The men had to sit awkwardly on crates and packing cases in order to dig their oars into the water at the proper angle.

In the garage, beside an abandoned skateboard, are a dozen or so empty packing cases for some of the world's best anti-tank weapons.

"Suddenly, the packing cases that divided people's fronts were replaced with handmade fences, and all the green front doors were lovingly painted different colours," she recalls.

He had succeeded in removing the outer boards and part of the packing, which was a layer of dry ice, when from the depths of the packing case he suddenly heard a faint “Ork.”

Tom Grieves built a realistic-looking black coffin out of a packing case.