THEY may have a German bunker as their garden wall, but the Roberts family weren’t expecting to fall through their lawn and find the other half of it.
However, after years of playing cricket and ball games on the same piece of grass, 15-year-old Andrea accidentally put her foot through the garden of their home in Westmount Road last week and discovered a buried passage.
At first, Andrea’s mum, Annette Vickers-Roberts, assumed that her daughter had just fallen awkwardly on her foot - until a few days later when she decided to investigate the matter further.
The family have uncovered a passage between two other bunkers and now have a garden that appears to accommodate three German bunkers in all.
They intend to bury the bunkers once again, and this time they hope to leave them sitting underground rather more securely.
Article posted on 9th August, 2004 - 12.00am
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