Retired British woman used an live shell as a door stop for 20 years
July 4th, 2007 . by joe
I guess she’s lucky nobody closed the door too hard over the years.
For decades the seven-inch-long shell had been a family memento, polished and given pride of place on the mantlepiece.
The First World War relic also served as a toy and finally, for the past 20 years, as a front doorstop at the home of 68-year-old Thelma Bonnett.
At any time during all those years, however, it could have exploded.
The German squat shell was live, packed with its original payload and with its firing mechanism primed, experts have said.
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