That picture took me back,
As a child I played on this, as did many thousands of other children before and after me, as can be seen from the shiny barrel. In my memory it was a big old beast and you were brave if you shimmied up to the end of the barrel, but looking at it now it does not appear to be all that big.
In my memory I thought it swivelled round, but actually it is fixed on place, obviously I had an active imagination! I do remember that it is pointed at a church steeple, perhaps not the faith of the people installing it?
Located in Ward Park Bangor Co Down, checks on the Internet all confirm that it was a submarine piece but type, calibre and dates are all up in the air. Just shows how quickly information is forgotten - can you imagine placing a captured scud rocket launcher in your local park today? different times in deed.
