That's one of them Beth. Although the main building was destroyed by the fire the North and South Towers at either end survived, albeit not without damage. Ironically, when deciding how to demolish them it was suggested blowing them up but the risk to nearby houses was too great. But when war was declared the North Tower was deemed the ideal size for testing and a huge sandpit was installed at the bottom for the drops. It was later demolished in 1941. One down one to go...
Not Ally Pally...surely not Wembley....my grandparents bought a house in Wembley to move away from the bombing of the Brixton area during the War White City? Getting random now
if that's the right answer along with beths first half of course then the next question should be shared with beth my part is who was the first person to win a
After talking with Sooper in the C&S yesterday, I'm going to claim this one. ( He didn't give me the answer, I worked it out. The only clues he gave me were... it was in West London and had an Oriental theme.) In fact, as a sporting gesture I shall let someone else hazard a guess with this added information.
Kiwi is right. The Grand Pagoda was used for bomb-testing, they cut a hole in the floor of each of it's ten storeys to enable the drops. I'll leave Kiwi and Beth to fight it out for the next question, and thanks to Nines for giving the clues out...
in the Olympics how many countries have won a gold medal for basketball and just for super who were they
nah, didn't think it through, have to be more than 1, USA didn't even participate in Moscow 1980 . think Soviets have won it too and maybe Yugoslavia...
