Daily Mirror

High tea?

-

BRAVE Mirror reporters Rhian Lubin and Laura Connor help to recreate one of the most famous photograph­s ever dangling high above the city.

The original was snapped in 1932, as Depression-era workers took a tea break while building the Rockefelle­r Center in New York.

And the Mirror ladies put on flat caps and overalls to tuck-in alongside a descendant of that courageous original crew. George Glynn, 25, from

Galway, is a relative of Irish immigrant Sonny Glynn, seated on the far right in the original.

He said: “The danger in the photo was genuine. They really will have been risking their lives.”

Yesterday’s recreation, arranged by Deliveroo, 450ft up near London Bridge, was much less dangerous thanks to the use of safety harnesses.

And the verdict of our high-flying pair? “Terrifying – but the views were spectacula­r.”

 ??  ?? GIRDER YOUR LOINS Mirror’s Rhian and Laura next to George, right
GIRDER YOUR LOINS Mirror’s Rhian and Laura next to George, right
 ??  ?? FEARLESS Sonny, right, on break in famous 1932 photo
FEARLESS Sonny, right, on break in famous 1932 photo

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United Kingdom