Old pictures of Manchester

[KnaresboroughBlue]

Workers at the CIS Tower
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Makes me feel ill just looking at that photo!

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Makes me feel ill just looking at that photo!

I know what you mean, Fancy eating your butty without washing your hands first :-)

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Makes me feel ill just looking at that photo!

There’s another one here

 

[KnaresboroughBlue]

There’s another one here

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I think that's even worse! Scares the life out of me. A strong stomach must have been needed for that work (imagine doing that with a hangover). Also doubt there was much in terms of health and safety in those days.

I wonder how dangerous it really was working at those heights and how many falls there must have been.

 

[ray21]

I remember Baxters on Moston Lane?

Mrs Baxter was my neighbour on Moston Lane.

 

[old blue]

I think that's even worse! Scares the life out of me. A strong stomach must have been needed for that work (imagine doing that with a hangover). Also doubt there was much in terms of health and safety in those days.

I wonder how dangerous it really was working at those heights and how many falls there must have been.

How did their hats stay on?

 

[Marklr]

Mrs Baxter was my neighbour on Moston Lane.

Across the road from the fields?

 

[ray21]

Across the road from the fields?

Yes, she lived in Yeb Fold,she passed away about 9 years ago.

 

[Marklr]

Yes, she lived in Yeb Fold,she passed away about 9 years ago.

That's the one...I lived just round the corner on Horncastle Road. I remember the Baxters.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I think that's even worse! Scares the life out of me. A strong stomach must have been needed for that work (imagine doing that with a hangover). Also doubt there was much in terms of health and safety in those days.

I wonder how dangerous it really was working at those heights and how many falls there must have been.

Imagine it on a windy day… makes the palms of my hands and soles of my feet tingle and sweat just thinking about it.

Could you imagine the dinnertime chat, ‘bloody hell, John fell off before, he’s a gonner so who’s going down after we’ve had our butties to fetch another lad up?’