Tamar Bridge is 60 today!

Here's an interesting little film about it's construction and it's opening on this day 60 years ago today.

I thought you meant 60p.

seadog wrote:

I thought you meant 60p.

For the love of peppered steak slices.

My uncle also my god father, I am also named after him. I lined the route with the Royal Marines Cadets when the Queen Mother official open the bridge. I was 12 at this time.

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Construction worker Victor Solway is pictured looking relaxed during a break - despite being perched some 70 metres above the River Tamar with seemingly nothing beneath him.