simonrl
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17 years ago
Wyn
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The description of the book on the link had the folowing
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The most serious occurred in November 1944 at the huge (45 acre) Fauld Gypsum Quarry, Staffordshire when no less than 3,800 tons of HE bombs detonated at the same time causing the deaths of 68 people directly and more from gassing later.


The "gassing later" is of interest.
I remember going round Glynrhonwy with my Father and Uncle in the late sixties and coming across a small building full of animal cages, which I thought was a bit odd. Years later I learnt from an RAF Armourer that nerve gases had been stored there (captured German stock, such as Tabun?). I think they ended up in the Irish Sea via Llandwrog.
Can anyone confirm this?
AR
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There was one of these underground bomb storage facilities near me at Harpur Hill, just outside of Buxton. I belive part of it started getting unstable during the war, causing its abandonment and I've often wondered a) is any of it still intact and b) if so, where might there be a way in? Harpur Hill does still have some connection with big bangs as the HSE have their explosive tesitng laboratory up there.

As for the nerve gas in Wales, it wouldn't surprise me - there was all sorts of unpleasant stuff chucked into the sea post-1945 as a cheap alternative to safe disposal.....

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