The Mancunian Way: Brick by brick
manchestereveningnews.co.ukKeep up to date with all the big stories from across Greater Manchester in the daily Mancunian Way newsletter. You can receive the newsletter direct to your inbox every weekday by signing up right here. Hello, Slowly and methodically climbing an enormous chimney stack, Fred Dibnah pauses momentarily to clamber up onto the wooden staging that surrounds the top of the tower.
Fearlessly hanging off the side as he pulls himself up - with no safety gear and no insurance, of course - it’s a death-defying moment.
This was the first television appearance for the Bolton-born steeplejack, who went on to become a household name and television personality.
But back in 1979 the BBC captured him demolishing a tower single-handedly and brick-by-brick for the princely sum of just £7,000.
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