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Tag Archives: ladder Hill
Who ‘disarmed’ the Boer War bomb in the tower?
In his column in the St Helena Independent, Julian Cairns-Wicks recalled the saga of the unexploded bomb that was discovered in the old round tower on Ladder Hill. But what happened to it? Here’s the down-to-earth answer, as told to … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Gurr, Boer War, bomb, Jacobs Ladder, ladder Hill, Saint Helena, St Helena
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