'Old Bill' - Hull Marketplace*
Some of the equipment used to reach the bomb in Hull Marketplace
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The Shaft - Hull Marketplace
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Hammering in piles to stabilize the ground - Hull Marketplace
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The 1000 kg bomb at the bottom of the shaft (38 ft down)
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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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