Being Humpty Dumpty Is Not Easy
During the English Civil War Royalist Colchester had a castle and several churches protected by the town wall from the Roundheads. A large cannon, Humpty Dumpty, was placed strategically on the wall as part of the defence.
In the siege of 1648 a shot from a Parliamentary cannon damaged the wall sending Humpty Dumpty tumbling to the ground. The Cavaliers tried to raise it onto another part of the wall but the cannon was so heavy ‘that all the King’s horses and all the King’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again’.
And I thought he was a wobbly egg.
- Category: General / Misc
6 comments add one below
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Neville Hunt about 2 years ago
Thanks for that, Brian! As Frank Carson might well have said, “Its a cracker!”
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Brian Mackinney about 2 years ago
I liked Frank Carson. I saw him live….well I think he was.
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Neville Hunt about 2 years ago
It must have been difficult to tell!
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Sarah Oakes about 2 years ago
Brilliant. I didn't know that, thought he was an egg too. Although this does definitely make more sense. A great write.
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VerityAlways about 2 years ago
I didn't know that. Glad to have read this!! Thanks for sharing, Brian!
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Frenchie about 2 years ago
Awww... so much for the nursery rhyme! Humpty Dumpty is a too nice name for a cannon... :-)
I enjoyed the drabble> Thank you Brian.
