Fred Dibnah, The ups and downs of chimneys.

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One mistake up here and it's half a day out with the undertaker!" The amazing world of Fred Dibnah - Britain's legendary Steeplejack - and star of the acclaimed BBC TV series 'Fred Dibnah - Steeplejack', 'A Year with Fred' and many other TV documentaries. Watch in awe as Fred demolishes the towering brick built chimneys of Britain's industrial past. See the nail biting moment as Fred sets the fire going to Rugby Mill Chimney at Oldham, Lancashire - just 4'6" from the next building! See how the master steeplejack ladders a chimney from start to spectacular finish. Enjoy the wit and wisdom of one of Britain's most colourful characters and 'Watch them Fall Down!

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@I-T-S-M-E 13 дней назад

More stories from Fred ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EyH1QBEvUfw.html

@jamesfeeley5854 7 месяцев назад

Literally a dying breed. There will never be anyone like him again

@user-mk2ht5gg6k Месяц назад

Real man

@slickstrings Месяц назад

Not literally. Figuratively. His "breed" isnt dying. Hes a Caucasian human being. Words have meanings.

@ForgivingDragon 10 дней назад

@@slickstringsOk, Mr. Semantic ☝️🤓, I will have you know what he is saying is called a "figure of speech." You said figuratively in your own sentence.

@shirleydrury5565 2 месяца назад

I went to see Fred in 1995 .He was a Gentleman invited us in his house and around his workshop. He had time for people! He is so so sadly missed😊 but not forgotten. A true craftsman❤God bless you Fred R.I.P.❤Thank you and Respects❤😊❤😊❤

@I-T-S-M-E 2 месяца назад

That sounds fantastic Shirley, very nice of him to show you around.

@Voncroix 2 дня назад

Fred is a real one,from California with respect and admiration.long live his memory.

@sureduck 8 месяцев назад

From a sailor's angle, his choice of knots is spot on. He was an immaculate professional.

@hippiesaboteur2556 Месяц назад

Yeah very astute point sir... I also noticed that as well, especially his longtime, repetitive & dedicated usage of the clove hitch in particular. Which also happens to be one of the most useful, simple & reliable knots I use regularly myself

@davis1000000 Месяц назад

'As you get higher up the holes get deeper' 😂😂😂😂 What a legend and what a sense of humour. RIP Fred.. legendary

@muckle8 4 дня назад

The maestro .

@StokieDave 8 месяцев назад

Fred wearing a hard hat? I thought his cap could stop anything. 😂😂❤

@rustysphotography 2 месяца назад

The guy was a National treasure for sure. I will always regret i never got to see his amazing way of bringing chimneys down in person . I imagine it's an experience that would stay with you for life . RIP Fred . If Heaven has any chimneys i know you are in charge up there 😇😂

@robertiddon9270 Месяц назад

Watching this makes my legs turn to jelly, brave hard-working man, we miss you Fred .

@paullaw5054 28 дней назад

I`ve seen this video before several times before and it still gives me sweaty palms and a dry mouth every time. I do not like heights, my hat goes off to a man I regarded as a legend. Fred, thankyou for your time on this earth of ours. Rest in Peace with your head, now above the clouds.

@stevewells5450 Месяц назад

Working class hero kind soul with the knowledge and humour sadly missed what a man ❤

@doctorsocrates4413 8 месяцев назад

Brave as a lion.The man was a legend..RIP fred.x

@GordonKay-ro1rs 2 месяца назад

This man was a legend no matter what anyone says I remember him since I was a wee boy and now I am 36 brilliant guy

@rasmuswellejus Месяц назад

I’m a scaffolder and I can assure you guys that the fact that he is sitting on the top of the ladder while making new holes for the next is mind blowing when you are around 20 meters of height it’s not funny at all he is was cold as ice 🫡

@galwaytribesman9289 17 дней назад

Hats of to the men who do this kind of work I don't think I could ever do it.

@GT380man 14 дней назад

They don’t do it like this anymore. High explosives and computers.

@galwaytribesman9289 14 дней назад

@@GT380man I'm talking about steeplejacks who scale the heights.

@jackharrison6771 Месяц назад

I have nothing but respect for Fred and his other Steeplejacks, and their colleagues who work in high places. EG: Like those who work up Blackpool and other towers.

@johnWest19657 8 месяцев назад

Legend, no way you would get me up there,im going dizzy watching fred do the ladder up the chimney

@infrasleep 2 месяца назад

Fred said he got £7,000 for that chimney job !! I wouldn't have climbed to the top once -let alone do the laddering-for £7 billion!! Legend. A bit of the UK died when he passed.

@jwwilson-h3i 7 дней назад

mr dibnah he will be a real miss loved this fella ♥♥

@JK-pd7jf 8 месяцев назад

What a guy. Worked out the physics in his head to bring down those chimney stacks without dynamite.

@liamrobertson7265 Месяц назад

yeah he invented everything including physics and steeple jacking lol

@skinwhiztle3735 6 дней назад

"No PPE was harmed in the making of this video" - quote borrowed from a comment in another Dibnah video

@leebeech6407 7 месяцев назад

Love it how he saying the Health and safety man is making them wear tin hats and fred's complaining about wearing them!! now days its boots, hi vis helmet to get on site and full body harness as soon as you leave the ground... then there's the risk assessments...and the guy smoking whilst they're throwing diesel around.... not knocking it just different times and look how fast Health and safety has changed !!

@Glitch-nr9ct Месяц назад

20:34 ...I will forever wonder what Fred was going to say when he started to say "on a good day" when he was talkimg about how many ladders you can put up in a day, but then he got side tracked and never finished his thought. My best guess,....half a chimney stack. But 😔 I'll never know

@timcollier7083 19 дней назад

Unbelievable chap nerves of steel !!👏

@Peanuthead1890 9 месяцев назад

My hero, I work at chimneys for a living and this man is my hero, so much respect for him and what he had to do

@I-T-S-M-E 9 месяцев назад

It's amazing what he did.

@Wairoakid 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for this. I had not see some of this material

@darrenwindle3592 9 месяцев назад

Visited his house last Saturday. Full of scrap cars round the back .what a waste .should have been a museum

@I-T-S-M-E 9 месяцев назад

I saw a video recently that showed the back of the house looking like a scrap yard.

@paulbackhard6315 9 месяцев назад

I bet people in the 70s complained about Fred’s garden being full of bits of old scrap steam engines.

@I-T-S-M-E 9 месяцев назад

Probrally did, depends on perspective I guess.

@neilfitzgerald712 8 месяцев назад

@@I-T-S-M-E FRED. DIBNAH. STEELPJACK. 1979. FRED. EVERY. EPISODE. LIFE. WITH. FRED. EVERY. EPISODE. FRED. DIBNAH. BUILDING. EVERY. EPISODE. FRED. DIBNAH. MADE. IN. BRITAIN. EVERY. EPISODE. FOR MR NEIL FITZGERALD PLEASE

@neilfitzgerald712 8 месяцев назад

@@I-T-S-M-E FRED. DIBNAH. EVERYTHING. EVERY. MADE. BY. FRED. DIBNAH. EVERYTHING. FOR MR NEIL FITZGERALD PLEASE

@Gogetemscoobie 10 дней назад

When i were a kid if he were dropping a stack near us in atherton our school used to go and watch, it was lovely to see atherton church, i probably watched him drop this one

@rayholmes4402 Месяц назад

Anyone else notice something interesting about the crowd in Leicester that gathered to watch the chimney collapse? … Answer: if you know , you know 😉

@GT380man 14 дней назад

Is it dreadfully lacking in diversity?

@PJPsounds 8 дней назад

@@GT380man Only incest favouring , followers of jewish religion turned up?

@m1pete 8 дней назад

It was a nicer place to live, very safe. The old Coop dairy on Glenfield Road.

@Fadem12forReal Месяц назад

Fred D was a beast!

@steaminglion4067 8 месяцев назад

Total Legend R i P Fred

@GT380man 14 дней назад

My favourite quote from Fred Dibnah: “Britain: built by men in overalls, destroyed by men in suits”. He sounded exactly like my granddad, Herbert Yeadon.

@AsifBhatti-mo4hu Месяц назад

Every time I see a chimney I think off fred what a legend balls of steel 🎉🎉🎉

@tabsntoot 6 дней назад

the elements ran away when Fred turned up

@ajt7027 7 месяцев назад

Shame at 57.56 video freezes. Please try to fix

@stephensutcliffe1555 9 месяцев назад

Thank you very much for the upload it is very much appreciated.

@dannycrooks8462 14 дней назад

Watching this makes me miss the Great Dorset Steam Fair more than ever that was my only holiday every year so sad that its gone

@toucheturtle3840 Месяц назад

He gave a talk at the New Theatre in Oxford years ago. It was great listening to his stories.

@UliMuliko 20 дней назад

Why he is so underrated, he was still working decent man.

@MrPhillipgraham 7 месяцев назад

thanks for uploading this! I haven't seen most of it before and I watched tons of video on the great Fred Dibnah!

@FredPilcher 8 месяцев назад

What a legend he was!

@robingoodrick4876 2 месяца назад

What a bloody man!!!...One of my heroes!!¡!

@sint5990 Месяц назад

I truly miss the men of that era.

@fatlad5090 2 месяца назад

balls of titanium

@garydouglass9577 13 дней назад

A real hero of mine. And a real legend.

@robingoodrick4876 2 месяца назад

Bloody clever fella!!!...

@terryhigson434 3 дня назад

Its insane really, balls of diamond.

@peternufc1981 7 месяцев назад

Don’t make’em like Fred no more

@user-kk2lo9zr5e 20 дней назад

so much respect for this chap.

@dusktilldawny666 13 дней назад

Quite a recent invention, around the 1870's... bless you Fred..

@Lar308 8 месяцев назад

This seems to be the full version. It was filmed and released in 1994 - my Dad was 71 then and more active than I was then at 35. Fred reminds me of my Dad who died in 2015 aged 91. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j4QJqncviP0.html

@benwherlock9869 8 месяцев назад

I wonder just how many chimneys disappeared during the 1980s?

@stormytempest6521 11 дней назад

LEGEND ! LOVED FRED.

@user-mk2ht5gg6k Месяц назад

Fred is likey dad.smart as hell .with no fear. It just has to be done.

@Shanghai_Knife_Dude 14 дней назад

Inspiring. Thank you. 🎉

@olliebeak131 28 дней назад

Such a shame that the commemorative statue in Bolton looks nothing like him.

@voltagefireworker7849 2 месяца назад

Can you imagine, lots of peoples are climbing chimneys now for the thrill.

@gdutfulkbhh7537 2 месяца назад

Climbing it's one thing: working at height is another.

@voltagefireworker7849 2 месяца назад

@@gdutfulkbhh7537Many people are doing hard work on construction sites or as a trucker, diver, firefighter, ambulance, lineman or welder.

@zeekgeek420 8 месяцев назад

38:17 was the greatest line in the whole video😂‼️

@peterrooke5336 3 дня назад

Nothing ever bothered old Fred, did it Fred ?

@GT380man 14 дней назад

Fred used to joke that one mistake at height was a terrible waste of half a days work.

@jimcameron4672 2 месяца назад

Awesome

@barrypinney6723 7 месяцев назад

Proper old school geeza

@andynewport3465 9 месяцев назад

The audio is not working

@I-T-S-M-E 9 месяцев назад

Not sure what's happened, it seems to freeze later in the video

@guydavies3035 2 месяца назад

No that is his accent!

@chrisvig123 Месяц назад

Yup no sound…very faint

@Sciatix 2 месяца назад

The chimney with the high lift filming is across the road from me saw Fred here a few times god bless him. The other mill across the road is now gone replaced with a housing estate, very sad.

@I-T-S-M-E 2 месяца назад

Changing times, he was a very interesting man.

@davidrogers0717 Месяц назад

I almost can’t watch this. How he got comfortable with hanging on and risk of falling is beyond me.

@Laou41 11 дней назад

What I have always wanted to know is: if you are knocking the chimney down "one brick at at a time" how do you move the staging down as you go along?

@johnnyherbert7840 11 дней назад

I was thinking the same thing,never seen a vid of Fred when he moves the staging down🤔must be hard work lol

@mickmackem1479 9 месяцев назад

He was genius

@I-T-S-M-E 9 месяцев назад

Definitely

@Sciatix 2 месяца назад

And a sound bloke, he was one of ours.

@kevinhart3555 Месяц назад

Sound isn't good unfortunately, unless Fred hit the Capstan full strength

@rednissan001 Месяц назад

Is that weather vane still about?

@elliotease4390 Месяц назад

The irony of the camera crew having that big crane, what’s betting Fred made a joke off camera how he could do with one himself

@pietweety7020 2 месяца назад

I feel ill just watching this😂😱

@ronniebiggs4026 8 месяцев назад

Bum fire 😂😂😂

@gavinplant2241 Месяц назад

43.20 Man with cigarette 😵. We have lost an extroadinary generation of workers 😂😂😂

@stumetallicafan 2 месяца назад

Where the sound bro ?

@unlokia 7 месяцев назад

Crashes around 58 mins

@markbuckman4393 Месяц назад

Heath and safety wouldn’t be happy he isn’t wearing a hi viz 😮

@fullraph Месяц назад

Really bummed about the last 20 minutes of this video...

@tonyschofield4489 10 дней назад

If I had to be a steeplejack, I'd rather skin myself for the rest of my life and buy that moonshot cherry picker than go up those ladders.

@serenarchie123 8 месяцев назад

no audio...wtf you just ruined fred.

@29goodvibes 7 месяцев назад

and that's how uk's working middle class collapsed into beggars...with those chimneys...

@BobanVagene 15 дней назад

Burning tyres! … *shakes in Greta Thumberg.

@GT380man 14 дней назад

She’s a fraud and puts forth lies. She is of course merely a latter day victim herself of those who’ve plotted this deliberate destruction since the 1960s. My bad luck to have been born that year.