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28
Sept 2021
Police cordon lifted after hand grenade discovered in Harrogate
A Harrogate street has returned to normality after bomb squad officers dealt with a hand grenade in a garden.
Police cordoned off three streets in Bilton after the discovery on Gordon Avenue, just off Bilton Lane, late this morning.
A bomb disposal unit from the Ministry of Defence rushed to the street, which is between Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School and Bilton Cricket Club.
The team departed at about 1.40pm and the police cordon was lifted and people allowed to return to their homes.
A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said:
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A resident on Gordon Avenue told the Stray Ferret about the "mad moment" police knocked on their door.
The resident, who requested anonymity, was evacuated at around 12.30pm, said:
"This is obviously not something that happens everyday, it is quite mad really. Definitely rare for Harrogate.
"We saw that the police were on the street. The next minute the officers were knocking on my door.
"They said that they had called in the bomb squad because the neighbour had found a bomb.
"Not everyone was evacuated, just the residents who live quite close by. Police were quick to get people away."
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