
1913
Percy Douglas
1934
29 June 1934 — Live shell found in an Alpha Road garden
Extract:
A shell, nine inches long was found by W.G. Collins in his garden in Alpha Road. It was of a type fired by anti-aircraft guns and in a greatly rusted condition. But it was obviously ‘live’ so he took it to the Police Station. There he was referred to the Drill Hall, but they didn’t want it either! Eventually he took it to the Officers Training Corps for disposal. This is the second such dangerous explosive recently: two live hand grenades were found some time ago.
Credit: Mike Petty, 34 06 29.
1939
W A Collins
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- Mike Petty Archive
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