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A real nice recollection Alan, and brilliant photos too, thanks for sharing.

1969, I was 9 years old. Then when the first one came into Heathrow in January 1970 the whole area came to a standstill. I was at Cranford Junior School and our classroom was on the end of the building. Now that particular school is literally just over the fence from BOAC's, (Now BAs) maintenance area and aircraft coming in flew very low right over our playing fields. All the lads in the school were aircraft mad at the time so you can imagine the stir the 747 caused. The very first time I saw one I was sat in class listening to our Headmaster giving us a lesson as the regular teacher was else

I'd hope so.. it was dark. They didn't take off till 19:15z even though the flight was supposed to have left in the morning.

A guy wrote on his FaceBook page: "Last night, even after having 7 drinks I felt confident to drive, but I acted responsibly and took an Uber." 400 likes, 40 comments. The best comment was from his best friend: "Where did you go in Uber bro, party was at your house."