A steeplejack cleans bird droppings from Nelson's Column yesterday on the 188th anniversary of Nelson's victory at Cape Trafalgar and the 150th anniversary of its erection

Thursday 21 October 1993 23:02 BST

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I see no ships: Reg Docel, a steeplejack, who cleaned bird droppings from Nelson's Column yesterday on the 188th anniversary of Nelson's victory at Cape Trafalgar and the 150th anniversary of its erection, indulges in some high-level filming. Gel is to be sprayed on to the 170-ft column to stop birds landing and reduce Trafalgar Square's pounds 150,000 annual cleaning bill

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