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Seven in an unlikely place - Nick Salmon - 08-02-2018
Many will know about the A7 on top of the Cambridge University Senate House but I had not heard of the A7 that ended up hanging under the Kingsgate Bridge in Durham in the mid-1960s.
I was giving a talk about A7s at our local 41Club/Round Table this week when a young chap came up to me and showed me the picture. He was a student at Durham fairly recently and had somehow heard of the event - though he didn't know what the car was until I told him.
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Copyright of the photo is not known to me.
RE: Seven in an unlikely place - Robert Leigh - 09-02-2018
(08-02-2018, 05:34 PM)Nick Salmon Wrote: Many will know about the A7 on top of the Cambridge University Senate House but I had not heard of the A7 that ended up hanging under the Kingsgate Bridge in Durham in the mid-1960s.Also in Cambridge a box saloon was suspended from the bridge of Sighs (St John's College), I think it was during the seventies. I understand that the car was floated down river on two punts before being raised into position, relatively simple compared with the Senate House or Durham stunts!
I was giving a talk about A7s at our local 41Club/Round Table this week when a young chap came up to me and showed me the picture. He was a student at Durham fairly recently and had somehow heard of the event - though he didn't know what the car was until I told him.
Copyright of the photo is not known to me.
Robert Leigh
RE: Seven in an unlikely place - Douglas Alderson - 09-02-2018
Cambridge A7 under the bridge is reported in the Cambridge news, link below.
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/seven-hilarious-pranks-been-played-13428268
Photo shows the car being removed.
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