The window cleaners with Blackpool’s best view

As the summer holidays get under way, a team of specialist cleaners with a head for heights have been called in for a spot of window cleaning.

But this no ordinary job, with Fylde Coast Cleaners Ltd working at heights of about 380ft (116m) as they clean the glass SkyWalk at Blackpool Tower from the outside.

Secured by safety ropes as they abseil from the top of the tower, the team arguably enjoy one of Blackpool’s most spectacular workplace views, with the Promenade far below and the Irish Sea stretching into the distance.

“The most exciting thing is cleaning the glass at the Tower Top,” said Damian Vanner.

“From climbing trees as a boy, to climbing a structure like this, it keeps you feeling young.”

Some members of the team are continuing a family tradition, albeit with slightly more modern equipment.

“The story was my great-great-great granddad back in the day would use newspapers to clean the windows and if he’d had a long shift he’d use his socks to finish the job,” recalled Craig Burt.