Idiots. That's not Blackpool Tower, it's The Shard.
On this Day 1942 Blackpool tower was loaded on to a Landrover and moved to #RAFLuton for safe-keeping during the war after local residents feared the iconic landmark would be a target for enemy bomberspic.twitter.com/GUn8j8i2sk
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Waiting for the Landy geeks to comment........
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And took out most of England’s telephone wires in the process
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Waiting for someone to say "That's the Eiffel Tower"
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Well I was going to ask about Blackpool Tower flying the tricolore. Assumed it was a jape by French troops interned in Blackpool.
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Strictly no ball room.
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A real eyeful there!
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How on earth did they get it under the M6 bridges on the way back?
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They had to let some of the air out of the tyres.
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Wrong - it’s a Jeep
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It's a Jeep Landrover. They were manufactured in their dozens at Cowley during the blitz. Some were converted for air operations by RAF Luton, operating with Typhoon heavy bombers. They towed a M40 recoilless rifle to shoot down pursuing German CANT Z.1018/CN "Leone" fighters.pic.twitter.com/SMKjQWDKwA
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