Archive for the tag 'The Millennium Bridge'
Filed under Holidays, Newcastle 2015
A Walk Along the Quayside
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 5th 2015
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In the 19th century, cannon were mounted on the rooftop and fired on ceremonial occasions.
One was used regularly as the ‘noon gun’, firing at the midday in response to a telegraph signal from Greenwich Observatory in London. After a number of accident – in one of which a gunner was killed – the practice of [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 10th 2013
