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Old 1st Jun 2020, 11:17 pm   #65
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Default Re: BT 'Chiltern' telecom towers

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Originally Posted by Sparks View Post
As daft as it sounds, the Tinshill tower appeared to have different 'faces', depending on whereabouts you were looking at it from. I suppose it was the mix of dish and horn antennae at different levels that gave these appearances (to a juvenile me, anyway). It could look benign, cheerful, disapproving and very scowly! Nowadays it has one face for all occasions: blank.
I used to imagine that they were giant shoes stood up on their heels leaning against the core of the tower.
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