08/05/2024 Regno Unito, (UK), Galles (Wales), Pembrokeshire, Milford Haven
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A couple unwittingly lived with an unexploded bomb in their garden for more than four decades because they assumed it was a garden ornament. Jeffrey and Sian Edwards had painted the 64lb naval bomb red to match the windowsills at their home in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, and Mrs Edwards would even hit it with her trowel to dislodge loose soil from the gardening tool. However, they had no idea how dangerous the object could be until a police officer knocked on their door last week. Mr Edwards, 77, said the bomb had been found by previous occupants 70 years ago. The retired ambulance driver added: “The father used to go round delivering lemonade on a horse and cart and was known as Pops Morris. “He found it on Broad Haven beach and brought it back on his horse and cart, it has been in front of the house ever since.” The bomb, which dates from 1880 to 1890, is believed to have been fired from a warship using the beach as target practice. The couple who moved into the house after the Morris family sunk the device into cement and when Mr and Mrs Edwards arrived in 1982, they painted it red.
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