“If that bloody rope breaks, you’re dead.”
Legendary steeplejack Fred Dibnah demonstrates the art of installing a chimney scaffold at 200ft while trying to avoid “half a day out with the undertaker”.
“When I’ve done it, when I’ve got all the gear up, to me it’s a bloody magnificent achievement. You’ve really got the world at your feet.”
Clip taken from Fred: The World at Your Feet, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 9 September, 1982.
Credit to : BBC Archive