Was a Knighthood ever brought before the Queen? I would think he deserved it very much so. He brought so much to the people there and abroad about the rich history of England and in turn the industrial age concepts exported to the world.Showed the beauty in his steam engines. He showed how it was done before our push button world came about. So much of the history we get is about your earlier history and the Blitz. Im from Alabama US but know a kinsman of mine on my dads side. Was with William. The Conqueror in 1066. Our name is written in several documents of the time including the Doomsday book. A Steele Abby and road was still there though that info was a letter a family member there wrote my Great Aunt in the 60s so idk if it so now. This man brought pride to the nation and let us all feel that pride in his every word. I only wish I knew more. He is in the top 5 people id loved to have met and I know so little. The turn out at his funeral spoke volumes about this man. One fello brought the wagon his coffin rode on some 200 plus miles another came from the Isle of man. A place I want to see before they ban the TT and they will one day. As Fred Dibnah hit the nail on the head about the state of many of the folks today SOFT and a large portion of them run things, On both sides of the pond
I was very fortunate back in 2001 that a mutual friend took me to his home to visit Fred. He was in real life as he was in these films, totally dedicated to his love of steam engines and what doesn't come across much in these films, every bit of machinery at the back of his house was steam driven. Even when we tried to leave for the day, he insisted that he wanted to take us up into his attic to show us even more 'stuff' he had acquired over the years. He genuinely didn't want us to go without showing us everything. He truly was a wonderful man.
@gregcuntofaman..... You fucking bitter prick of a man. Clearly,you can top the previous fellas story eh you mug??? No of course not,so you troll people's messages bringing abit of joy. What a c++t you are. C++t.
By chance I found the first video about Fred Dibnah in the BBC archives. After that I watched everything about him. I'm not British, (I'm Hungarian) but I feel he was one of us. When I think of celebrities today, I feel infinitely sad, we have lost appreciation of our true values.
Such simpler times, and happier times. Fred really is an icon of a bygone era - he truly loved it. I fear it won’t be long before there’s no people like Fred left.
While Fred's sons are still here there will be men like Fred left,they are cut from the same cloth,also go to any steam show or gathering you will see many clones of Fred there.
I might be American but I agree with Fred and really enjoyed being able to see into his world. Great series it’s a shame the world doesn’t still have people like this it would be a better place!
It still has a few. The group working for the Cumbres, & Toltec scenic railway in southern Colorado rebuild steam locomotives using original tools, and techniques as their forefathers did. Amazing stuff I promise you.
Oh it does. Im born in 1980s and can fix anything, climb huge structures, and perscribe to a simpler life. Yet i do see the romance in the smaller world. Too many humans too much greed not enough honor. Though some of us still believe in honor and doing it yourself
Ole Fred was a Man amongst men. I was a high-rise window cleaner in L.A., Las Vegas and Chicago mostly on a bosons-chair quite like his. But his rigging was a work of art, that worked! God rest his soul in Jesus name Amen.
@@craigmcdonald4988 have just discovered this man and I am extremely disappointed to hear this. I have an extremely hard time figuring out how to navigate the admiration for a knowable determined hard worker, while being supportive of people of all sexes and races. It seems you have decided that he was entirely negative in his being and existence. Do you really feel he was irredeemable as a person,
@@lambrettadaz3379anybody who’s a hard worker and not a soft cocked beta male is classed as a sexist or a misogynist these days .thank god blokes in the past weren’t like this lot today . We’d of been in a hell of a state .
his biography is a lovely read . I found a copy in a second - hand store.. I reading it ..slowly cos I don't want it to end. happy- new year from Canterbury U.K. .x.
I never truly appreciated Fred when I was a kid (born in 1990), however the old I've gotten the more I think the man was absolute star. It's just a shame he died at 65 or so. It's nice to see that even younger people these days seem to have an appreciation for the man
I wasn’t aware of Fred, his occupation or hobbies, until a day ago. I try to catch all the BBC documentaries I can, sadly BBC America never carries these great shows preferring to stick with hours of Star Trek repeats. Fred is a real man doing real work as well as helping viewers appreciate the great machines from the steam age. Wherever you are Fred, you are a hero, you did your job, loved your kids and lived a fine life. It doesn’t get better than that.
A great Man. A Man sometimes out of time. The last clip, Fred looked so sad to see that once great chimney raised to the ground. RIP. Fred. The last of the greats. There won't be another Fred Dibnah.
I Watched Jack Hargreaves as a child and enjoyed his programs while growing up and he and David Bellamy are the reason I love the countryside so much, and along came Fred Dibnah and he is the reason I love our history so much, and David Attenborough opened my eyes to the rest of the planet, Tony Robinson and Time Team opened my eyes to what is below my feet, and Winston Churchill secured my freedom to watch and learn whatever I want. These are the people I would always look up to.
***** wake up to the real world " my flawed opinion" = your ignorance . Education has changed for the better meaning lower classes can now attend and receive better educations . It's so called Great Britain that is Flawed as you put it .
***** I understand what you are saying but an education is better than no education , the world is now a smaller place than it was back in Freds time , anyone can now travel to anywhere in the world and work . No corporate company can break a persons sprit to survive and strive in life only one can do it to themselves . Unfortunately education is a business like most religions . Sheeple will always exist .
People have too many choices to handle. Too many forgot that you have to work to gain something, the free market proclaims endless consumption at once... pay later. I believe we all in our so called "developed World" are gonna pay a terrible price for it.
Absolute Legend of a Man, my now 23 Year Old Son adores the Man and we have started watching these over again as they never get Old - my Son is now a fantastic Brick Layer and Stone Wall Builder, Legends like Fred Dibnah are surely missed, but have surely taught some of the Young Men of today about the Respect, Dignity, and damn Hard Labouring that will always be treasured and rightfully learned for the Future. RIP Fred Dibnah x
RIP Fred I'm not English, I was born in Scotland and now live in Australia, Mate you are a LEGEND not like these movie star/ rock stars. You are AWESOME.
Hard to believe that here in 2020 that he’s been gone 16 years now. The BBC should show his series again, better than the load of shite they normally show now.
@Taipan Tails Farfrom,this kind of work has come to a end, but what I am saying is instead of todays kids vandalising anything and everything in sight, they should be shown that sort of thing and think themselves lucky, they might also learn somthing
If you're quick, there's a few days before the last episode of Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain expires on the BBC iPlayer. That's the episode that includes Fred receiving his MBE from the Queen. The full series of Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone is also available on the iPlayer - the first episode will expire in 4 days, the last one in 29 days. Enjoy!
You know when you cannot sleep and browsing the net for something to watch? well i came across this. I have seen it before a few years ago but one cannot help himself. Old Fred a true legend with a real skill. His method of scaffolding a chimney from the top is awesome. Peace to all Dibnah family.
"neglected the business " ! I'd say you put your heart into your work...but your soul was in steam !! I was so blessed to have been working in Bolton in 2006? for this dear fellows send off...I was facing the road on scaffolding(mast clinber) about 50ft in the air ....I always saw the grace in the fact I was high up...like he was...it felt like a tribute to his work at great height...my oh my how do they do that job ....!!!!! WE THANK YOU FRED 😊
We lived near him when I was a teenager and my dad took me to see one of Freds explosions and freaked me out him climbing up a ladder on a sky high chimney without a harness! and he was in his element. Not a tread of fear in his bones. He drove his beloved Steam Engine to Wellington Barracks near Buckingham Palace when he went to receive his MBE, he was not allowed to ride it down the Mall nor into the Palace grounds because it was too heavy! it may have caused damage. He loved that engine. Fred was a treasure and truly missed. R.I.P Dinbah. It was you who gave me my love of Steam Engines. What a guy!
@@lukespector5550 Mindless dweeb. But as the married widow drowned, the propane tank sang to the porpoise. When the helicopter proposed lunch, the propeller saw the midnight daylight yesterday at you. Laughingly, the robin gasped, while moonbeams ate marshmallows inside the deer. Aware of pencils, aroma heard floor tiles selling whales. Branded as lost is the umbrella, as it elopes at tires.
My grandad said when I was helping him take down the old outhouse for the new. “you ain’t no Fred” I soon learnt who he was and he reminds me of my grandad every time I hear his name. RIP both of you 🙏🏻🇬🇧🛠
Little did he know all the chemicals in the soot and ash on those chimney’s probably cut his life short . Yet he went about his work with pride and passion he’s quite an admirable character .
i recently discovered a short video on youtube of him climbing a chimney and watched 7 or 8 more videos about him. He had so much passion and knowledge, it truly is a shame that there are not more people like him in this world.
I have worked construction my hole life as did my father and now my son and every now and then we meet a man like Fred who makes it all worth it , what a good soul RIP
What a man....ive got the exact same thoughts of Fred as one of the previous people whos comments read "people like Fred make me proud to be British" a hard working, interesting, happy funny person...... A credit to this country and will never be forgotten, Fred Dibnah will aways be remembered by the good people of Great Britain 😊 Rip young man 💜💜💜
Stephen Middleton I once asked a work colleague what was the difference between OBE & MBE I was told that OBE was Others Bl**dy Efforts whereas MBE was My Bl**dy Efforts. Fred definitely deserved the MBE !
Met this great gentle man at a steam rally in Cheshire and he was friendly and happy to talk after giving me a booklet signed with a message in beautiful neat hand writing !
Sadly missed but not forgotten. We loved Fred, he was one of a kind. Paul Daniels got it spot on about Fred, He was an excellent presenter & pulled you in with fascination about industrial revolution. Today there is too much red tape with health & safety. Can you imagine climbing vertically up a chimney like Fred did with no safety lines & standing at the bottom of a chimney just as it came down. RIP Fred.
Great presenter. Great loss to the nation. An Unassuming Genius . You were well loved for being a working man who loved to share his passions. Just watched all your early shows on u tube. Sadly missed. God bless ya Fred.
Fred was taken from us to early what a legend he was keeping the old way of life alive rip. I was lucky to meet him in the early 90s when he took a chimney down for my dad's demolition company
Great. loved watching his programs growing up. One of the reasons I got into Engineering. Sad to think how many more skills have disappeared in the ten years he's gone.
I watched TV shows about him in my younger years. I've always been interested in engineering Fred was an inspiration and a great example of a lost era and what made Britain Great. Not many will have the skills and engineering knowledge that he had. Its a lost art as now we rely on cheap imports instead of real quality engineering making goods that last. I could go on but I won't. Top bloke RIP
We yanks who don't give a rip about today's 'entertainment' garbage in the U.S. see in Fred an uncle or neighbor we once knew. Sure. He was passionate. He had intuitive forethought. He had a deep memory for the important things. But here's what most people do not understand. He was, as we call 'em, "old man strong". Having literally moved a thousand tons of heavy things in his lifetime with his hands, legs and back -- often in uncomfortable spots and against gravity -- he possessed a physical strength in his later years that defies logic and understanding. I've seen this kind of strength before from men like Fred. It's real. And it's unreal at the same time. There are many things to remember about Fred, who was a towering monument himself. His good nature and humor shine through, effortlessly. But, of all his traits, please don't forget how goddamn strong he was. Strong willed, sure. But his physical strength is why I've been shaking my head in disbelief for the last hour.
Fred says its more spectacular doing it the old way, i agree its also romantic and sad watching the chimney come back to life after so many years dormant and blow smoke until it falls down and dies
It's a bit sad seeing all the melancholy in the comments section. The people in the past didn't only look back they also looked forwards and tried to overcome boundaries. Fred travelled around meeting people to learn how they did things and shared it - That's inspiring :)
Excellent documentary on the great man himself.I love his energy,his enthusiasm and his passion for everything that made our country what it once was .In 28 years I've seen him over a dozen times and he was always a gentleman.An incredibly hard working grafter even 6 months before his death he worked on Park Mill chimney in Royton where I once worked and to see the mill and it's sister mill Sandy demolished makes me very sad to see these monuments of our industrial legacy gone forever along with Fred himself .Thanks for the memories gone but never forgotten R.I.P x
Since nobody in the past 8 years has commented on this comment complaining about the blatant virtue signaling I shall conduct a test for the people who have no proof of the situation and they say they don’t want them in there
I've watched everything on fred .bottom line is fred was a genius it just amazes me at what he could do .how he climbed those chimneys is beyond me I got nervous just watching him
Do things best practical and animate young folk for it. The new generation needs good examples/models to stand a chance to carry a heritage on!! For doing so you need to cross the border of red tapes sometimes.... do it with full responsibility - not everything proclaimed right is actually right.
