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Mar. 03, 1964 - Rooftop Drama In Bloomsbury. For 85 minutes, as hundreds of people watched from below, 30-year-old Thomas French stood precariously balanced at the top of a four storey building 60 feet above the street in Bloomsbury, London, holding his 18-month-old son Stewart in his arms, threatening to jump off. French said that he had been evicted from his home, and that his wife had left three policemen and Woman Police Constable Margaret Cleland, 23, gathered on the roof and tried to reason with a man. Margaret talked and talked, edging forward arms, all three of them nearly falling, then the policemen rushed forward and grabbed French. Photo Shows:- Police grab the man as he tries to jump. His feet can be seen in the air

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