John pulls the plug on crane lights

THE man who thinks nothing of putting Christmas lights on 50 metre high cranes has admitted his wife puts the bulbs on their own Christmas tree.

One could never accuse John Madden of being afraid of heights, especially as the owner of the Douglas electrical contracting company has been decorating massive cranes for PJ Hegarty’s for the last 12 years.

However, at 52 he has decided to call it a day and let his colleagues carry on the work. “I’ll leave the lads do it now, they’re younger than me,” Mr Madden joked.