Off Topic For one day only

Closed after it was bombed by the IRA in the early 70s the BT Tower will be open for one day only on Nov 25th. I remember going up it in 1968 when it was London's tallest building. Anyone else been up there back in the 60s?...

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I remember seeing a giant kitten on the top of it.

 

I remember living under it, almost.

 

My father actually lived in a building that was originally on that site in Howland Street during the 40s. It was bombed one night he was working and he returned to find a hole in the ground later that evening. He always joked he found his pyjamas in Regent's Park...

 

I remember my father and I looking down and spending 10 minutes watching a couple of parking wardens going along two streets sticking tickets on every car. We even used the big binoculars for a closer look. (Luckily we had used the Tube.)

 

Didn't it have a revolving restaurant?

 

It still has but it's not a resturant anymore...

 

I used to frequent a pub in the shadow of the tower, called the Cunard, presumably because it was wedge shaped

 

I once pinged a traffic warden from the roof of a 7 storey house with a licorice allsort, as he ticketed a car. I'm not overly proud of it, but I laughed at the time when I realised it was a licorice assault.

 

So it's just revolving then?

 

Yep,...very...slow...ly...