article_snippet: A stash of about 80 grenades dating back to the Second World War was found on a building site in East Sussex yesterday.
article_snippet: Explosives were discovered by workmen on a building site in East Sussex and are thought to have been phosphorus incendiary grenades created as improvised anti-tank weapons at a time when Britain was facing a Nazi invasion following the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.
article_snippet: about 80 grenades dating back to the Second World War, marked AW Bomb 1940, were made by chemical company Albright & Wilson in the form of bottles filled with an incendiary liquid.
article_snippet: A stash of about 80 grenades dating back to the Second World War
article_snippet: Police revealed that one or two of about 80 grenades dating back to the Second World War had exploded after Police were discovered, sending up a sheet of flame, but that no one was hurt.
article_snippet: Bomb disposal experts, from Folkestone in Kent, later carried out a controlled explosion to destroy the remaining cache of grenades.
article_snippet: Local householders were warned to expect the explosion by police community support officers and council workers knocked on doors beforehand.'
article_snippet: Local householders are thought to have been phosphorus incendiary grenades created as improvised anti-tank weapons at a time when Britain was facing a Nazi invasion following the Dunkirk evacuation (pictured) in 1940 .
highlights_snippet: Explosives are thought to have been grenades dating back to Second World War .
  
highlights_snippet: One or two of Explosives exploded after Explosives were discovered, police revealed .
  
highlights_snippet: Bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion on grenades dating back to Second World War .