Lockley Lomas, of Taunton, finds grenade - but thought it was a turtle

Fortunately Louie Lomas was able to wrench his son Lockley, five, away from the First World War weapon.

The two had gone for a walk along Haydon Lane, on the edge of Taunton, when Lockley spotted the grenade in a stream.

"He was really excited because he thought it was a turtle and was about to pick it up," said Louie, a former circus juggler who lives in Bishop's Hull.

"He was a bit scared and taken aback when I grabbed him and pulled him away.

"But he was quite excited when I explained what a grenade was."

Louie called the police, who ordered him and Lockley, who attends Holy Trinity Primary School, into their car and drove down the road until the bomb squad arrived.

"They came and took it away, but Lockley was a bit upset he didn't get to see it explode," said Louie.

"I presume it had been washed down into the stream in the floods.

"The fields used to be used as a training ground during that period and must have been left behind,"