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Thursday 31st May 2018. 31st May 1977, John Noakes climbs Nelson's Column on a wobbly ladder. No safety harness, no helmet and wearing flares. Just to clean some pigeon poo. For good measure the.


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#OnThisDay 1977: Blue Peter daredevil John Noakes scaled the dizzying heights of Nelson's Column to clean out some pigeon poo. Watch the full video on our YouTube Page. Link in the comments.


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#OnThisDay 1977: John Noakes (and Terry the cameraman) scaled Nelson's Column to clean out some pigeon poo. This is absolutely terrifying, but compulsive.


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John Noakes climbs Nelson's Column. Video: John Noakes climbs Nelson's Column Featuring an alarming lack of safety equipment, to my modern sensibilities.


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2.2M views, 55 likes, 3 loves, 4 comments, 10 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from CBBC: Here's that epic clip of John Noakes scaling Nelson's Column in 1977 and showing exactly why he'll be remembered.


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Blue Peter presenter John Noakes' ascent of Nelson's Column has been named as the greatest ever children's TV moment. Noakes, known for his stunts, clambered up the towering monument on the.


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Sir Paul McCartney is presented with a special Blue Peter Gold Badge. The column is 52 metres (170 feet) high and topped by a statue of Nelson. To reach the statue, Noakes had to climb a series of wobbly ladders, some of them tilted at a 45-degree angle from the vertical. Noakes described the experience in a voiceover as he climbed: "At this.


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In 1977, the television presenter John Noakes, who has died aged 83, climbed Nelson's Column without safety harness or insurance, for an episode of the BBC's enduring children's show Blue.


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Beloved British children's television presenter John Noakes scales the iconic statue in Trafalgar Square for Blue Peter. That's a hair-raising climb of almos.


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By Craig Simpson, Press Association. Blue Peter presenter John Noakes' ascent of Nelson's Column has been named as the greatest ever children's TV moment. Noakes, known for his stunts, clambered up the towering monument on the children's show in 1977. The segment has been named the greatest ever children's TV moment by magazine TV Years.


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#OTD 1977: John Noakes scaled Nelson's Column, on a wobbly ladder. with no safety harness.and no helmet.wearing flares. to clean some pigeon poo..


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"I'd rather not look over the edge actually!" #OnThisDay 1977: Blue Peter daredevil John Noakes scaled the dizzying heights of Nelson's Column to clean out some pigeon poo. Watch the full video on our YouTube Page. Link in the comments.


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"By gum, it's only held on with rope." 🪜Blue Peter's resident action man, John Noakes, scaled Nelson's Column #OnThisDay in 1977 alongside his cameraman, Te.


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How far have we actually come in the safety world? Well, here is a video that was filmed in 1977 of Blue Peters' John Noakes climbing Nelsons Column in Londo.


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