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Bradford Oakes's avatar

That was so compelling and I love that accent (Yorkshire?) English spoken but almost as another language...

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chris rees's avatar

Love this. His last words: "I'm gonna to die in bed with me boots on" - I wonder if he did.

"An inventive child, Dibnah and some friends designed a makeshift diving suit from a crisp tin, a car inner tube and some piping." - from Wikipedia.

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The Kicker's avatar

Ha! Brilliant!

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Jonny Liebenberg's avatar

That is amazing Adam! Thanks for posting! I work at AusPost and you must hear people moan about the work they have to do! They have no idea!

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Tony Wilson's avatar

Very unsettling. I can’t cope at all with heights now I’m middle aged.

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Marcus Barber's avatar

The doco is a ripper despite its age. I've watched it quite a few times now. His take on the changing face of the city as stacks came down and taller buildings went up, was a snapshot of an era that few historians could muster in their telling of it. A master of his craft, able to explain in simple yet precise terns, why each step needed to happen in the way it did

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