Hard hat's definite safety aid.
To find where chimney pounded him into the ground like a stake. Under the hard hat he wears a knit cap, to cushion the blow.
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Then there's this guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUJu4Vsbcc4
yep, wouldn't want to trip up.....
He had a time to pick the shovel..and hammer ...!!
He had a time to pick the hammer and shovel too...someone would trow away everything to save his head...
I think the Dibnah method would have been a lot safer for the person doing the job there, barely more expensive either.
Yes, Fred Dibnah at least used props as he went round. Then he lit a bonfire and burned them out. Even so, he had a narrow escape. Must have taken him a lot longer, especially using a club hammer and chisel!
Cheers Jon
I was going to mention Fred - he is an absolute hero of mine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CV2GuK6CmY
If you are interested in Victorian Engineering, he is a man well worth researching, If he wasn't repairing or felling chimneys he was building steam traction engines. he even sunk a brick mine shaft in his garden. He built a steam lift so he could get in and out like those seen in coal mines.