Practice Bombs found at Wooler

The story from the BBC is here : www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0821yqr4wo

I must admit to being confused by these stories sometimes as reporters often mix up RAF and Army due to the use of the word bomb by both. However, looking at the photo of the bombs in question they do look like RAF practice bombe and some look to have the burster charge tube intact, the rest of the body and fins long rusted away.

The question is, why Wooler? Wooler would have probably served as the nearest railway station for Milfield and Brunton, where thousand of practice bombs would have been consumed during their operational time, especially on the tactical ranges on Goswick Sands. The fact that most of these bombs seem to have been used implies they would have come from the range clearance rather than disposing of unused ones so was there a disposal location at Wooler as there must have been plenty of HE bombs to destroy as well?

I suspect both might be the source, although I found less on Horton being used for dropping practice bombs as they seem to have described it more as a tactical exercise area, although that doesn't rule out practice bombs. Still no cover of Doddington or Horton on the HE Aerial Photo website.

Berwick Advertiser - Thursday 29 January 1998Wooler Glendale Local History Society: Wildlife ranger Bob Smith spoke at the January meeting on the ploughing and draining of Wooler Common in the carly Sixties. He described some of the mishaps involved in ploughing soft ground - on one occasion watching a large tractor slowly sinking until help arrived. He pointed out that in some areas aerial bombs and other military hardware had been recovered.