Blaster Bates is the name used by Derek McIntosh Bates, a British explosives and demolition expert, born in Crewe, who made a series of sound recordings from the 1960s to 1980s, recounting bizarre and funny experiences from his long career, and also tales of his hobbies of motorcycling, hunting and shooting. He was also much in demand as an after-dinner speaker. Wikipedia
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