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pcernie
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500lb wartime bomb found in east London | UK news | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015 ... ast-londonKeep an eye on it, some hipster will have that away... _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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How often are they finding old bombs in the UK now? You would have thought that by now they would be cleared away... Especially in a built up area.
That said, we get a couple a month over here on average. My wife was driving back from Dresden in July and had to take a diversion around Hanover, because they found an old bomb on a building site near the motorway. The whole of north Germany was pretty much brought to a standstill as that is the main route east/west in Germany and Hanover is one of two major points for north/south travel as well.
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
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Location: Exeter
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When you consider that there are areas of northern France that a literal no-go areas due to the incredible quantity of unexploded ordinance and chemical weapons, it's hardly surprising if the odd bomb still pops up in London.
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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I think I hear about it once a year or so. They're often dredged up from river beds of the like.
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oceanicitl
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
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Location: London
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Where's Bratty when you need him?
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am
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Location: Peebo
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East London is full of foreign English people. He's unlikely to go there.
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oceanicitl
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That's true. I'm a Londoner and even I don't go there often. Well apart from every day the moment as they've closed my bit of the Victoria Line. _________________Still the official cheeky one
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TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
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finding unexploded devices was very common where I lived as a child ( in the centre of the Somme Battlefields)
they say there's about 250k unexploded ammo there, I wouldnt be surprised if there's several thousands still in London.
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