Re:Photographer Charles Ebbets takes iconic photo “Lunch ato...
by bananapear on Sunday May 30, 2021 @11:59AM
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Here's a clip of Fred Dibnah (steeplejack) climbing a chimney without any safety gear - https://youtu.be/T00zEt1-3VA?t=784
"I were criticised for saying I'd had a few pints before I climbed up... well I'd say you want to try this bloody job sober!"
The first man from the right has been identified as Slovak worker Gustáv (Gusti) Popovič from the village of Vyšný Slavkov in the Levoča District of Slovakia. Popovič was originally a lumberjack and carpenter. In 1932 he sent his wife Mária (Mariška) a postcard with this photograph on which he wrote, "Don't you worry, my dear Mariška, as you can see I'm still with bottle. Your Gusti."