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Because the wide, shallow Blackwater Estuary - off Mersea Island was considered to be an obvious landing beach during invasion threat 1940-1941, it was mined and fenced off.

(Traced of barbed wire have been found just recently (2003)by a writer at St Peters Well).

Sadly when a local dog went out for his/her frolick along a lovely clear beach - BANG!

I can remember being in my grandparents garden and hearing the explosion.

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