With precision and aplomb,
The ceremony’s begun
And the soldier marches quick
Around the gun.
Dressed in military red
With his shako on his head,
He steps around the cannon
To his post.
Then with solemnity polite
He lights the fuse and sets alight
The shot that marks the noon
On Guernsey Isle.
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They seriously still do this? How interesting is that!
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Yes, I think mostly for the tourists though!
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That makes sense 🙂
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A most dignified way to announce noon. Where does the cannon shoot?
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I can only assume they shoot blanks – no cannon balls evident in the harbour! Just a bit of smoke.:-) Apparently they fire a gun still at 1.pm in Edinburgh too, every day except Sunday.
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