In November 2015, Christine Battersby of Back Hill was shocked when a tree specialist, Glen Conway, discovered an unexploded hand grenade hidden inside a hollow at the base of a decaying apple tree in her garden. Police cordoned off the area and kept the property under protection overnight while explosives experts placed sandbags around the tree before safely disposing of the grenade at around 8 a.m. the following morning. The discovery raised questions about how the dangerous object had ended up inside the ancient tree and served as a reminder that potentially deadly remnants of the past can remain hidden for decades…
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