Newsbot Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 An area around an Isle of Man beauty spot is closed while the discovery of explosives is investigated. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/8009524.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Aggggh! Shells on beach - whatever next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bluemonday Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 iomtoday - Diffusing the mortars is a specialist task and requires the assistance of the British Army, who either explode the mortars in situ or remove them to be destroyed at a safer location. I expect it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketman Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 iomtoday - Diffusing the mortars is a specialist task and requires the assistance of the British Army, who either explode the mortars in situ or remove them to be destroyed at a safer location. I expect it is. Damn the british army ! Diffusing the mortars is a specialist task and requires the assistance of the IOM Civil Defence and Army Cadets, who stand at a reasonable distance from the mortars and chuck stones at them until they go bang. If this doesnt occur they get very dissapointed, just bury them again and say nowt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SunnyNorth Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 An area around an Isle of Man beauty spot is closed while the discovery of explosives is investigated. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/8009524.stm Quite, exactly how were they discovered and by whom? Can't let people go about discovering explosives after all. Where the hell do they educate their reporters? Any of our secondary schools... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I got the impression from reading an article that the mortars were found inland, not on the beach. Where would they have come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I got the impression from reading an article that the mortars were found inland, not on the beach. Where would they have come from? I saw a copper on TV yesterday saying (he/they) thought the area was used as a firing range. Thousands of people were trained on the island in WW2 - firing mortars is something, I for one, would prefer not to have to learn just from a book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I got the impression from reading an article that the mortars were found inland, not on the beach. Where would they have come from? I saw a copper on TV yesterday saying (he/they) thought the area was used as a firing range. Thousands of people were trained on the island in WW2 - firing mortars is something, I for one, would prefer not to have to learn just from a book. I just presumed that any testing would have taken place up in the Ayres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I got the impression from reading an article that the mortars were found inland, not on the beach. Where would they have come from? I saw a copper on TV yesterday saying (he/they) thought the area was used as a firing range. Thousands of people were trained on the island in WW2 - firing mortars is something, I for one, would prefer not to have to learn just from a book. I just presumed that any testing would have taken place up in the Ayres. you can find loads of spent .303 bullets in the sand dunes near blue point, I suppose the place was swarming with exercises and training around the wartime and up to the 60's when the TA had summer camps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I got the impression from reading an article that the mortars were found inland, not on the beach. Where would they have come from? I saw a copper on TV yesterday saying (he/they) thought the area was used as a firing range. Thousands of people were trained on the island in WW2 - firing mortars is something, I for one, would prefer not to have to learn just from a book. I just presumed that any testing would have taken place up in the Ayres. you can find loads of spent .303 bullets in the sand dunes near blue point, I suppose the place was swarming with exercises and training around the wartime and up to the 60's when the TA had summer camps Same by Pigeon Stream up on Douglas Head. There were a good few ranges and training areas dotted about, as well as exercises carried out in various places. Edited: Note to any children reading this. If you have ever been in trouble with the cops, hit whatever you find with a hammer or large rock - it's great fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Edited: Note to any children reading this. If you have ever been in trouble with the cops, hit whatever you find with a hammer or large rock - it's great fun. Or just throw them at the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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