Clifton Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 If anyone was concerned about a very large bang this morning, here is the explanation:https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/peckham-rye-park-locked-down-after-hand-grenade-found-by-builders/ Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/268178-controlled-explosion-in-peckham-rye-park/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunbob Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I wonder what building work was going on in that position, which was on the meadow opposite Peirmont Green. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/268178-controlled-explosion-in-peckham-rye-park/#findComment-1463934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianr Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 "police conducted a controlled explosion."!!? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/268178-controlled-explosion-in-peckham-rye-park/#findComment-1463939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristymac1 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 It was found in the water tank of my adjoining neighbour, police knocked on the door, evacuated everybody and it was all dealt with very swiftly and calmly - kudos to met police Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/268178-controlled-explosion-in-peckham-rye-park/#findComment-1463940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 A hand grenade got into the water tank in someone's loft ?(I'm sure I haven't grasped the correct detail yet...!) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/268178-controlled-explosion-in-peckham-rye-park/#findComment-1463946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristymac1 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 KidKruger Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> A hand grenade got into the water tank in> someone's loft ?> (I'm sure I haven't grasped the correct detail> yet...!)Thats about the gist of it Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/268178-controlled-explosion-in-peckham-rye-park/#findComment-1463953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 The grenade appears to be tied together with 2 bits of steel pipe on a length of wire. It looks to me that it was used as a weight, which in conjunction with a float might have switched on and off a pump to fill the tank, perhaps from a well, or from a lower level tank. This would predate our modern high pressure mains supply.It reminds me of a story in the papers, in the 50's or 60's, of a family clearing the house of their deceased mother. The dustmen called the police who called the bomb squad. The item in question was a live first world war shell. She had used it as a door stop.MarkT Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/268178-controlled-explosion-in-peckham-rye-park/#findComment-1463980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldwiser Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Wow. Extraordinary in-depth journalism there.Barely a single paragraph. I got more insight from MarkT! They might have interviewed the owner or something, anything.. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/268178-controlled-explosion-in-peckham-rye-park/#findComment-1464011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Thanks kristymac.I presume this is the pre "controlled explosion" photo, perhaps after the device had been discovered ?Looks like the pin had deteriorated or been removed (meaning it was faulty/benign) and those weights added.Maybe the controlled explosion was a standard procedure just in case.MarkT - never heard of grenades being used as tank weights, unreal !kristymac1 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> KidKruger Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > A hand grenade got into the water tank in> > someone's loft ?> > (I'm sure I haven't grasped the correct detail> > yet...!)> > Thats about the gist of it Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/268178-controlled-explosion-in-peckham-rye-park/#findComment-1464037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 My brother has just emailed me"Seems entirely in keeping with that wartime make-do-and-mend spirit! Perfectly good hand grenade. Waste not want not..."MarkT Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/268178-controlled-explosion-in-peckham-rye-park/#findComment-1464117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 I'm guessing the song for this weekend is "boom shake shake da room" ! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/268178-controlled-explosion-in-peckham-rye-park/#findComment-1464158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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