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.

2010-03-01T08:23:00Z
Using a single long ladder to reach the roof of a four-storey building – don't try this on a windy day (or ever)
2010-02-18T10:49:00Z
Despite the nearby drainpipe handy to shin down, this is not a prison break-out but some kind of maintenance operation
2010-02-17T11:32:00Z
If they only had that ladder to reach the first level, how did they get up to the top? A leg-up? Or an upward swing in the fashion of an ape?
2026-10-07T13:30:00Z By Carl Brown
‘There has to be some way of safeguarding industry while carrying out all this remediation,’ Fenwick Elliot partner says
2026-10-07T10:26:00Z By Joey Gardiner
Gareth Bacon says a future Conservative government would look to reform regulator brought in to police construction after Grenfell disaster
2026-10-07T10:13:00Z By Dave Rogers
Adam Daniels makes comments at Building the Future conference
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