Unexploded bomb in Clapham Garden! Street evacuated... Post Reply

[Annabel (admin)]

A street was closed by bomb squad police and residents told to leave their homes after a landscape gardener unearthed a suspected unexploded bomb.

An area near Clapham Common was on high alert on Friday after the bomb dating back to the Second World War was discovered in a back garden of a home.

http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/new ... _gardener/

[Caferacer]

Whew that was close.

So one of his employees found it and the Landscape Gardner set about cleaning all the mud off of it - with a trowel probably . It was only when he took it in his van to a local WW2 expert it was identified as a live bomb!

He is one lucky landscape gardener!

[cheshirecat]

There are a few around. A few years ago while we were at the army museum, a relative bought an old man's war memorabilia in. The museum was evacuated for a couple of hours ( buggies and belongings left inside) while the bomb squad carried out controlled explosions on two active bombs.

One museum employee said the old man was using one for a door stop.... not sure he was joking either!