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what did compo have in the match box

posted 11 years ago by bigron722
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Bill Owen... Compo would show a match box with something in it that would cause people mostly women to scream and pull away, did they ever tell or hint what was in the box...

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[–] BritishFilms1 11 years ago

We never ever found out. When Bill was dying he asked that it never be revealed.

[–] mister_tmg 10 years ago

But it is known what was usually found in those boxes...

[–] baldrickadder 10 years ago

When we were nippers, we would often put creepy crawlers ie bugs, spiders or even ants, in match boxes to scare the girls. Perhaps it was a play on that, although they acted more teenagers then nippers.