Word: roof
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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According to Cecil A. Roberts, Superintendent of Construction, the destruction consisted mainly of felled poplar and willow trees, flooded cellars, and occasional roof leaks. The College maintenance department stayed up all night, swinging into action at 12 o'clock and working until the storm abated at 5 o'clock on Friday morning...
...including the young Victoria and her mother - across the undrained Lambeth marshes, where footpads lurked. There played the great Kean and the great Macready, while society folk goggled at the heavy curtain of looking glass that later had to be ripped out because its weight was pulling down the roof. Bits of the curtain served as dressing room mirrors till the blitz...
...manner of praise should be given to the Committee that planned and carried out the affair. The Parker House Roof had everything and everybody was there. What a list of celebrities Governor Salfonstall, Admiral Theohold, Senator Walsh, Dinah Shore and Tommy Tucker to name a few. All these were invited and would have come if they had the time. But there were many there. Particularly in the cocktail lounge. There, a happy crowd gathered amidst pleasant conviviality, piled four or five deep. At one time I had the horrible experience of seeing my girl with four legs and three hands...
...Roof Gardens...
Third place in popularity, or just in a class by itself, was the roof overlooking the town. There was practically a waiting line here as Dean Stafford, Dick Rowles and others took more than a reasonable length of time hanging over the hard rails gazing at the view...