How 177 bombs came to rest under a children’s playground in England
Mark Mather, a congregation council, described the removal of devices as “great relief ..
“This was my local playground, I was one of the children running on these bombs, just nine inch of my feet, BB said the BBC: orum I don’t think we’re going to be sure who put them there, but I’m so glad they’re not there anymore.”
When the bombs are found, construction is ground to stop.Credit: Mark Mather
Forensic teams have revealed that the devices have been non -vivid bombs since then. Nevertheless, insurance and contacts were found intact, so they could have potentially dangerous.
Considering the regular storage of bombs, historians II. They suspect the home guards, a voluntary military organization established during World War II, buried them at the end of the war.
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David Alexander, a professor of emergency planning and management at London University College, said that in 1945 there was millions of tons of unwanted ammunition all over the world and that he was “no health and safety”.
He said, ım Let’s just get rid of it ‘from the post -war exhaustion period. “I mean, the bombs were going for six years.”
It is also possible to be buried by regular soldiers and hide until the war is needed.
Modern building methods, application bombs, such as the existence of elements, such as digging tests and cable avoidance tool requires, but in the 1980s, health and safety standards are less rigid.
A Northumberland District Council spokesman said: “Frankly, this finding was unexpected, but we were able to find extra financing to allow this important work to be done safely.”
The Telegraph, London
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