Back in the 70s, when health and safety wasn't a thing...

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I remember this at the time. And it still scares the shit out of me. John Noakes. What a man. Apparently, the sound wasn't working properly on the first take, so they had to do it again. And then there's the bloody cameraman. Jesus Christ
 
Remember him doing this when I was a kid and had no fear of anything, at the time, deit was like ok well done
Nowadays I have a real fear of heights and watching it again it’s made my toes curl.
John Noakes, Terry the cameraman and the guys who back then cleaned Nelsons column you truly are mental .
 
blue12 said:
Remember him doing this when I was a kid and had no fear of anything, at the time, deit was like ok well done
Nowadays I have a real fear of heights and watching it again it’s made my toes curl.
John Noakes, Terry the cameraman and the guys who back then cleaned Nelsons column you truly are mental .
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I'm same, heights never bothered me as a kid but now.............

Just watching it with one of the lads in the office and we're both shaking and our legs have turned to jelly.

He was one utterly mad bastard.
 
Jay Suss Krrrrr Hiest! That's terrifying.

How the f*ck were they going to rescue him if he got into trouble.
 
TonyM said:
Jay Suss Krrrrr Hiest! That's terrifying.

How the f*ck were they going to rescue him if he got into trouble.
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Only way to rescue in those days was an helicopter snatch rescue as no cherry picker big enough back then. And they were not trained in any rescue procedures either. I've done about 16/17 annual working at height rescue courses which involves assisted rescue and snatch rescue with first aid.

So many(nowadays mandatory) health and safety issues breached it would give an HSE inspector a field day, they'd be sacked on the spot!

No PPE(personal protective equipment)harness, steel toecap boots, safety helmet, gloves, no eye protection and respiratory mask for dealing with harmful Guano deposits (bird shit) No risk assessment, method statement no 6 monthly PPE tools rope and ladder inspection . Just a balls of steel "you'll be alright" attitude lol. Working out of a bosuns chair with just the friction of(what appears to be) a rolling hitch knot had me shuddering, plus those old fashioned cotton/hemp twine ropes were chaffing on the stonework edge.

I've worked a lot higher than that but with correct PPE and training and it gave me confidence to work safely. I wouldn't like to have done what John Noakes and the rest did as you're a long time dead, as they say.
 
A related thought - I clearly recall how much fun it was playing with sheets of asbestos or shards of fibreglass on local building sites. Halcyon days...
 
MillisleBlue said:
A related thought - I clearly recall how much fun it was playing with sheets of asbestos or shards of fibreglass on local building sites. Halcyon days...
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I remember cooking with an asbestos mat to reduce the heat of the gas flame. After a year or two the mat would start to disintegrate, we just shook the loose bits off.
 
Is it me, or is the fella showing him how to do it smoking a cig?

The bit when he starts troweling out the pigeon shit, he has a trowel in his left hand, and a ciggie in his right!
 
BlueMoonRisin' said:
Only way to rescue in those days was an helicopter snatch rescue as no cherry picker big enough back then. And they were not trained in any rescue procedures either. I've done about 16/17 annual working at height rescue courses which involves assisted rescue and snatch rescue with first aid.

So many(nowadays mandatory) health and safety issues breached it would give an HSE inspector a field day, they'd be sacked on the spot!

No PPE(personal protective equipment)harness, steel toecap boots, safety helmet, gloves, no eye protection and respiratory mask for dealing with harmful Guano deposits (bird shit) No risk assessment, method statement no 6 monthly PPE tools rope and ladder inspection . Just a balls of steel "you'll be alright" attitude lol. Working out of a bosuns chair with just the friction of(what appears to be) a rolling hitch knot had me shuddering, plus those old fashioned cotton/hemp twine ropes were chaffing on the stonework edge.

I've worked a lot higher than that but with correct PPE and training and it gave me confidence to work safely. I wouldn't like to have done what John Noakes and the rest did as you're a long time dead, as they say.
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My dad's next door neighbour had a sky dish fitted recently, ladder roped to an anchor, hard hat, high viz jacket, safety harness, the works....

it's a bungalow and the dish was installed on the wall because they 'won't go on the roof due to H&S regs'.
 
quiet_riot said:
My dad's next door neighbour had a sky dish fitted recently, ladder roped to an anchor, hard hat, high viz jacket, safety harness, the works....

it's a bungalow and the dish was installed on the wall because they 'won't go on the roof due to H&S regs'.
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We're all a bunch of soft twats nowadays due to rules and regs. Even those twats in those little micro cars, hi viz jacket, flashing lights, walkie talkie and a no overtaking sign across the back just to get the great unwashed through some roadworks. We're all incapable of negotiating half a dozen cones and a red light.
 
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