Bomb found on sluice beach

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STEVO

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Seaton sluice beach area was cordoned off today when an inert ww2 bomb was washed ashore.
Bomb disposals from catterick were called in to inspect the device leaving the road between the astley arms and the bridge at the melton closed...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4810032.stm
 
could be fun for the fladden junior comp in july......


dad this is a big un can you help me land it ........................ :mad2:
 
Maybe the police should have checked out the middle toilets while they where there ,aparently there\'s a lot of bombing goes on there .

At least I think it\'s bombing.
 
Human jawbone washed up there as well this week (Journal). Police think it\'s ancient remains. Must be down to the the movement of sand with the big sea\'s.
 
I found a hand grenade back of st mary\'s about 10 years ago, thought it was just the casing,

chucked it in the boot of the car, got hom,e took it out and thought I\'d empty all the mud out of it...


so started banging it on the top of the garden wall, bits and pieces of mud stated to drop out..

followed by the detonator spring, cordite and loads of nice blue stuff which I can only assume was the charge!

nearly wet my pants when i realised it was still \'loaded\'

luckily 50 years of saltwarer must of rendered it harmless, must of been harmless, as it all went in the bin and byker incinerator is still there
 
Wow Mark shame it didn\'t blow that bloody eyesore up ...I remember when there was a school there with a church opposite ,somebody I know got all the lead off the roof to make into weights before they pulled it down !
 

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