Unexploded Bomb East-side

Any of you Easties in the bromley by bow area might want to put your fingers in your ears this evening..

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23490889-details/The+ticking+Blitz+bomb+that+threatens+east+London/article.do

If it blows it could cause up to £50m of improvements.

good old Royal Engineers!

:-s

they always give out a load of bullshit about how big the blast will be as the explosive will have crystalised by now and be relatively harmless, if it did happen to go off it would probably burn rapidly rather than properly explode. when they blow up old mines/bombs they find on the beach they add a bit extra of modern explosive to make it look good for the cameras.

it's odd that you never hear of a ww2 bomb exploding when people or construction workers find them no matter how much they get knocked/moved.

though I love the fact that the guy moved it and it started ticking! heheh, change of underwear time....

Wait 'til this baby goes up... :-((
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery

...who's gonna miss Sheppey when it's gone!

...who's gonna miss Sheppey when it's gone!

Point taken, but I'd be more worried about the possible subsequent tidal wave... :-((

i saw a programme on discovery about that boat, really interesting - they've already managed to remove a lot of the ordinance i think, but the rest is just too unstable, the apparent tidal wave would do some serious damage apparently, wish i could actually remember more details

i saw a programme on discovery about that boat, really interesting - they've already managed to remove a lot of the ordinance i think, but the rest is just too unstable, the apparent tidal wave would do some serious damage apparently, wish i could actually remember more details

Just go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery