8:44am Monday 8th February 2010
GUNFIRE echoed around York as the first Royal salute of the year was staged in the city.
The salute was held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne and took place in Museum Gardens at noon on Saturday.
It was fired by a 28-strong firing party from 101 Regiment Royal Artillery, based in Gateshead.
The gunnery regiment, which recruits from all over the north east, fired a 21-gun salute using four 105mm light guns as tourists and locals looked on.
York is one of 12 saluting stations including London, Belfast and Cardiff, and is the only one in the North of England.
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