Children in the English town of Wooler in Northumberland are temporarily without a playground after workers found 176 unexploded World War II bombs buried underneath the play area. The first ordnance was discovered Jan.

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery.

More than 170 bombs dating back to World War II were discovered under a children’s playground in England last month when workers began digging up the park for renovations, according to officials. The explosive find was first made in mid-January at Scotts Park in Wooler,