The site was supposed to be home to an awe-inspiring crowd-puller, the tallest tower in the world, higher even than the Eiffel in Paris.
Victorian railway magnate Sir Edward Watkin’s plan to beat France with our own world famous tourist attraction was a huge flop.
But what he began in the west London suburb of Wembley would one day become a towering English icon, revered and unrivalled around the world.
