14-08-2017, 01:14 PM
Never visited the POT but made several visits to the roof of the Stock Exchange (365 ft asl) - a number of them to put the UHF aerial back on course after a bout of gale force winds! When we were carrying out investigations into using Teletext on our cable TV network we found it to be particularly susceptible to even minor misalignment but it was easy to correct as both Croydon and Crystal Palace masts were clearly visible on the sky line - just aim for the taller one on the left!
I took my wife up there, just after we first met. The parapet was a bit on the high side and about two feet deep, so there was no chance of falling! The only way to look over the edge was to climb on the track that the window cleaners' crane used, stand on the outside rail and lean forwards onto the parapet. To prove she'd done it, she took a picture of a London Routemaster bus waiting at the Old Broad Street lights from directly overhead!
I took my wife up there, just after we first met. The parapet was a bit on the high side and about two feet deep, so there was no chance of falling! The only way to look over the edge was to climb on the track that the window cleaners' crane used, stand on the outside rail and lean forwards onto the parapet. To prove she'd done it, she took a picture of a London Routemaster bus waiting at the Old Broad Street lights from directly overhead!
