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1982: Fred Dibnah erects a scaffold at 200 feet!

Name: 1982: Fred Dibnah erects a scaffold at 200 feet!
Duration: 11 min 26 s
Description: Fed Dibnah demonstrates the step-by-steo process of assembling scaffolding 200ft up an industrial chimney

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"If that bloody rope breaks, you're dead."

Legendary steeplejack Fred Dibnah demonstrates the art of assembling 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."

Originally broadcast on 9 September, 1982.

BBC Archive

5 February