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Old June 7th 08, 02:28 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default Large UXB in Bromley-by-Bow

On 7 Jun, 12:30, Edward Cowling London UK
wrote:

They used AMATOL then, which doesn't have a long shelf life and isn't in
any way water proof. 60+ years buried in mud and you don't have a hair
trigger device..... you have a rusty cylinder full of sludge :-)

When they find the next I'll gladly drive the truck to the dump.


Did you read this link?:

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/avi...-uxb-3148.html

In particular, did you read this bit?

"Since 1945, at least two bomb-squad members a year have died defusing
similar bombs in Germany."

If only they'd had you around to sling 'em around on a truck.

Ian