Disappointing to draw, but….

[kettering_baggie]

I've still got the rattle my dad took to SF at Villa Park in 54 v Port Vale.

During WWII rattles were used to warn of a gas attack. I take my rattle in to show the kids when I do Suss ex at War. Works great and makes hell of a row

I was in the CCF (Combined Cadet Force) when at school, it was compulsory, and we used WW2 style 303 rifles, blanks were used on our exercises and we also had a Bren gun but blanks wouldn’t work in those, so we used a football rattle instead; it doesn’t sound much like a machine gun, though!