One photograph of steeplejacks working on the lightening conductor of the Albert Memorial. Caption on back reads: 'Working on a lofty perch. With the Royal Albert Hall providing a background, Mr A. Barrett, the clerk of works, examines a lightning conductor on the top of one of the columns of the Albert Memorial which is now encased in scaffolding while the work of repair and restoration goes on'.
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