Bombshell
Game
1980 (manufactured)
1980 (manufactured)
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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 The game features an exploding bomb and was withdrawn from the market following the Oxford Street bomb planted by the IRA in 1981, which killed Kenneth Howorth, a Metropolitan Police explosives officer, while he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
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| Parts | This object consists of 22 parts.
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| Title | Bombshell (manufacturer's title) |
| Brief description | Boxed game, Bombshell, made in England by Waddingtons in 1980 |
| Production type | Mass 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 The game features an exploding bomb and was withdrawn from the market following the Oxford Street bomb planted by the IRA in 1981, which killed Kenneth Howorth, a Metropolitan Police explosives officer, while he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. |
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| Accession number | B.289:1-22-2011 |
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| Record created | June 27, 2012 |
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