which was situated on the opposite side of the road to the present pub
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It's a very powerful irritant and contact immediately damages eyes, skin and lungs. The site was closed in 1953 and its laboratory equipment was transported to another chemical defence site at Nancekuke, near Redruth where it was decontaminated and dumped. This site closed in 1980 and is now known as RAF Portreath.
In 2006 a chemical weapons scare was sparked when a digger driver accidentally unearthed the equipment. Specialists from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory were called in to test for chemicals although none were found. The British government, as late as 1982, had strenuously denied that the mustard gas plant had ever existed. However, Sutton residents were fully aware of the "Poison Gas Works", as it was known.
A German Zeppelin airship also flew over Sherdley Park in Sutton in the 1920s dropping mysterious cylinder-shaped objects. It is thought that the pilot may have mistaken the Hughes' estate for that of Lord Derby's Knowsley Park, only eight miles away.
An indignant Mr. Crouch, the bible class leader, had what might be called a frank and lengthy exchange of views with the vicar, Rev. W.E. Colegrove, which were recorded verbatim by the Reporter. Finally the vicar assured Mr. Crouch that he'd had the church books checked out and they were in good order and the pair shook hands. Mr. Crouch could sleep again!
The following telegram has been received at Sutton from Rome - The Holy Father touched by the homage of the Knights of St.Columbia imparts from his heart the Apostolic Benediction.
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