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 (natural arch) London Bridge (natural arch) London Bridge is a natural arch on the coast of Torquay in Devon, England. London Bridge has been so called for centuries. In 1832, the writer Octavian Blewitt wrote in his "Panorama of Torquay" that London Bridge was an “absurd appellation”. London Bridge is situated to the East of Torquay, beside an abandoned limestone quarry, and below the South West Coast Path. It can be reached by a short diversion from the trail which leads down to the arch through woodland. London Bridge can also be seen from a viewpoint above the abandoned Dyer's Quarry on