History.

[geoff]

I think i remember someone on here talking about a tree they took down, that was full of lead shot. Turned out it had been used as an "exacution spot" where criminals would stand and be shot.

 

 

 

 

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/7509-20ft-up-ash-embeded.html#post135715

 

 

THis might link to that thread...You did'nt dream it!

[Tree Man Tom]

I think i remember someone on here talking about a tree they took down, that was full of lead shot. Turned out it had been used as an "exacution spot" where criminals would stand and be shot.

 

 

 

 

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/7509-20ft-up-ash-embeded.html#post135715

 

 

THis might link to that thread...You did'nt dream it!

 

Thats the one cheers mate

[penfold]

yep got shrapnel all over the old brooklands race track.

 

brooklands was owned by vickers during WWII as thats where barnes wallis had his drawing office when he designed the bouncing bomb so would have been a prime target for the luftwaffe and easy to spot with that massive banked track.

[Graham]

Found a piece of shrapnel when we worked in South London after the big storm and once cut an oak with a .303 bullet in it. Shaved through perfectly in half lengthways. Probably left there by the Home Guard.