Is the myth that a man bought the wrong London Bridge real? His grandson tells BBC London the truth.
It's one of London's urban legends that an American entrepreneur once thought he was buying Tower Bridge, but purchased London Bridge instead.
"But the stories kept coming up and kept providing free press and encouraging people to visit Lake Havasu and the bridge, so he never corrected it," he explained., but was "vehemently denied" both by Robert McCulloch and by Ivan Luckin from the City’s Common Council, who arranged the sale. “The story and the bridge have played a huge role in my life and the life of my family and being in London standing on the bridge, I feel very proud," he said.
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