Peter Tatham Steeplejack 1976

With a hole cut in the chimney's side at the bottom so that rubble could be removed, Peter worked his way down the stack. Sitting astride the wall he took it apart piece by piece, dropping sections of cast iron and brickwork down inside the shaft.

See My Best Shot, The Guardian, 27 April 2022

"It's a job like this," said Tatham. "If you're workin' up there, you need to have done the labourin' job to understand what the labourer's doin' down there and what you want him to do.

"The first time or two were a bit uncomfortable, 'cos they stuck me up a big 'un down in Rochdale first time, in winter. I got under the head and I came back down again. I couldn't feel me bloody finger ends, you know?"

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