Fred, you are sadly missed, I loved you (in the nicest posible way). You always showed such enthusiasm to our history. You were only a 'stones-throw' from my home town.... (Blackpool). There will never be another !!!! Your enthusiasm is second-to-none!!!! You will never be forgotten. R.I.P. Your Memory will live on.
I've actually seen him once at a traction engine rally but back then I didn't know who he was, if I had of done I would definitely have gone over to speak to him
Love watching Fred. Warts n all, he's the double in both looks and personality of my late grandfather. Old fashioned views, an almost aspergers type personality but a loving individual at heart.
@@thetruth1862 cool, mine worked at a ropery, but was an engineering genius. He once turned his panther motorcycle (extremely valuable now) into a chopper pedal bike for me to learn on haha, a good insight into his character.
@@Jimjon24 Do you still have the pedal bike , that would be nice , these men I hope will never be forgotten, they where born in a time where you put your nose down and worked for a living something that many today don't understand.
I think he would be accepted as a scholar and been able to teach in a university, the common sense of these men of the time is unbelievable by today's standards, he couldn't Google anything he just had to try and see what worked !
Love the man. A remarkable tough nut. With a vulnerable streak that made him a man of his time. When women remaining tied to the stove was just the start.
Yeah that Sue was a genius... she meets him while he was pissed out of his head (and probably pretty happy)... and she thought she would cheer him up by moving in his house and stopping him drinking and smoking. Yep Fred could pic em! ;)
Jasonsenipor Doing what? He lived for climbing chimneys not rotting away is some old people home with Sue draining his back account. You need to remember pal that we are all gonna die. No one gets out here alive. At least Fred lived his life. What you gonna do live a clean life, avoid risks and rot in an old people’s home until your half a day out with the undertaker?
@@PreservationEnthusiast Really,he managed to last all those years unscathed,doing all that laddering,people are scared of there own shadow nowdays,it shows by the snail pace work rate on jobs,forever having safety meetings,pathetic tossers.
@@geoffbell166 Well people can drink 5 pints of beer, drive a car, and not kill someone. It doesn't mean to say they should does it? Safety procedure in the end is about numbers. Sure you can do things and get away them. Sure it can take longer. But I think you would take a different approach if a member of your family was killed because safety rules were not followed. You would likely be the first person to demand why they had died, and what could be done to protect others in the same situation. Your glib attitude would soon be forgotten.
SUBSCRIBED. Is this the Chimney climber guy with ladder's ? He'll scale building's back in the old days ? These were the best times... Before Computers
To be fair it's not usually the steam engines themselves that are noisy, it's the machinery you drive with them. I bet our air compressor annoys the neighbours more 😁
You all have had a person who was differant, even rough around the edges. But that person is also a true friend to you in many ways. So it is easy to be his friend back.
Sadly most people's idea of heroes probably include the likes of Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Richard Hammond and Edd China. Away from TV motoring presenters they would chose Jordan Petersen and Joe Rogan. Sadly Fred wouldn't make the list today amongst the Netflix binger watchers, facebook/Twitter generation.
@@BlueXonar obviously TRUMP isn't going to work hard with his hands and do MAN work, but TRUMP was right about a lot. He wasn't afraid to say what needed to be said, and that's why they hated him. They couldn't win debates about issues, so they resorted to name calling and making up lies. If you're not paying enough attention to see that, then you're a fool. TRUMP won in 2020, and will win in 2024.
@@wackyadz06 all of it. Men were men, women were women. Then people like sue come along and blur the lines between the 2 in the name of modernity and equality and we end up in the state we are now. plenty of males, not enough men and same with the females.
I always read Road To Wigan Pier when feeling nostalgic . My grandfather was born just around 1900 , my father 1927 both said that life had got better and progress for the working man in conditions , pay and health care has led to a longer life expectancy more free time , maybe this winter will be like my childhood of the 70s , no electricity , piles of rubbish , little food and a demoralized nation ? Or the 80s recession , Thatchers greed and callousness and local societies breakdown ? I never miss the social and economic culture of my childhood , just the people that have passed .
Just found this December 2022. I wonder if the original broadcast might have been a little seed of an idea of Feminism for all our Dads to think about (I'm 53)?
I did not know Fred but from what I have seen of him on all of these videos and after reading his biography I have taken a dislike to his middle wife, Sue. She must have known what he was like and to try and change him is very annoying to me. He seems like one of the hardest working men you could meet and she is moaning about him not doing the pots. Also, he was not a rich man so why not let people buy the drinks if thats what they want to do? He deserved to get a little extra.
Not a rich man ? Have you got any idea how much he earned for spending months knocking an enormous chimney down ? How about the cost of a steam engine or millions in TV work ? Gold digger from the start
What a gem old Fred was a real treasure & to get with a whining voice almost control freak woman fuck that he never should have got her it's right she needed a bloke that worked in an office banker solicitor spends his day knocking people for money not knocking chimneys down
typical woman….nothing to see there…whinging …whining …money grubber..shows their true side only after they have married you and/or had a kid to you…in other words once they are in a position that gives them a legal and sole claim to your estate and money regardless of whether they contributed to it or not…we loved Fred just the way he was… cigarettes …beer …stories..his hobbies…his work ethic..that was Fred…
People bad mouth Sue, but I definitely would attribute great improvements in his life to her. People seek out and draw to themselves just what they need in life.
I'm sure I heard a tale of the neighbor complaining about the noise and when the council went round to fred the neighbor got his timing wrong trying to make out fred was making too much noise and the council caught the neighbor bashing a metal dustbin lid with a lump of wood. Unless I drempt it 🤔
Where was you sue,when fred made his name ? where was you when he spent all them laborious hours knocking down,and climbing chimneys? I know were you were.scheming and sliding your way into freds life.
@@johna6602 A beautiful young woman who l imagine didn't realise the spirit Fred had mixed at the bar. The source of 'Coke ' outside the pub went unmentioned.