In a message dated 15/05/2007 17:39:34 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Following the discovery of a large World War II bomb at a site off > Palmers Road in Bethnal Green, east London, last night (Monday 14 > May), a cordon is in place which includes sections of the Regent's > Canal and Hertford Union. The following locks are closed until > further notice: Mile End, Hertford Union (top lock) and Old Ford Lock > (Regent's Canal). > The local BBC news online has a story at _http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6656507.stm_ (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6656507.stm) There was a report on the BBC website on 10th April that, of 1493 bombs dropped on London during WW2, 207 failed to detonate - with a large proportion of them over the planned site for the Olympic Games. Given that preparations for the Olympics were almost already behind schedule before they started, expect a few more stoppages on the lower Lee/Lea and other canals over the next 5 years. DaveD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
