​Defusing the bomb
 
It was not until several years later - November 1949 - that the bomb was eventually raised and defused. It took three attempts and nearly five months of digging by the No 16 Bomb Disposal unit to uncover and defuse it. The area in the vicinity of
Midtown Farm was evacuated and traffic diverted while the work was carried out. Lieutenant Smith, the officer directing the work, told the Evening Mail that ‘the bomb was fitted with an electric impact fuse…the first difficulty that arose was that after cutting away a piece of the bomb the fuse was bent. Another drilling had to take place before the fuse could be carefully drawn out.’
 
Once defused the 6ft device was hoisted out of the 24ft square shaft that had been dug around the bomb. It was taken out of the village, emptied of its powder and
cast-filling contents, and blown up. The shaft was then filled in by the Bomb Disposal Unit who then moved on to deal with another bomb, in Scotland.