Author: Andrew Goldsmith

Bomb Disposal (Pt 7)

From anger to peace In August 2017, more than 60,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Frankfurt after an unexploded bomb was uncovered during construction work. The 1,400kg device– codenamed  ‘Cookie’ by the RAF– was dropped by a British wartime bomber in WW2. That’s quite some cookie. The evacuation was one of the biggest such operations of […]

Bomb Disposal (Pt 3)

From greed to generosity The experience of Britain in the early 1940’s demonstrated again and again how an unexploded bomb (UXB) in an oil refinery, a railway yard, or a factory could create wider chaos in the transport links. It would disrupt the network of communications – railways especially – and significantly impacted alternative supply […]

Bomb Disposal (Pt 1)

Dealing with the Seven Deadly Sins When I look out of the kitchen window at home, I marvel at how prolific and healthy the garden is.  Not the good stuff (flowers or shrubs which we might actually have chosen and planted) but the weeds – they seem unstoppable!  Every nook and cranny of soil or gaps between […]

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