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Bombshell

Game
1980 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The game was a short-lived product made by Waddingtons, an important British games manufacturer of the twentieth century. The game features an exploding bomb and was withdrawn from the market following the Oxford Street bomb planted by the IRA in 1981, which killed Kenneth Howorth, a Metropolitan Police explosives officer, while he was trying to defuse it.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 22 parts.

  • Box
  • Playing Board
  • Card
  • Toy Bomb
  • Feet Set
  • Feet Set
  • Feet Set
  • Feet Set
  • Head Bandage
  • Head Bandage
  • Head Bandage
  • Head Bandage
  • Arm Bandage
  • Arm Bandage
  • Arm Bandage
  • Arm Bandage
  • Leg Bandage
  • Leg Bandage
  • Leg Bandage
  • Leg Bandage
  • Rules Leaflet
  • Decals
TitleBombshell (manufacturer's title)
Brief description
Boxed game, Bombshell, made in England by Waddingtons in 1980
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by Deborah Jaffe
Summary
The game was a short-lived product made by Waddingtons, an important British games manufacturer of the twentieth century. The game features an exploding bomb and was withdrawn from the market following the Oxford Street bomb planted by the IRA in 1981, which killed Kenneth Howorth, a Metropolitan Police explosives officer, while he was trying to defuse it.
Collection
Accession number
B.289:1-22-2011

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Record createdJune 27, 2012
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