Tower Bridge Gunter made a split-second decision to accelerate, clearing a gap to drop onto the north bascule, which had not yet started to rise. There were no serious injuries. Gunter was given £10 (equivalent to £ in ) by the City Corporation to honour his act of bravery. The Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident occurred on 5 April 1968 when a Royal Air Force Hawker Hunter FGA.9 jet fighter from No. 1 Squadron, flown by Flt Lt Alan Pollock, flew through Tower Bridge. Unimpressed that senior staff were not going to celebrate the RAF's 50th birthday with a fly-past, Pollock decided
Bridge House Estates cannot be an Alderman. The chairmanship is held for only one year as the responsibilities are so onerous. In addition to its Royal Charter of 1282, the Bridge House Estates operates with respect to various legislative powers e.g. the "Blackfriars Bridge Act 1863", the "Blackfriars and Southwark Bridge Act 1867", the "Corporation of London (Tower Bridge) Act 1885" for its maintenance role and for its general charitable role under the "Charities (The Bridge House Estates) Order 1995" (Statutory Instrument 1047), and the "Charities (The Bridge House Estates) Order 2001" (Statutory Instrument 4017). Originally funded by tolls on London Bridge, the