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MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS Friday March 16 1979' BOMB SQUAD Aeiik this final article about the work of the bomb ..

... conditions Sappers dug s'ul from beneath bomb When Major the captain working with him started to tackle bomb itself they two fuses both partly covered by the bomb's bulk Risks Until those fuses could immunised the bomb was liable to go up at any minute But ...

Published: Friday 16 March 1979
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1004 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

it u MANCHESTER EVENING Thursday March 1979 BOMB SQUAD KEITH MACDONALD continues the true stories of the bomb ..

... Thursday March 1979 BOMB SQUAD KEITH MACDONALD continues the true stories of the bomb disposal experts and particularly Major Bill Harfl the Manchester man whose courage won him MBE:3lj George Cross Today Major Bill's most exciting bomb and how he deaif ...

Published: Thursday 15 March 1979
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1267 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Wednesday December 19 hurt Yesterday on the anniversary that sad Christmas message a letter bomb was delivered ..

... Wednesday December 19 hurt Yesterday on the anniversary that sad Christmas message a letter bomb was delivered to the Macclesfield home the prominent Manchester businessman and war hero Sir William' Mather Thankfully his wife— with that sixth sense that ...

Published: Wednesday 19 December 1979
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1056 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

I Following our recent series on the with wartime unexplored bombs here are readers telling their tales ..

... unexplored bombs here are readers telling their tales MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS Tuesday 3 Councils to ransom home facelifts held ' for 1 dug to bring up enclosed the and shows a bomb recc 148 Bomb Disposal Section 19:3 Apart nines is heaviest the bombs this country ...

Published: Tuesday 03 April 1979
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3588 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Manchester Evening Monday December 10 1979 by John Robert-Blunn THE decision of the Salisbury government to ..

... Manchester Evening Monday December 10 1979 by John Robert-Blunn THE decision of the Salisbury government to bomb guerilla camps in Zambia and Mozambique has done little to help Lord Carrington achieve early ceasefire agreement at the Lancaster House talks ...

Published: Monday 10 December 1979
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 542 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS Friday Guard the dark Teacher AT DISCOUNT PRICES SECURITY Philip Spark made bomb hoax ..

... PRICES SECURITY Philip Spark made bomb hoax calls because he was frightened being alone at night When nobody would take any him after the left phoned them the following day and told them two men a car had another bomb outside premises he was guarding Spark ...

Published: Friday 09 November 1979
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1788 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Monday March 12 1979 THE TRUE STORY OF of the war-time heroes who dai :riska their VliVes to defuse '

... Britain Hitler's Luftwaffe were raining bombs on helpless cities The first bomb disposal men went into battle armed with a hammer a chisel and a prayer The real experts took a piece of string with them as well Bomb dispo- by KEITH MACDONALD sal was a guessing ...

Published: Monday 12 March 1979
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1048 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Go clout C::ZLM1& £lLlL: I -— KEITH MACDONALD continues the true I Bill Hartley Mftiwft&wMri whose courage MBE ..

... -' 1 - Ik The bomb squad excavating in their search for the Tate Gallery bomb when there was concern for the safety the art treasures and below the Major the Gallery with Sir John Rothenstein Hartley from Manchester taanetf than 1000 bombs and other explosive ...

Published: Wednesday 14 March 1979
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1342 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

KEITH MAC DONALD tells the true stories behind Danger UXB series on TV— Major Bill Hartley Manchester man whose ..

... garden where her husband been blown to pieces by a bomb during the raid She been behaving that way because she was so badly shocked Tackling live bombs is addictive Exhilarating is the word most used by bomb disposal men Major Hartley described as a ha ...

Published: Tuesday 13 March 1979
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2058 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

-RO°£RTIES ALWAYS ON OFFER 2363 told today how he leaped his life from bedroom window as flames roared up the

... French BOMB exploded today a French bank Madrid causing extensive damage but no injuries Suspicion for the bombing centred on the Basque Guerilla organisation ETA which has launched the sabotage campaign against Spain's tourist industry The bomb made up ...

Published: Thursday 05 July 1979
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 886 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

FRIEND DROPPING IN FIRST EXTRA Manchester Evening News 34320 TUESDAY AUGUST 28 OPEN A innAiiMT It gives you ..

... say whether there is any risk until it has been inspected' Lobsterpot bomb The Irish Army may decide to carry out a controlled explosion on board the black-painted fishing craft Bomb experts are trying to discover whether the explosive device was actually ...

Published: Tuesday 28 August 1979
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1485 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FIRST THE VISI THE CONLEY SHOP AT POWDERScV for fast fib relief from flu chills & colds and our Ring

... the latest target for letter bomb terrorists today But an' alert sorting office worker spotted the package before it could be delivered to Mr James Prior Employment Secretary and MP for Lowestoft Police removed the post bomb from the sorting office at Beccles ...

Published: Friday 21 December 1979
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1211 | Page: 1 | Tags: none