I always carry a camera with me. Well, you never know what might happen. While out and about today I notice this rare view of the BT Tower…
from the south, due to a group of buildings being demolished. It reminded me that, back in the 60s, when it first opened — and then called The Post Office Tower – it had a revolving restaurant at the top, appropriately called (you guested it) the Top of the Tower. I was taken for lunch there by a printer in 1968 (those were the days). This is what it looked like then…
Long closed due to the potential of terrorist attack. Note the other icon of the period, Centre Point.
After finishing my errands I jumped onto the trusty old 38 bus. I immediately noticed this man..
who reminded me of this man…
Alfred Hitchcock famously appears, momentarily, at the beginning of
his films, often getting on or off buses, coaches or trains. Perhaps he’d been
let out of that big studio in the sky for the day?