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Burr
 
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LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Police closed streets near London's Canary
Wharf financial district on Saturday after an unexploded German flying bomb
from World War II was found on a construction site.

Burr


 
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Mark Annand
 
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Burr wrote:
> LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Police closed streets near London's Canary
> Wharf financial district on Saturday after an unexploded German flying bomb
> from World War II was found on a construction site.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6920474.stm

"V-1s (Doodlebugs) were flying missiles that had enough power to fly
over the Channel and were capable of destroying two to three houses."

The BBC will be returning to edit *that* in due course ...
 
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Martin
 
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:56:39 +0100, Mark Annand
<mark.annand@invalid.zetnet.co.uk> wrote:

>Burr wrote:
>> LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Police closed streets near London's Canary
>> Wharf financial district on Saturday after an unexploded German flying bomb
>> from World War II was found on a construction site.

>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6920474.stm
>
>"V-1s (Doodlebugs) were flying missiles that had enough power to fly
>over the Channel and were capable of destroying two to three houses."
>
>The BBC will be returning to edit *that* in due course ...


"The Docklands Light Railway, which was carrying visitors to an air race near
the Dome, was not closed." !!!!
--

Martin

 
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Paul Scott
 
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"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
news:91noa3peg5juplltvq20a60nqfdaqtc75e@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:56:39 +0100, Mark Annand


>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6920474.stm
>>
>>"V-1s (Doodlebugs) were flying missiles that had enough power to fly
>>over the Channel and were capable of destroying two to three houses."

>
> "The Docklands Light Railway, which was carrying visitors to an air race
> near
> the Dome, was not closed." !!!!


Wer'e indeed fortunate that the Germans didn't attack us with flying
acetylene cylinders...

Paul


 
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Martin
 
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:37:22 +0100, "Paul Scott"
<notvalidpmscott@btinternet.com> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>news:91noa3peg5juplltvq20a60nqfdaqtc75e@4ax.com.. .
>> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:56:39 +0100, Mark Annand

>
>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6920474.stm
>>>
>>>"V-1s (Doodlebugs) were flying missiles that had enough power to fly
>>>over the Channel and were capable of destroying two to three houses."

>>
>> "The Docklands Light Railway, which was carrying visitors to an air race
>> near
>> the Dome, was not closed." !!!!

>
>Wer'e indeed fortunate that the Germans didn't attack us with flying
>acetylene cylinders...


and caffeine and sugar fuelled acrobatic aircraft.
--

Martin

 
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charles
 
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Hi friends

Is this is true? I have not heard any news regarding this. Thank you for sharing the information. Please keep informing me in the future also.

Have a nice day


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Last edited by charles : 12-23-2009 at 04:23 AM.
 
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