The chimney on the former Bankside power station (Now the Tate Modern) My partners Mum & Dad had their first date at the top of the chimney when the power station was being constructed in 1952
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A look at the stranger side of the greatest city in the world
gives you vertige. nice shot.
Thanks, funny but I nearly fell over backwards trying to get the shot 🙂
That really reaches up there. What sort of date did your parents have at the top of this? I’m trying to imagine why you’d be up there let alone on a date.
janet
It was my partners parents. He was one of the commissioning engineers and she was a secretary. I think he got her up there on false pretenses and as she was terrified of heights she said yes when he asked her out for a drink in order to get back down to ground level as soon as possible 🙂
The way I feel about heights, I’d do the same, although I might not even go up there to start. 🙂
A great story – I will now think of that every time I stand and gaze up the tower