A Son of the Rock

Last May we travelled down through England. We stopped off at Retford in Nottinghamshire to break the trip up.

This, in the Market Square, is the Town Hall:-

I was intrigued by the flags on the building below. It was only when I recognised the figure must be Robin Hood that I realised this is the flag of Nottinghamshire:-

This booty from the Crimean War is the Sevastopol Cannon:-

Plaque on cannon:-

The information board nearby calls it the Sebastopol Cannon, using the modern spelling:-