It was a dangerous job but someone had to do it. This is how they looked after Blackpool Tower back in the day
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00:00If you haven't got a head for heights even looking at these pictures might turn you to
00:06jelly but this is how they looked after our amazing tower back in the day. Perched precariously
00:11between the iron girders, paintbrushes in hand, these guys were just doing their day
00:15job. It's incredible to think they carried out this kind of super dangerous work without
00:20any safety equipment but that's how it was. There is one from the 1960s which looks like
00:25a harness might have been in place but the others...