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Seems like the red ball rising to near the top was regularly missed, I reckon an appropriately placed cannon that fired 5 minutes before the ball dropped would'
by jack_riminton 2y ago
Seems like the red ball rising to near the top was regularly missed, I reckon an appropriately placed cannon that fired 5 minutes before the ball dropped would've been a suitably British way to warn everyone
- 2b3a51 2y agohttp://www.bidstonlighthouse.org.uk/fifty-years-after/ http://www.bidstonlighthouse.org.uk/fifty-years-after/ Childhood memory: waiting for the gun to be fired.
- warrenski 2y agoFunny you should mention a cannon, here in Cape Town the Noon Gun is still fired daily at noon local time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noon_Gun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noon_Gun
- codpiece 2y agoQuebec City too.