This chap must have been doing a fair bit of clambering, judging by his paint trail …
Joyce Hatchard sent in this photo of a workman seen in Southampton painting the side of a tall building without scaffolding.


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This chap must have been doing a fair bit of clambering, judging by his paint trail …
Joyce Hatchard sent in this photo of a workman seen in Southampton painting the side of a tall building without scaffolding.

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