----- Original Message ----- From: "banny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:29 PM Subject: [canals-list] Bomb? Little Venice
> >>can any of you little venice returners confirm this? > > > Following the discovery of a large World War II bomb at a site off > Palmers Road in Bethnal Green, east London, last night (Monday 14 > May), a cordon is in place which includes sections of the Regent's > Canal and Hertford Union. The following locks are closed until > further notice: Mile End, Hertford Union (top lock) and Old Ford Lock > (Regent's Canal). > The local BBC news online has a story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6656507.stm which says Roman Road is closed, and the junction of Roman Road and Palmer's Road is very close to the junction of the Regent's Canal with the Hertford Union, so that report is probably correct. The BBC article says that a 200m exclusion area is in place, and the 50 residents who have been evacuated from their homes may not be allowed to return on Tuesday. It would seem likey that the canal is shut. Dorothy
