Comments on: On Top Of Britannic House With DC Tassell

By: Cherub

Cherub — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:09:27 +0000

Fabulous views. I would have loved to have been able to live at the Barbican when I was in London. One of my college tutors was renting an apartment there in the early 90s and said it was a great place to live.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:10:10 +0000

Outstanding.
Been reading about Mr Tassell, will watch tonight.
A good cop!

By: Helen H

Helen H — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:13:41 +0000

Brilliant photos! I worked in the City in the 80s and 90s, and at one time, just opposite Brittanic House, and this is how I remember it. It was only in later 90s that the skyline started to change dramatically.

By: paul loften

paul loften — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:00:18 +0000

Having lived and worked in London for almost all of my life, each one of these magnificent panoramas evoke a personal memory and story. I can even say that if Lew Tassel was a member of the serious fraud squad in the City of London Police at Wood St in from 1983 our paths would more than likely have crossed on more than one occasion . I would hasten to add not as a perpetrator of fraud but in the course of my work.
One of my earliest memories that the photos evoked is of the Post Office Tower. My father was a BT communications employee and and was able to obtain tickets for the opening day . It was a prestigious occasion, but he was never one for that sort of thing and asked me if any of my school friends would like to go. I had four tickets and along with Phil Kanner , John Forth and Chris Broadhead went down to Cleveland St . I have memories of the tight security checks that four innocent schoolboys had to go through because we were immediately suspect of being up to no good . Eventually we got to the top floor and saw the magnificent view and the incredible revolving restaurant which I think at that time was not yet open or revolving. I can’t recall another revolving restaurant in London . I would have loved to say that I had eaten there whist it went round, but it would probably have caused a slight case of vertigo

By: Ann V

Ann V — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:49:02 +0000

Brilliant!

By: Mathilde Grange

Mathilde Grange — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:14:03 +0000

Wonderful!

By: Carolyn Dugdale

Carolyn Dugdale — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 08:58:20 +0000

Thank you for these wonderful photographs. I worked on the 25th floor of this building for 5 years from 2012 and it’s a real treat to see the views as they were and compare them with my recollections. Less seems to have changed than I might have expected. Marvellous!

By: Jeff Apter

Jeff Apter — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 07:53:46 +0000

Terrific photographs of my London!

By: Janet M

Janet M — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 05:13:22 +0000

Brilliant!