"We first discovered it as we were digging to start putting up a fence. I thought it was a tin bath or something until we brushed some soil off it and see what shape it was."
"When it was confirmed a WWII bomb I was shocked really I have never seen anything like this before."
"A spokesperson for Kent Police confirmed that a suspected wartime ordnance had been found at 9.18am."
"A Ministry of Defence bomb disposal team attended and removed the ordnance. Residents were permitted to return home at around 4.15pm."
Landscapers in Dartford made a startling discovery of a suspected World War II bomb while working in a back garden on Kirby Road. The bomb was found at 9:18 am, prompting an immediate response from Kent Police and the evacuation of nearby homes. The area was cordoned off for safety. Bobby Moulson, the landscaper, initially mistook the object for a tin bath until he identified it as a bomb after looking it up online. A bomb disposal team from the Ministry of Defence was called in and safely removed the ordnance, allowing residents to return home by 4:15 pm.
Read at www.newsshopper.co.uk
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