Hi all, thanks a lot for your replies. I really appreciate your inputs to this.
This took place at Gatwick and it just surprised me that something this "non-standard" would happen at a place as busy as LGW.
The occurance has indeed been reported and I will certainly have a lot more confidence in future to hold position if a similar situation occurs again.
I completely appreciate that it's an intense job co-ordinating the traffic at somewhere as busy as LGW and I've developed a lot of respect for the controllers having seen them vector us through some tight gaps to get onto the ILS with the right seperation.
Thanks again all.