Widespread relief among Plymouth residents after WW2 bomb is safely destroyed

A Plymouth community that has been gripped by fear since the discovery of a Second World War bomb four days ago has breathed a collective sigh of relief following its safe detonation at sea. The unexploded device was found in a garden on St Michael Avenue in Keyham on Tuesday, February 20.
It resulted in what has been described by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) as one of the largest evacuation operations since the end of World War Two. The bomb was successfully detonated yesterday evening, February 23.
Huge praise and admiration have been given to the Royal Navy by Plymouth residents and officials and their bravery has been commended on X, formerly Twitter.
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[@Rowtheboat99]

Makes you wonder how many others are buried in the area too.

[@oddities-whatnot]

Wonder how many homes were burgled while they were empty

[@maureenwood2752]

I was wondering about that

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@maureenwood2752 In 1977 the queen passed through our town while we all stood and waved, everyone was out waiting for the big moment. I was about 8 years old and while everyone was looking up the road I suddenly turned round to see some bloke, maybe in his 30s or 40s in a long black leather jacket carrying a heavy looking holdall walking past us all on the pavement. Even as a kid I thought BURGLER ! He just didnt look right. Bet that bag was full of stolen goods. Twat.

[@oceanmaster4682]

Army unit on a Monday morning : need a volunteer for a driving detail.. get rest of the week off 😂😂😂

[@robertbate5790]

When a community comes together miracles happen. Peace be with you all 🙏🙏🙏

[@bluenose7984]

Finding unexploded bombs was a regular occurrence when i was a kid, they were always finding them in school roofs and peoples attics.

[@trevormillar1576]

Anthony Andrews would have had the fuse out before the end credits.

[@tonypetts6663]

Lol, got that right!

[@angelaharris6577]

I do get pi**ed off when anyone reporting anything is ALWAYS saying" you know" OR " like" halfway through a sentence ....surely our language has sufficient words to use for the right occasion and is more PROFESSIONAL. She was more concerned about hitting her target!

[@trapset1539]

It's the lowering IQ levels in the west. Check out The Jolly Heretic

[@michael1714]

I couldn’t agree more! I find it so irritating that I don’t listen that much nowadays. Well said.

[@robstafford8306]

From the North East. Seems like all the Agencies involved were very well coordinated and integrated. Those Military types who approach such a situation never cease to amaze me….most people in their occupation can make a mistake….those guys and gals cannot. Pleased it all ended well.

[@robstafford8306]

While I am 400 plus miles away, appreciate Plymouth has a rich history. Despite the risk, danger and hardship…this bomb episode adds another chapter to Plymouth’s story. Regards from a not so sunny Sunderland.

[@helenbarnett695]

There were coastguards, search and rescue, mountain rescue, police, fire engine in my street, cars and vehicles around the cordon areas. Schools businesses etc were closed all afternoon, glad it went ok

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@robstafford8306 great reply from your good self and the original poster.

[@robstafford8306]

@@helenbarnett695 hope Plymouth gets back to normal soon.

[@philthycat1408]

See if Germany wants it back first surely.

[@esmeecampbell7396]

Nein, danke 🤣

[@trapset1539]

The ghost of the Austrian vegetarian artist still lives on.

[@hiramabiff2017]

Numerous German bombs found on sites near us and in the Grand Union Canal. Street blocked off and all sorted within a few hours. We get blown to bit by Irish t.errorists and I go through a display cabinet smothered in glass. All back to normal the next day. Talk about " make a meal of things "..... I dread to think what will happen when real emergencies hit us.

[@johannawhite9703]

I just LOVE how the two servicemen driving the lorry ( with the bomb on it) have put their seat belts on. They'll be glad of them if they have an accident and that bomb goes off... "Phew that was close" they'll think "Glad we were buckled up nice 'n' safe...."

[@laurastuart3814]

How did we know that no fish died ?

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

I was in Poundland earlier today, and couldn’t find any multi-packs of Hula-Hoops!

[@gbhxu]

Where is there a video of the bomb being exploded at sea?

[@davidhawes7959]

who lost the coin toss to have to drive the truck

[@evanbattleson6211]

😂

[@ibthisamyousaf902]

There is a shipwreck in kent, its full of bombs, that one is extremely dangerous.

[@duncandistortion]

But doesn't show detonation,how crap.

[@perarduaadastra873]

Abundance of caution.

[@BigBoaby-sg1yo]

At last - the police doing police work 🤷‍♂️

[@bmc5075]

Be interesting to see how they b.low it up in the sea or if its to old another bit of history

[@Nick186]

Was done last night with a bomb

[@bmc5075]

@Nick186 oh seen 👍 it massive jeez good job it was found and brought out safe

[@Nick186]

@@bmc5075 was a fairly big bomb just glad they managed too move it safely, unlike Exeter one

[@skepticalwhiteguy]

BS destroyed thats the trident replacement...

[@Sophiechic]

I don't think it was that hard to remove an 80 year old bomb I could have done it in my lunch break

[@thegrunt1]

are you dumb or something

[@UnitYT6161]

Return to sender.

[@WebDeveloper-xs4uf]

Two bombs exist. The Bomb and the Supermarket rott bomb that's aldi and lidl sucking the city dry of all it's wealth. Shocked when I visited and how poor the city and folks are.

[@ElementHD44]

What are you talking about ya flannel 🤣

[@simoncampbell3144]

​@@ElementHD44don't think he speaks England

[@Mardi-Shorts-DevonGirlUK]

There's loads of lovely places in Plym. You must of only visited 'Swilly'! 😂

[@stevefoster5138]

How on earth didn’t the occupiers of the house notice a 500lb bomb in their back garden ?

[@spudspuddy]

do you know whats 6 foot below your lawn from 80 years ago

[@stevefoster5138]

@@spudspuddy I should’ve made myself a bit clearer. How didn’t the occupants of the house who were living there when the bomb dropped into their back garden fail to notice it ?

[@spudspuddy]

@@stevefoster5138 they landed all over england 80 years ago and buried deep in the earth, the house there now is a moden new estate, it was only marsh land before so probaly more bombs down there, this isnt unusual event loads benearth our feet around the coast

[@runlarryrun77]

@@stevefoster5138 Cos they were probably in an air raid shelter, not looking up at the sky during the middle of a Luftwaffe raid going "ooh don't they look pretty when they go boom?"

[@dougaltolan3017]

A lot of them turned to go horizontally as well. There wasn't always a neat hole in the ground with a lump of bomb at the bottom of it.

[@matthewfussell1793]

Thought that was a migrant boat coming in

[@matthewfussell1793]

@@grimekid666 and

[@user-kp4mu4ku2v]

Hahahaha, it would have created a hole about 6ft wide by 3ft deep hardly anything to worry about

[@marttyler2569]

Bell end

[@BADDTV]

Clearly you didn't pay attention in school eh.

[@pcjthe1]

An SC500 is a 500kg HE bomb or a "thousand pounder" in WW2 money. Make one hell of a big hole should it go off.

[@shkelqimgaxha1397]

😲. 🏠🏠💣🤦‍♂️😂😂😂😂🤪

[@underdogpsychosis2841]

"Widespread relief" lmaooo literally no one gave a shit.

[@user-bc4su2wg9y]

Shit

[@user-bc4su2wg9y]

Where's the explosion? Literally the only reason I clicked on this video. Clearly click bait