BBC Archive | 1982: FRED DIBNAH Scales BURY Church SPIRE | Look North West | BBC Archive @BBCArchive | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
The spire of Bury Parish Church is about 150 feet high so, when they needed its weathervane replaced in 1982, there was only one man for the job. Step forward none other than your friendly neighbourhood steeplejack, Mr Fred Dibnah.

The BBC's regional news programme in the area, Look North West, sent report Alistair Macdonald out to bravely accompany Fred up to the top of the spire (previously untroubled since 1852) while Dibnah's right-hand-man, Donald Paiton, helped establish true north from the ground with his compass and a voice that carried.

Clip taken from Look North West, originally broadcast on BBC One (North West), Thursday 18 February, 1982.




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