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Re: My local "Band Of Brothers".

Posted by Jeff on Tue Jan 15, 2002 10:03:00 AM

In reply top Re: My local "Band Of Brothers". posted by Mick on Fri Jan 04, 2002 02:55:08 PM

: During Nov 1940 a lone German bomber, Dornier 17 I think,
: unloaded a stick of bombs starting right where the new sta
: dium now is.....it just missed the old football ground.
:
: I have seen a map of where every one of the bombs fell and
: at least two fell on that piece of land, one of which did
: n't explode as far as I recall.
: Another two at least fell in the canalised River Soar whic
: h runs behind the stadium land, and I definitely know that
: one of those did not explode.....it is most probably stil
: l embedded in the bottom of the river.
: Another one fell and didn't explode where there is now a r
: owing cub and an International Youth Hostel.
: Several more fell and the last one in the stick blew up tw
: o houses a couple of streets from my house, where there is
: now a very odd looking 1980's style house between the old
: Victorian houses on either side.
:
: I didn't find it worthwhile to tell the local authorities
: about the possible UXB's on the new stadium site and the r
: iver next door......not my place and they know better than
: me..............

You trust beaurocrats to know better than others? Now there is a worry.

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