Quote #9

'Height gives you a wonderful feeling of grandeur. You're the king of the castle up here.'

More from Fred Dibnah

  1. 'I set out as a steeplejack in my youth to preserve chimneys. I've finished by knocking most of them down.'
  2. 'I have a wash more now than I used to y'know... I have a shower everynight.'
  3. 'Steam engines don't answer back. You can belt them with a hammer and they say nowt.'
  4. 'I'm just a bum who climbs chimneys.'
  5. 'We've become a nation of con men, living by selling double glazing to each other.'
  6. 'Anybody who destroys anything made of stone should be prosecuted. It is not all beautiful, but it took a man all day to make one stone.'
  7. 'The modern world stinks.'
  8. 'Steeplejacking's a bit of a spasmodic job, so you can play with your steam engine instead. It's a bit like being very rich.'

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