Bethnal Green Unexploded Bomb 10/11 August

[spitfire]

Not as hilarious but worth sharing is hipster vicar who joined in the japes in between tending to his elderly and frightened parishioners. Both decent blokes.

 

[StoneRoad]

I gather from the beeb's coverage that it was 500lb (227kg) bomb.
They are about 5ft in length ... so not a tiddler !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-33861431 - discussion on threat from uxbs

 

[friendofdorothy]

is it all over now - everyone home safe?

 

[spitfire]

Yes, all was good by around 2.30pm

 

[spitfire]

Was probably one of these:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SC250_bomb

 

[Maharani]

Not as hilarious but worth sharing is hipster vicar who joined in the japes in between tending to his elderly and frightened parishioners. Both decent blokes.

So you're not the hipster vicar?

 

[spitfire]

A right buck snorter as one of my mates said on faceache.

 

[spitfire]

So you're not the hipster vicar?

No. Definitely not. Even by C of E standards I would be considered non religious and therefore unqualified.

 

[Roadkill]

Does make you wonder how many more are lying around buried in basements and whatnot.

A lot. They turn up in London and other cities on a fairly regular basis. AFAIK the possibility of having to clear UXBs is worked into the budget and timescale for major construction projects in most major cities. I've just dug up a report prepared in the course of a major infrastructure project on UXB in the Humber area, and at least one has surfaced in the city in the time I've lived here. At least German bombs' detonators usually remain fairly stable, though: British and American ones have tended to become unstable over time, a few have gone off on being disturbed and there may be thousands still buried. IIRC a bulldozer driver was killed when he hit one only a year or two ago.

 

[Maharani]

Happened once in Amsterdam while I was stoned off me tree.

 

[Pickman's model]

No. Definitely not. Even by C of E standards I would be considered non religious and therefore unqualified.

you do remember the famous bishop of durham?

 

[spitfire]

I vaguely remember something but I won't google it, enlighten me.

 

[Pickman's model]

I vaguely remember something but I won't google it, enlighten me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jenkins_(bishop)

 

[ice-is-forming]

my dad found an un-exploded bomb at the bottom of our garden in the early 70's. He was digging and kept hitting it with a shovel trying to see what it was. It eventually dawned on him and he gingerly placed a dustbin lid over it and backed away to call 999. The bomb squad came and took it away to explode it and my mum gave the police tea and rock cakes. It was an exciting day!

 

[scifisam]

I was in Wales and missed all the excitement. I suppose that's what you get when you go to Wales...