Originally Posted by treadigraph
I'm sure the roof of the south pier at Gatwick was open to the public and that I walked down it in about 1974 (I was all of 10!)... so it might well be true.
Yes I remember it well - there was also a cafe just off the South pier reached by a small bridge where you could get a cup of tea and sit on a terrace area outside and watch the landings and take offs - A facility we will probably never see the likes of again (at a BAA airport anyway).