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180mm Artilery round detonated in Staines on Tuesday

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Hello all, whilst attending the Sea cadet unit on Tuesday, I was ushered to the back of the carpark by Police. The Logistics Bomb disposal team were there. They had recovered an artillery shell from a nearby building site in Ashford, and had taken it to the Lamas Park in Staines to carry out a controlled explosion.

Was anyone on here involved?

One of the Police Officers said it was a 180mm artillery round, but I couldn't get to the EOD lot to confirm.

A nice bang anyway!
 
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