Live war shell found in the Dorking Museum collection

The suspect artefacts were found during an assessment of stock.

A bomb squad has blown up an unexploded cannon shell and military flare after staff at the museum realised they had held the stock for up to 20 years. Army explosive experts were called in after the potentially fatal mistake was discovered during a stock assessment. Kathy Atherton, from the museum, said she would investigate how they got there but suspected they were historic donations from souvenir collectors.The Ministry of Defence said the items were destroyed at a base in Aldershot.Read more

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