For the latest Oldham news sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here An amateur magnet fisher pulled an unexploded grenade from a stretch of canal in Failsworth on Sunday — sparking a major police incident.
Sophie Doyle, 28, was dredging the Rochdale Canal when she uncovered the cylindrical object. On it, letters ‘ADE’ and ‘HAND’ could be read. READ MORE: Mum runs round village green for 24 hours without stopping in tribute to friend battling cancer That prompted Sophie to call the police — who dispatched the bomb squad and placed a 100-metre cordon around the site.
It also meant that tram services were suspended in the area for much of Sunday afternoon. “It’s a British Army military smoke grenade that's used for signalling,” Sophie told
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