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Published:
April 15, 2008
'I remember seeing the
Stert Island bomb 40 years ago'
Just
days after a World War II bomb was safely detonated on Stert Island,
a former Burnham-On-Sea resident has been recounting how he used
to walk out across the mudflats to see the bomb over 40 years
ago.
Terry
Temlett, pictured here with a photo of the Stert Island bomb in
1968 with the Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Team's truck in the background,
told Burnham-On-Sea.com how he never imagined the object could
be dangerous.
 "I
can remember clear as a bell walking out to the island and seeing
the object. We parked at Steart and walked out onto Stert wondering
what it was. We even took a photo of it," he said.
Terry,
who now lives in Worle, added: "We thought it was part of
an aircraft that had come down rather than a bomb."
The
bomb had been on Stert Island's mudflats for more than 60 years
until it was safely exploded last Saturday. Local fishermen have
even been using it to tie up their boats - without realising its
potentially lethal danger.
The
bomb was safely detonated in a dramatic explosion at 11.42am last
Saturday by the Royal Navy's Bomb Disposal Team, captured here
in our online
video footage.
RELATED
LINKS:
Video
coverage of the bomb explosion
Photos
of the bomb explosion
Planned
detonation of bomb is postponed
Lifeboats
called out to help bomb disposal team
First
photo of Stert Island bomb up close
Bomb
found on Stert Island - hovercrafts help with work
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