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Bomb Disposal Unit called to Southend Seafront
10:36am Tuesday 1st January 2013 in Southend
THE BOMB Disposal Unit was called to Southend seafront to carry out a controlled explosion.
They were called to deal with 32 unexploded Second World War shells that were found by a bait digger in the early hours of New Year's Day.
They were detonated at about 9am today near the Ray gut off Southend.
Comments(6)
OldSmokey
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2:15pm Tue 1 Jan 13
Soouthchurch59
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10:54pm Tue 1 Jan 13
Carnabackable
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4:27am Wed 2 Jan 13
Soouthchurch59 wrote:Yes, because of the quantity, times gone by, it would ave been two to four, but thirty two, is a huge amount, a consequence of erosion, of the mudflats.
Are shells on a beach, news?
Barry Bas
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8:12am Wed 2 Jan 13
Carnabackable wrote:I think you missed the joke.
Soouthchurch59 wrote: Are shells on a beach, news?Yes, because of the quantity, times gone by, it would ave been two to four, but thirty two, is a huge amount, a consequence of erosion, of the mudflats.
Letmetryagain
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10:51pm Wed 2 Jan 13
I imagine these were in a container, which has since disintegrated ?
Carnabackable says...
10:49am Tue 1 Jan 13
Surely proof of the reported erosion of the mudflats, leaving heavier objects on the surface.
As the area on the cliffs between the pier, and where the Cliffs Pavilion now stands, there were numerous anti -aircraft gun batteries, 3.7 inch, which no doubt fired hundreds if not thousands of rounds skywards, towards enemy planes.
It is a well known fact, that there were many duds, due to the timing fuzes not working/set correctly.