New addition to the castle?

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  7 December 2014     17:31275347
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  If this comes off it will be a great tourist draw.
  
  
  

  
• Guest 698

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  7 December 2014     17:39275353
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  Will it need planning permission? If so we can rely on DDC to scupper the plans.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Brian Dixon

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  7 December 2014     18:36275362
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  will it come under the ditz plan.
• Guest 977

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  7 December 2014     19:16275365
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  I'm sure UKIP locally could raise that immediately if it came with live rounds
• Jan Higgins

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  7 December 2014     21:41275366
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  I suppose some will think its wonderful, I would not cross the road to see this gun.
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• Guest 767

  • Registered: 30 Aug 2012
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  8 December 2014     09:52275371
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  There has been talk of a noon day gun at the castle for years, the problrms lie not with the gun but the crewing of it. These guns are not easy to use, you need a crew of 4 or 5 persons who know what they are doing, blank fireing shells need to be made, again by an expert, and both they and the powder required needs to be stored correctly.
  Dover branch of the Royal Artillery Assciation fires a 'live' 25lber gun on occasions, fired by ex gunners or those trained by ex gunners. There are many problrms with this idea, many of which will not be overcome, otherwise we would have had a gun in use years ago.
  The gun idea comes up every few years, rather like a cablecar into the castle, it's about time that that reared it's ugly head again!
  For what it's worth ,during my 25years at the castle I was part of the 25 pounder crew on several occasions and so I am well aware of what is required where the fireing of large field pieces are concerned.
  Phil Wyborn - Brown at www.wybornphotography.co.uk
• howard mcsweeney1

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  20 February 2015     16:07278882
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  Coming to fruition now.
  
  
  http://www.dover-express.co.uk/Anti-aircraft-gun-installed-Dover-Castle-500-000/story-26057607-detail/story.html
• Brian Dixon

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  20 February 2015     17:26278886
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  will it be used for bringing down Russian bombers.