Development of Lake Havasu City

[Rob L]

The good old BBC have recently done an interesting article on how the old London Bridge came to be there (and it describes the rapid development of a desert into a city between 1965 and now):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_bridge_that_crossed_an_ocean (https://deref-gmx.com/mail/client/eO9FLOwtcLY/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2F resources%2Fidt-sh%2Fthe_bridge_that_crossed_an_ocean)

[Sombeech]

For some reason, I'm having trouble with that link. I found this to work:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_bridge_that_crossed_an_ocean

Thanks!

[Sandstone Addiction]

Fascinating story.

I had always assumed that the bridge was a replica and never really thought much of it. It wasn't until my wife and I pulled our boat down there one blustery October weekend that I discovered that it was the genuine article of the song I grew up singing.

Boating under the bridge was really cool and Lake Havasu is a gorgeous lake to play on.

[Iceaxe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj3O6dmhioQ

[Rob L]

... of the song I grew up singing....

The story behind the children's song is quite well told on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_Is_Falling_Down


(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_Is_Falling_Down)It was one of my 1960's childhood songs too. Many other songs derived from the death and deprevation that came about during the Black Death in the 1700's; perhaps this was one? I don't know.

This year (2018) is the 100th year since the great influenza epidemic that killed more people than died in World War One.

Rob