"Nuclear bombs on the road leaflet" [NMLH.1994.159.3.4]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.159.3.4

Object Name
Leaflet

Title
Nuclear bombs on the road

Place
Manchester

People
Manchester City Council

Date
1980s

Description
Printed leaflet titled "Nuclear bombs on the road" above a photograph of a military convoy that transported missiles on a motorway alongside normal cars. It contains information about near-misses with these military vehicles such as two warhead carriers skidding on ice in Wiltshire, or one crashing in Helensburgh, Scotland. The back is titled "Britain's Nuclear Convoys" and has information from Manchester City Council about declaring itself a nuclear-free zone.

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