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[TV] John Noakes : cleaning nelson's column





MattBackHome

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
11,689
Magnificent telly. What a great presenter Noakes was.

Before my time but I remember it being repeated a number of times when I was a kid.
 




Thunder Bolt

Ordinary Supporter
Get down, Shep.

The nasty BBC wouldn't let him keep Shep when he stopped recording his programmes, as they said Shep belonged to the corporation, rather than John.
 


Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
23,102
Sussex by the Sea
I remember thinking at the time about how sick I felt at the bit at the top where he has to go up and out on a ladder secured by rope.

Well done John.

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PILTDOWN MAN

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NSC Patreon
Sep 15, 2004
18,607
Hurst Green
Incredible, all in the name of children's TV.

Dressed in normal cloths and footwear, no protection and then hangs on a piece of wood with a simple knot in the rope holding him, oh by the way don't loosen it too much. Sod that!
 




erkan

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Dec 9, 2004
896
Eastbourne
Geez! - I can't even watch that now!
Me too. Even glancing at the blurry still of the ladders makes me feel quite unwell.

I really don't understand anyone's comfort with taking potentially fatal risks with height when it could be easily avoided. I guess that's why he was John Noakes and I'm not...

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Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
Oct 4, 2003
10,895
Get down, Shep.

The nasty BBC wouldn't let him keep Shep when he stopped recording his programmes, as they said Shep belonged to the corporation, rather than John.

They did let him keep Shep, but refused to cover the costs of owning Shep as they had when they appeared on Blue Peter. As Noakes couldn't use Shep in any advertising deals he complained to the BBC, the BBC refused to change their stance and Shep went to live with someone else shortly after.
 










GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
46,473
Gloucester
Me too. Even glancing at the blurry still of the ladders makes me feel quite unwell.

I really don't understand anyone's comfort with taking potentially fatal risks with height when it could be easily avoided. I guess that's why he was John Noakes and I'm not..

There is a photograph somewhere (I can't find it on t'internet) of Brighton station about 130 years ago. The girders in the roof are being painted, and the painters are up there on ladders tied together end on, with no-one at the bottom to hold the ladder, just passengers milling around it in the middle of the platform! Scary - and I daresay they didn't get paid a fraction of what Noakes got!
 


zeetha

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Apr 11, 2011
1,312
Amazing to see the bloke who was with him who was sitting on the Bosuns chair towards the end, without a 'safety' rope like John had shovelling out the guano with one hand whilst holding a cigarette in the other! Theres a lot of rubbish done in the name of health and safety but I think this is definitely one case where bringing it in is justified!

Well done to the cameraman too!
 










Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
73,371
West west west Sussex
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nicko31

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Jan 7, 2010
17,523
Gods country fortnightly
He had to do that climb twice. The first time the sound man was accidentally not recording.

Really?

They guy was a legend of 1970's kids telly, like no other. Then came Simon Groom and it all went downhill...
 





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