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
London Bridge Is Falling Down London Bridge Is Broken down With a gay Lady.</poem> A version from James Ritson's "Gammer Gurton's Garland" (1784) is similar but replaces the last verse with: <poem> Build it up with stone so strong, Dance o'er my Lady lee, Huzza! 'twill last for ages long, With a gay lady.</poem> The meaning of the rhyme is not certain. It may simply relate to the many difficulties experienced in bridging the River Thames, but a number of alternative theories have been put forward. One theory of origin is that the rhyme relates to the supposed destruction of London Bridge by Olaf II