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Old 4th Jan 2009, 12:30
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cyclops16
 
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I remember when I first started spotting and the black rubber tiles,Chandaliers,etc.the little information desk near WHSmith,we used to go around the offices in T1 the likes of Laker, B Cal,etc and such and ask if they had any spare baggage tags,stickers,etc and generally got some.Taking my bike up the travelators in the car park up to level 13,before it had security fencing around it or walking down their piers or in the glass house,that was a good place because there were toilets and a cafe behind it. One of the strange things was that Pier 'C' was shut by security (it had it's own gate) when the EL AL arrived. I still have 1 or 2 of the tokens for the turnstiles for the piers. I take my kids now and they don't believe that you could get that close to an aircraft by walking down the piers and that there was no 'real'security fencing. I have to show them pictures when they ask,so they see how different it has become.
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