Guillotine among oddities saved from chop at tip

A model guillotine has been saved from the chop after it was taken to a recycling centre in Grimsby.

The wooden structure, which has a blade splattered with fake blood, is one of a number of unusual items – including a repurposed German World War One shell and a Sinclair C5 electric vehicle – found at the household waste site in Estuary Way.

Staff said the guillotine, which was dumped complete with an electric motor, would be used in their annual Halloween display.

Other finds would be sold, with the proceeds going to local charities, North East Lincolnshire Council said.

Councillor Henry Hudson, the authority’s portfolio holder for environment and net zero, said: “Reselling these items and finding a new use for them helps to promote our goal of becoming more sustainable.

“What the teams are doing by giving these proceeds to local charities is fantastic.”

Other discoveries included zebra-print bar stools, a 1940s American bobsleigh, stuffed ducks and a hairdressing mannequin – while the German shell had been turned into a coal bucket.

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