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
Greta Bridge painting the "Rokeby Venus" by Diego Velázquez was originally housed at Rokeby Park, near Greta Bridge. It is now in the National Gallery in London. 1 mile north is Mortham Tower, a fortified manor house dating from the 14th century, with a 15th-century tower. Greta Bridge Greta Bridge is a village on the River Greta in County Durham, England. Greta Bridge lies in the Pennine hills near to Barnard Castle. The bridge (now bypassed by the A66 trunk road) is over the River Greta just south of its confluence with the River Tees. Greta Bridge lies within the historic county