A bomb disposal squad that carried out the controlled explosion of a World War Two hand grenade found on the banks of the Thames “woke up half of Greenwich”.
Scotland Yard ordnance experts detonated the 70-year old device at 9.30pm sunday night with the blast heard up to three miles away.
The grenade was discovered by artist Nicola White on the foreshore at Enderby Wharf at around 8pm.
Video description of Nicola White from Youtube:
World War II grenade mudlarking find in Greenwich this pm. Well, this weekend certainly finished with a bang. For all those of you in Greenwich who heard a very loud bang at about 9.30pm, it was the Police bomb disposal unit detonating a grenade I stumbled across earlier this evening. As it happens, I was having quite a military mudlarking finds themed afternoon, having already found a couple of military buttons, and part of a cap badge, some bullets, and then…. there it was, something that looked suspiciously like a hand grenade. Here is the controlled explosion. Photos of the grenade to follow. I have to say I was very impressed with the police and the bomb disposal team, who got there in an instant. Very professional.
