Snapper Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Twice this week I've had commuting nightmares because of unexploded war time bombs. One near West Ham station on Monday and now another one at Bromley By Bow this morning. The RLC are a bit busy this week.... Barnes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Last week at schiphol a runway was closed for almost a day because of an unexploded British 500 pound bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 Good - in UEFA away goals count double. So we win (again!) Barnes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 here's the sucker - and it's genuinely ticking by all accounts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Talking to someone the other day - they told me site for the 2012 Olympics was the location for one of the bomb alleys ( where they lit bonfires to confuse the Luftwaffe) in WW2. Think I mentioned this in another post somewhere??? So you could be delayed a few more times mate!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 I can't work out the scale of that bomb - it looks like someone is stood on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Yes but have you seen how Snapper commutes to work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Yes but have you seen how Snapper commutes to work... :rofl::rofl::rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 It's a 1000 Kg. That's the thing they use to steam the explosive out (I think). Someone at work thought it was someone standing on the bomb. 1000Kg is 2000lb. So, although it's not as big as a Cookie, it is big enough. I think this was the biggest bomb size. Presumably dropped by an He111. There may be more snaps to come. The uxb people did a controlled explosion of the detonator on Friday. I came home the long way.....a small irritant in the wider scheme of things. My wife's dad used to know one of the uxb GCs from the post war period. They used to drive around in my f-i-l's cop car and this guy would point out new buildings which he knew had uxbs under them!!!! This was in south London. MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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