Date:November - December 1944 (c.)
Description:On the morning of November 27, 1944, a huge explosion took place after the accidental ignition of 3,500 tons of explosives stored by the RAF in a disused gypsum mine. Upper Castle Hayes Farm was completely obliterated, and 70 people were killed. The crater remains, 90 feet deep and a quarter of a mile across. The Cock Inn in Hanbury, half a mile away from the blast, was severely damaged, and was later completely rebuilt. Helping the landlady of The Cock, Mrs Zucca, is L.A.C. J. Gair, who was blown from his bicycle while riding through the village when the explosion occurred.
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On the morning of November 27, 1944, a huge explosion took place after the accidental ignition of 3,500 ...
The Cock Inn at Hanbury was completely rebuilt following the Fauld explosion. It is now (in 2003) a ...
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Source: Mr John Godwin
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