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How Leeds-Made Monopoly Helped POWs Escape in WW2
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Colour photograph of a Monopoly board showing a smaller box with the cards and houses and hotels Add to board
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1943 Monopoly

This Monopoly game was produced in Leeds during WW2, although it is not a POW escape version.  It features a card spinner and card and wood playing pieces, due to wartime restrictions on materials. © Leeds Museums and Galleries.

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