Neil Grant is fascinated by everyday stuff that most people don't keep.
This lightbulb dating from World War 2 is packaged in a cardboard tube wrapped in thin paper which says:
'As a temporary wartime measure, this comes to you in a paper-saving wrapper. The quality of it is unchanged.'
"My father's last job was as an electrical engineer with a company which made hand-wired electrical transformers," explains Neil.
"The business failed and while clearing it, my dad found a box of them on top of a cupboard. It's 70+ years old and it still works!"
World War 2 lightbulb
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World War 2 - 1939-1945
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- H:
- 11cm
- W:
- 8cm
- D:
- 8cm
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