Run and get the fire brigade...

 [ The fire brigade ]  [ An elevated view ]

How do you take an elevated view in the centre of Chester-le-Street? You ask Durham Fire Brigade very nicely if they would like to mount a little training exercise using their Simon Snorkel elevating platform; and point out that the numerus vigilum may have had their origins as firemen in the dim, distant past! You'd be amazed how much one of those things sways about in the breeze...

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