Steeplejacking was the only job Fred Dibnah ever wanted from early childhood. At 15, for a bet, he climbed the biggest chimney in Bolton by night, at 17 he built a factory chimney on top of his mother's home, and in his 20s he started steeplejacking in earnest.
'If I can carry on till I'm an old fellow the ideal way out would be ... just drop off a chimney one sunny day when I'm about 75.' Narrator DERYCK GUYLER
Film editor PETER GIBBS
Written and produced by DON HAWORTH BBC Manchester