I didn't know this

[Dedworth]

Regards the point of the thread, I have my doubts about the monopoly story Ian, sounds like a wind up to me but then again I am not a good judge of these things

I've heard about Waddingtons concealing stuff for PoW's in board games. I've seen a silk map - my late Mum had a padded pincushion type lining in her handmade sewing box which was covered in one, from memory it was quite large scale covering part of eastern europe. I'll have to ask my sister if she's still got it.

[Englishman2010]

I've heard about Waddingtons concealing stuff for PoW's in board games. I've seen a silk map - my late Mum had a padded pincushion type lining in her handmade sewing box which was covered in one, from memory it was quite large scale covering part of eastern europe. I'll have to ask my sister if she's still got it.

It doesn't really surprise me that the MOD were disguising escape or spy kits in everyday items. Sir Ian Flemming wrote the James Bond books only a few years after WW2 ended, he was a spy / MI6 officer and his inspiration for some of the gadgets James Bond used must have come from his days in WW2