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32 Pounder Cannon

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18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 30th 2018

18 Responses to “32 Pounder Cannon”

  1. lisl says:
    October 31, 2018 at 6:35 am

    That is in very good condition

  2. Ginnie says:
    October 31, 2018 at 6:42 am

    Ouch! That would really cause damage, Cherry!

  3. ....peter says:
    October 31, 2018 at 4:48 pm

    it looks like it lives up to its name Cherie….peter:)

  4. Alan says:
    October 31, 2018 at 5:51 pm

    I wonder if they have ever been fired in anger?

  5. Ayush Basu says:
    October 31, 2018 at 5:53 pm

    i remember having seen some 16 pounder guns in Singapore and some shots were on display to give an indication of size. i think these did serious damage.

  6. London Caller says:
    October 31, 2018 at 8:22 pm

    Got back from Jersey about two weeks ago, Bamburgh Castle reminded me of Gorey Castle Look it up, see if you agree with me :)

    • CherryPie says:
      October 31, 2018 at 11:19 pm

      I looked it up and yes I can see the resemblance but Gory Castle does not have the vast expanse of landscape that can be seen from Bamburgh Castle.

      What do you think?

  7. Astrid says:
    October 31, 2018 at 9:38 pm

    That are some serious cannons, Cherry. That can give big damage.

  8. The Yum List says:
    November 1, 2018 at 11:04 am

    If only people had invested all of the money that went into military over hundreds of years into making friends instead of enemies, our world would surely be thriving.

    • CherryPie says:
      November 2, 2018 at 12:11 am

      That is so true. Disputes between territory and nations fuel the development of military technology. It is about power and dominion, for some reason societies always seem to form themselves in this way.

  9. Shabana says:
    November 5, 2018 at 6:28 am

    ah the terrifying part of human nature ,specially men!

    • CherryPie says:
      November 6, 2018 at 11:40 pm

      From an English perspective men are not terrifying but it was mostly men that took part in warfare as directed by politicians of the times…