{"id":101532,"date":"2023-12-03T11:48:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T11:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=101532"},"modified":"2023-12-03T11:48:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T11:48:18","slug":"pair-who-kept-a-live-bomb-as-ornament-devastated-after-its-detonated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/pair-who-kept-a-live-bomb-as-ornament-devastated-after-its-detonated\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair who kept a live BOMB as ornament devastated after it&apos;s detonated"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Couple who kept a live BOMB as a garden ornament since 1982 are left devastated after it&#8217;s detonated by disposal unit &#8211; and reveal they told squad &#8216;we&#8217;re not leaving, if it goes up we&#8217;re going up with it&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Ministry of Defence said it removed a 29kg &#8216;naval projectile&#8217; from the garden<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A couple who kept a live bomb as a garden ornament since 1982 have been left devastated after it was detonated by a disposal unit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sian and Jeffrey Edwards, of\u00a0Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, thought the bomb was a &#8216;dummy&#8217; with no charge before the Ministry of Defence said it removed a 29kg\u00a0&#8216;naval projectile&#8217; from outside their home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Edwards said she used to bash her trowel on the bomb &#8211; thought to date back to the 19th century &#8211; to remove dirt after gardening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The couple received a visit from police on Wednesday evening who said they had seen the bomb and would need to warn the Ministry of Defence, the BBC reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One hour later the pair were told the bomb squad would arrive the following day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Edwards, 77, said:\u00a0&#8216;I told the bomb disposal unit &#8221;we&#8217;re not leaving the house, we&#8217;re staying here. If it goes up, we&#8217;re going to go up with it&#8221;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/11\/78520569-12819801-image-m-2_1701601263494.jpg\" height=\"640\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A bomb being used as a garden ornament (pictured) has been detonated by a disposal unit<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/11\/78520551-12819801-image-m-4_1701601284234.jpg\" height=\"514\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sian and Jeffrey Edwards, of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, thought their bomb was a &#8216;dummy&#8217; with no charge<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/11\/78520561-12819801-image-m-6_1701601305493.jpg\" height=\"653\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The bomb was removed by a bomb disposal unit after police spotted it in the couple&#8217;s garden\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/11\/78520557-12819801-image-m-8_1701601434628.jpg\" height=\"595\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tests showed the bomb was live with a very small amount of charge<\/p>\n<p>He added:\u00a0&#8216;It was an old friend. I&#8217;m so sorry that the poor old thing was blown to pieces.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bomb was transported to a disused quarry in\u00a0Walwyn&#8217;s Castle and buried with five tonnes of sand and detonated &#8211; after tests showed the bomb was live with a very small amount of charge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Edwards said he learned about the bomb&#8217;s history by the Morris family, whose family members used to own the house.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Warships for the Royal Navy used to drop anchor in St Brides Bay and point their guns towards Broad Haven and open fire,&#8217; he said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Well Pop Morris, who went around delivering lemonade, was going down to Broad Haven with his horse and cart and found the shell.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/11\/78520575-12819801-image-m-14_1701601499032.jpg\" height=\"785\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Defence said it removed a 29kg &#8216;naval projectile&#8217; from the couple&#8217;s garden\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/11\/78520565-12819801-image-m-13_1701601488699.jpg\" height=\"613\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A hole is left in the couple&#8217;s garden where the bomb used to sit\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/11\/78520555-12819801-image-a-12_1701601484337.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Edwards said: &#8216;[The bomb] was an old friend. I&#8217;m so sorry that the poor old thing was blown to pieces&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/11\/78520553-12819801-image-m-16_1701601848893.jpg\" height=\"710\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Edwards said he learned about the bomb&#8217;s history by the Morris family, whose family members used to own the house<\/p>\n<p>He added:\u00a0&#8216;He plonked it upright in the front courtyard and that&#8217;s where it remained.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Defence said: &#8216;We can confirm that on 30 Nov 23, Ashchurch Troop, 721 EOD Sqn, 11 EOD&amp;S Regt RLC, responded at the request of Dyfed-Powys Police to a suspect item of ordnance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The EOD team assessed the item and determined it to be a 64lb naval projectile which was removed from the scene for subsequent explosive demolition.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12819801\/Couple-kept-live-BOMB-garden-ornament-1982-left-devastated-detonated-disposal-unit-reveal-told-squad-not-leaving-goes-going-it.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Couple who kept a live BOMB as a garden ornament since 1982 are left devastated after it&#8217;s detonated by disposal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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