Entries from Londonist tagged with 'bromeybybow'
June 6, 2008
Hammersmith and City (Whitechapel to Barking) and District line (Whitechapel to Plaistow) trains are again suspended this morning while the Royal Engineers' bomb experts detonate and defuse the ticking World War II UXB. This is all happening on Diamond Geezer's doorstep and he points out that if only the Big Brother house was still filmed in Bromley-by-Bow the whole telly monstrosity would be shut down by now. Check Transport for London for travel updates.......
Continue Reading "Bromley-By-Bow UXB To Be Exploded Today"June 3, 2008
An unexploded WWII bomb disrupted tube services on the District and Hammersmith and City Lines last night when it was discovered near Bromley-by-Bow Station in a river by Sugar House Lane yesterday. The Army went in to investigate and the area was evacuated immediately after the discovery. The Newham Recorder reports: It is said to be one of the largest bombs found in East London since the war and may be bigger than the......
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