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Thread #16116 Message #149848
Posted By: Bert
15-Dec-99 - 12:17 PM
Thread Name: Help: Political Satire in nursery rhymes
Subject: RE: Help: Political Satire in nursery rhymes
Warning! thread drift.
All this talk of Colchester and cannon reminds me of a story that was told to me years ago by an Essex historian named Harry Waylett.
He said that every morning at six o'clock they used to fire a cannon at Colchester Castle to wake the troops that were stationed there. The citizens of Colchester were not too happy with this tradition and complained about it for years.
Eventually the military decided to take heed of the complaints and agreed not to fire the gun any more. On the first morning that the gun wasn't fired, everyone in the city woke up with a start at six o'clock and said "What was that?"