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Controlled explosions in Burntwood today
Blimey, it’s all happening today – it seems some unexploded wartime grenades were found near Chasewater Industrial Estate, Burntwood (Known as the LCP) in the last 24 hours, which were subsequently destroyed in a controlled explosion.
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Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, Chasewater, Environment, Events, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Wildlife
Tagged 2013, anti tank, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Chase Terrace, Chasewater, Chasewtown, controlled explosion, Events, Facebook, Grenades, Industrial Estate, LCP, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, Police, Reservoir, Staffordshire, Twitter, UXB, Wildlife
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One for the researchers here – Jeffrey Roberts. Can you help?
Here’s an intriguing thing from reader and local war historian Graeme Clarke, who readers may recall turned up the fascinating tale of ‘Walt’ Ruth Bagley, apparently from Walsall Wood.
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Tagged Accident, anti tank, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Graeme Clarke, Jeffrey Roberts, Larkhill, local blogs, Local History, Military, misadventure, Ruth Bagley, Staffordshire, Things to do, training
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