Happy Birthday, Mam :bows:

[Sukerkin]

A nice little photo montage and commentary on the battery firing the salute for Her Majesty's birthday:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22243247

Some proud gunners there I reckon :nods:.

 

[granfire]

why 62?

 

[Sukerkin]

Twenty-one rounds for it being the Queens birthday (a state occasion), twenty rounds for firing from a Royal palace or fortress, twenty-one rounds as a mark of respect from the City of London to the Monarch.

 

[granfire]

Twenty-one rounds for it being the Queens birthday (a state occasion), twenty rounds for firing from a Royal palace or fortress, twenty-one rounds as a mark of respect from the City of London to the Monarch.

That's Brit Math....I don't think a mere mortal gets that logic! :lol:

Happy Birthday Liz!