Jake, on Dec 9 2004, 06:41 AM, said:
For some reason, I can't stop thinking about how much Tin'ead's picture kicks ass. Just the background...plus the Santy Claus hat's hardcore.
Radio tower trick takes fathers' group protest to new heights
By Clare Usher And Mark Johnson,
Daily Post
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FATHERS 4 Justice campaigners wearing Santa Claus outfits and scaling the heights to make their protest are not an unfamiliar sight in Liverpool. Last year a group of them who clambered on to a walkway in The Strand brought traffic to a standstill and caused chaos around the Pier Head and city centre for hours.
Yesterday, three more Santas - with an imitation reindeer and two other men dressed as Batman and Robin - went even farther up in the world by scaling the heights of Liverpool's 450ft Radio City tower after they had gained entry to the building by posing as . . . window cleaners.
The men, who intend to remain "on high" for a week,, said they are not being allowed to see their children at Chirstmas, but they were particularly objecting to the speed with which Home Secretary David Blunkett gained a High Court hearing in the custody battle over his son.
However, their effort soon ran into a bizarre complication when they were warned they could be in danger of radiation from the broadcasting equipment.
It meant that they will not be able to remain on the rooftop outside the pinnacle for more than two hours at a time.
The protest started at 7am when the men buzzed the intercom at Radio City reception and it was assumed from their climbing gear that they were the legitimate window cleaning contractors.
One of them, Rory Wilmer, from Ormskirk, said: "We were given a key which is kept at the front desk and we went up and locked ourselves in.
"I think they will probably be changing their security procedures after this!
"We were told by Radio City engineers that we shouldn't be near all the broadcasting equipment up here for more than two hours at a time, so we have taken that advice."
It is believed that the security breach was allowed to happen because window cleaners had been expected for the last three months.