Grenade Found

[Wellsy1882]

In the canal near the bridge in rosegrove between the shops and chippy

Road closed by police

[ŽižkovClaret]

Bloody hell it could cause 1000s of pounds of improvements

[NewClaret]

Bloody hell it could cause 1000s of pounds of improvements

[Wellsy1882]

Its been diagnosed with covid

[Dyched]

I saw I video of someone recently who casts a strong magnet into canals and pulls out all sorts. On this occasion he pulled out a WW2 grenade. Due to corrosion etc it wasn’t clear what it was. He proceeded to hit it a few times removing debris and it was pretty clear that it was a grenade. Also pulled out a tin that appeared to be full of cocaine. Presumably someone has done the same up Rosegrove today?

[MarkGreen]

Already exploded, found by magnet fishers.

Police just being cautious.

[WadingInDeeper]

We were once on holiday when they closed the beach etc, local news were there, all because someone had found a torpedo. It turned out to be a gas cylinder.

[Damo]

It will be those Eastern Europeans, throwing them in to steal all the ducks and fish that we keep hearing about

[Paul Waine]

I was meeting someone last Sept - they were on a boat on the Thames. I got to the riverside and couldn't get through - all cordoned off by the police. Same story, someone magnet fishing had fished out a grenade. Took a couple of hours to "make safe." Seems to happen often and may not even be worth a few words in the local paper.

[ŽižkovClaret]

My local market often has a military surplus stall. They have boxes and boxes of deactivated grenades for about a fiver each

[JohnMac]

Already exploded, found by magnet fishers.

Police just being cautious.

You tend not to find grenades that have already exploded

[Boss Hogg]

My local market often has a military surplus stall. They have boxes and boxes of deactivated grenades for about a fiver each

Where is this ?

[Pstotto]

Tankfully, I never tried to open one for a swig, when one was thrown to me.

Rule no.1 of 'don't necessarily take the baton'.

[Pstotto]

"Do you want some?"

"Is it Hill's Grenade?"

[tim_noone]

I was meeting someone last Sept - they were on a boat on the Thames. I got to the riverside and couldn't get through - all cordoned off by the police. Same story, someone magnet fishing had fished out a grenade. Took a couple of hours to "make safe." Seems to happen often and may not even be worth a few words in the local paper.

Like a scene out of "The Blue Lamp"

[conyoviejo]

Already exploded, found by magnet fishers.

Police just being cautious.

I had one of those games when I was a young lad . Caught loads.

[Pstotto]

I remember I'm sure, an ice cream novelty in a grenade.

[kentonclaret]

Stick it under Mike Garlick's chair

[MarkGreen]

You tend not to find grenades that have already exploded

Very fair point Although that’s what Burnley police reported, they did however retract their statement and claimed it was unexploded when found.

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[ŽižkovClaret]

Where is this ?

Zizkov, Prague in Czech Republic

The Germans then russians left in kinda a hurry so military surplus gets interesting ha