Entries from Londonist tagged with 'uxb'
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
Unexploded World War II bombs and London buses: you wait for ages for one, then two show up at once. A day after the Hammersmith & City, District and Circle lines were disrupted by a UXB found in Bromley By-Bow, another one has been unearthed, this time at the Olympic site in Stratford. All flights into and out of London City Airport have been halted due to an enforced air exclusion zone; however, the airport's......
Continue Reading "London City Airport Closed After WWII Bomb Found"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......
Continue Reading "Unexploded Bomb Disrupts Evening Commute"