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_80-year-old-found-rare-d-day-paradummy-and-mistook-it-for-a-scarecrow.jpg "An 80-year-old donated a rare original parachute dummy from D-Day to a museum - after mistaking it for a scarecrow.<br/><br/>Robert Bowley was clearing out his late brother's home when he came across the dummy.<br/><br/>His brother Michael Bowley had been fond of French collectors items and got it while on a trip to Normandy in the 1950s or 1960s.<br/><br/>Robert said he had initially mistaken it for a scarecrow before he passed it along to a museum.<br/><br/>That's when he discovered it was in fact a rare surviving D-Day artefact worth thousands.<br/><br/>The 'scarecrow' was one of several hundred from Operation Bodyguard, part of Operation Overlord, on June 6 1944.<br/><br/>Paradummies, made of hessian cloth, straw and sawdust, were dropped to create fake invasions by allied forces to divert enemy attention from the Normandy landing beaches.<br/><br/>Most of the dummies had a self-destroying mechanism to destroy the evidence - making this surviving dummy rare and valuable.<br/><br/>The paradummy is thought to be worth around £10,000 and one of less than 30 still in existence.<br/><br/>It is now on permanent display in the D-Day exhibition at House on the Hill Toy Museum.<br/><br/>Robert, a retired watchmaker and antique collector from Braintree, Essex, said: \")
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_80-year-old-found-rare-d-day-paradummy-and-mistook-it-for-a-scarecrow.webp "An 80-year-old donated a rare original parachute dummy from D-Day to a museum - after mistaking it for a scarecrow.<br/><br/>Robert Bowley was clearing out his late brother's home when he came across the dummy.<br/><br/>His brother Michael Bowley had been fond of French collectors items and got it while on a trip to Normandy in the 1950s or 1960s.<br/><br/>Robert said he had initially mistaken it for a scarecrow before he passed it along to a museum.<br/><br/>That's when he discovered it was in fact a rare surviving D-Day artefact worth thousands.<br/><br/>The 'scarecrow' was one of several hundred from Operation Bodyguard, part of Operation Overlord, on June 6 1944.<br/><br/>Paradummies, made of hessian cloth, straw and sawdust, were dropped to create fake invasions by allied forces to divert enemy attention from the Normandy landing beaches.<br/><br/>Most of the dummies had a self-destroying mechanism to destroy the evidence - making this surviving dummy rare and valuable.<br/><br/>The paradummy is thought to be worth around £10,000 and one of less than 30 still in existence.<br/><br/>It is now on permanent display in the D-Day exhibition at House on the Hill Toy Museum.<br/><br/>Robert, a retired watchmaker and antique collector from Braintree, Essex, said: \")
_why-hunting-for-20-million-year-old-petrified-wood-is-so-dangerous.webp "Petrified wood is one of the most sought-after materials in the world for both its aesthetic value and its scientific value. But in Indonesia, miners who risk their lives to dig it up barely make enough to get by.")
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_a-76-year-old-from-birmingham-has-run-every-london-marathon-since-the-first-in-1981.webp "Jeffrey Ralph Aston, a retired systems analyst from Birmingham is a member of the exclusive London Marathon “ever present club”")
_cobram-man-faced-court-on-assault-charges-following-death-of-49-year-old-woman-emma-bates.webp "The latest women to allegedly die in a gender-based violence situation in Australia, was Emma Bates, a 49-year-old woman from the Victorian boarder town of Cobram. Today a man faced court, as tributes for Ms Bates continue to flow.")
_freedom-works-the-palace-workspace-hastings-in-east-sussex-has-now-opened-its-5th-floor.webp "The building used to be Debenhams and in 2022 Freedom Works started renovating the section of the building that they bought and turned floors 3-5 into office working spaces. https://www.freedomworks.space/locations/the-palace-workspace-hastings/")
_old-portsmouth-hidden-gems.webp "Old Portsmouth is home to a range of amazing restaurants, pubs and cafes that are tucked away. Here are some of the best places to visit in Old Portsmouth this summer.")
_16-year-old-child-of-billionaire-slack-cofounder-reported-missing-after-39running-away.webp "Mint Butterfield was last seen on Sunday, April 21 in Bolinas, California according to the Marin County Sheriff's Office")
_eng-my-little-old-boy-ep-390.webp "Mom’s Diary – My Ugly Duckling EP 390 ENG SUB")
_13-year-old-girl-charged-after-wales-school-stabbing.webp "Superintendent Ross Evans from Dyfed Powys Police says a 13 year girl has been charged with three counts of attempted murder. She was arrested yesterday after three people, two teachers and a student, were stabbed at a school in Wales during the morning break. It’s an incident that’s left the local community in shock. Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn")
_protest-against-the-dog-beach-ban-in-hastings-old-town-east-sussex-on-april-20-2024.webp "In this video, event organiser Anne Pottle explains more.")
_how-liverpool-can-learn-from-their-mistakes-at-old-trafford.webp "You can never really predict what Manchester United will turn up on any given day anymore. But you can certainly predict what Liverpool will turn up with a lot more certainty. With the 4-3 loss in the FA Cup looking a recent anomaly for Klopp's men; Adam Monk takes a look at how they can learn from their mistakes this time round...")
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