Abbey Field 1812
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Abbey Field 1812
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 18 Jul 2009
This is the Abbey Field Colchester during the finale of the 2009 Colchester Military festival. Here the 7th (Parachute) Regiment Royal Horse Artillery are providing the cannon effects for the closing bars of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 overture. Various re-enactment groups from other periods in history were providing Image The Abbey field is used a public open space maintained by the garrison.
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Image Location
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51.879197
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0.898191