View Single Post
Old 29th Sep 2022, 4:16 pm   #8
G6Tanuki
Dekatron
 
G6Tanuki's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Wiltshire, UK.
Posts: 13,953
Default Re: how safe are our collections

Even in the 1950s the issue of radioactive dials was a 'hot' issue, plenty of WWII surplus stuff had its meters removed before it was sold down Edgware Road or Lisle Street.

They didn't seem so worried about ex-paratroopers' wristwatches many of which were just as dangerous.

There's a beach on the north coast of Scotland where surplus aircraft were dismantled/burned in the late 40s, they still occasionally find radioactive particles in the shingle.
__________________
I'm the Operator of my Pocket Calculator. -Kraftwerk.
G6Tanuki is offline