A document written by two men prepared to risk certain death at the hands of the Germans all in the name of football is to be auctioned. The Guernsey Active Secret Press risked being shot to produce the two-page document containing only the football results during the German Occupation of the Channel Islands in 1944. What could be the last copy to survive will now be auctioned by Mullock Madeley auctioneers of Shropshire, who have given it an estimate of between £300 and £500. The Active Secret Press were a small band of islanders who used a crystal set to tune into BBC broadcasts and then typed what they heard to distribute around Guernsey. Bulletins were usually updates on the war with clips from Winston Churchill’s speeches or details of other important information.

Posted: 03|29|06 at 7:16 am. Filed under: Auction News.