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What was the tallest man made stucture before the Eiffel tower!
Not Lincoln cathedral.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ta ... ld#History

its not just the commentary

Did they build Lincoln Cathedral after the Eiffel Tower then?

Ite easy to misinterpret.

The useless fact was slightly misepresented by Matty and Quinny. It was featured on TV this week, and was the tallest building in the world for over 250 years, before the Eiffel Tower! And it was over 250 years before the Eiffel Tower.

But obviously without the punctuation, it didnt come out quite right.

Good approach play today, just need a forward!

238 years Freez, go and sit in on some maths lessons



Commentary was fine just, what they were commentating on

Not to mention the odd, misinterpreted fact

Haha, it would be the TV people who need the maths lesson, perhaps its a lesson in believing what you hear for me!

[The useless fact was slightly misepresented by Matty and Quinny. It was featured on TV this week, and was the tallest building in the world for over 250 years, before the Eiffel Tower! And it was over 250 years before the Eiffel Tower.


Think it was on the one show I remb it been on because they were on about the new building in London which will be the highest in the EU.

Well remembered, it was!

Northampton
The 127.45 m (418 ft 1.7 in) tall Express Lift Tower is a dominant feature and visible from most of the town. A Terry Wogan radio phone-in during the 1980s to came up with the name "Northampton Lighthouse" as Northampton is one of the furthest places from the sea. It is also known as the "Cobblers' Needle". It was built for testing new lifts at the Express Lifts factory, now closed. This structure would have been the tallest building in the world 2571BC had it been built in those times.

the polo tower in morecambe is still the smallest tower on the english coast with the title, tower, a fantastic record that will stand for at least 8 more years.

mrpotatohead wrote:the polo tower in morecambe is still the smallest tower on the english coast with the title, tower, a fantastic record that will stand for at least 8 more years.

Is that how long the phone company have the contract for? I thought it was finished soon and we could get rid of the thing?

mrpotatohead wrote:the polo tower in morecambe is still the smallest tower on the english coast with the title, tower, a fantastic record that will stand for at least 8 more years.

I went to Great Yarmouth's model village and they had a mini Blackpool tower.
I wish people would get their facts right before posting

soz mate, a replica of a tower is not a tower,it is a replica, the polo tower is the real deal, the smallest tower on the english coast, period

Your wrong, the Great Yarmouth mini tower was made out of match sticks and not steel like the Blackpool one.

hodgie, your youth is befuddling your mind, the polo tower is made of mince, the only bonafide tower material, so the matchstick tower is not a qualified tower

The Clock Tower is rather smaller! Ahar

Anyone want to borrow a jcb tonite,free of charge i might add

THE CLOCK TOWER IS NOT MADE OF MINCE THOUGH IS IT