(Some of) The people of Sunderland . .do not take kindly to the display of captured German guns in the town . . an armed military guard was placed in charge until somebody realised that this unnecessary expense . . the town refused to pay their own guard . . .the guns were subsequently consigned to the Corporation's store yard.
An article in the Sunderland Echo 27/04/1920 calls attention to the fact that three German guns were resting in the Corporation stores and should be mounted in parks.