Skylon is to make a comeback....

[R1Geezer]

Good? bad?
anyone remember the original in 1951? Did you go to visit? bit before my time, I'm afraid!

[keyplus90]

I have no idea. I wasn't even born then.

[Gromit]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_(tower)

They could twin it with the Dome and do a tour of London White Elephants for the foreign tourists to laugh at what we waste our money on.

[R1Geezer]

I knew we could rely on Gromit to put a positive spin on the idea. Well done!

[Gromit]

This story seems to crop up every five years or so, Is this old news, or have there been developments?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2004/mar/31/ urbandesign.arts

[echokilo]

I am sure it was a great achievement in it's day but quite frankly things have moved on - surely we now have more pressing matters in the UK and better things to spend money on ....... tourists will still flock to London whether we build this or not ...... so I say NOT personally!!!!

[Raleigh]

First reply by keyplus90 says (s)he was not even born then.

In reply to earlier question posted by R1Geezer (s)he says was around to witness FDR attack Japan - that was in 1940's.

Bad memory? Unsure of age? Or just someone not to trust on anything posted?

[Gromit]

Raleigh

keyplus90's reply about FDR and Japan were not his own words, he was quoting from somewhere else. He attempted to show where in that strange bit before the quote (which he should have italised).

The original from which keyplus quoted can be found here.

http://www.e-thepeople.org/article/26255/

Just bad labeling rather than dishonesty or confusion.

[1rovert]

Yes! I remember and saw it, I lived in Chelsea at the time. It was on the South Bank. It was known at the time, to represent britain as 'no visable signs of support'. I can also remember the fun fair at Battersea, where EVERYTHING was only 6p (2�p in your money).