Tell Me How - Crane Operator

Tell Me How - Crane Operator

Tell Me How - Crane Operator

 

For 25 years Nigel Howard has had a high-rise view on the morphing skylines of the UK's major cities, which helps him recall major events. "The Berlin Wall came down when I was helping erect a crane in Formby, and the day I started on Manchester Crown Court, Kurt Cobain died," he says.
He helped to shape the derelict Docklands into the economic powerhouse of Canary Wharf ,and added the last bit of concrete to No 1 Poultry in London.
"People think we just sit up there pulling a lever in between doing nothing, but you have to be on the ball and competent to operate a crane," he says.