'Old Bill' - Hull Marketplace

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Equipment in use in Hull

Some of the equipment used to reach the bomb in Hull Marketplace

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Hull Marketplace

The Shaft - Hull Marketplace

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Hull Marketplace

Hammering in piles to stabilize the ground - Hull Marketplace

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Hull Marketplace

The 1000 kg bomb at the bottom of the shaft (38 ft down)

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Lt Richards with Section and bomb

Lt Richards and section with the bomb - his No 2 (Sgt Quarendon) stands with his arm on the bomb (finally recovered 2nd February 1946)

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