An insight into the exciting world of Bolton steeplejack Fred Dibnah, this programme features him felling chimneys at Monton and Farnworth and travels with him to the Astle park steam rally and the great Dorset steam fair...
yeah, Fred is a Legend, but nowadays with RU-vid and Others sources its Something different to keep someone in mind than in previous Times when Only privat Photos and memories have been the Things to remind on Legends...
In America a few guys come to mind. Norm Abrams, Bob Ross...Fred was a treasure not just to the folks in the UK but to the world who knew him. Absolutely wonderful fellow. Glad RU-vid showed me this guy. He brightens my day.
You can't really say that, Fred is a 1 in every billion, but every country and even locally every area/place has great men worth remembering. Literally everywhere has its hero's and talented individuals.
Bob Ross and our Fred are as chalk and cheese, yet both somehow have great affection in the popular cultures even across the pond; that's surely a special quality.
Fred was a craftsman who respected the craft of the men who had gone before. He demolished their work with respectful regret at needing to do so. No quick fix with soulless dynamite, he took his time and worked in ways that those former craftsmen would understand. I hope his legacy continues
Yes 100% agree when he explained about the pully mechanism he tweaked from what he learnt from his elders, that’s some, STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS stuff!
its weird all the shit we humans put into the air we breathe without a thought. why are tires even helpful here though? why not a pile of coal or wood?
The level of pollution created from burning those tires is so moronic I lost all respect for him. Imagine how many sicknesses this man has contributed towards just for his prideful sense of "tradition". Men like him are idiots.
We where lucky to have Fred look at our local chimney at India Mill's Darwen Lancashire!! He loved this chimney. I personally watched Fred climb India Mill Chimney many moons ago!! Miss this guy so much. R.I.P. Fred Dibnah God bless you.
Terrible analogy. A person condemned to execution was a criminal i.e. someone who didn't just NOT contribute to society, but actually took from it. Sure, at the time such structures could be considered 'dark satanic mills', but without them, and the cost paid by the British people to persevere through such times, the vast majority of the world's population would still be living as medieval serfs. That, and the quality of the enginering required to enable all that to happen, is why Fred treated them with respect. Get a clue.
@@sunnyjim1355 Heh…you must be fun at parties. That being said, plenty of decent innocent people have been unjustly condemned and executed throughout history. A serial killer can condemn people. So can a dictator. The authorities are not always righteous or good intentioned. Simply being condemned doesn’t automatically mean that a person is of bad character and has contributed nothing of value to society. It just means someone or some institution has sentenced them to punishment or death. OPs analogy is sound.
5 Woodbines and 3 pints of bitter, then take on the world. Fred Dibnah, an amazing man - unrecognised genius. I am always inspired by his outlook to life.
@@sarahjones-jf4pr Stay off the gin, luv.. shouting is making you look hysterical on line. Work on your English comprehension a bit when you're straight, eh ?
Having a tire fire, climbing those heights without a harness, taking water from a fire hydrant. I couldn’t imagine Fred would get along too well with this generation.
@Stewart J I love watching these videos too. You would think that the, ‘powers that be’ only make rules or laws to make life more difficult. Not true. They are all based on legal precident which is derived by victims. Not saying he was a malicious person but he definitely didn’t understand why those rules were or remain there. Not going to write it all out, again. My reasons are in other comments of this video though if you really want to know why. It was a different world afterall. Scientific progress isn’t bogus and full of merit for economical, health and social reasons.
I wonder if part of the appeal of these programmes at the time might have been that Fred took some risks even by the standards of 1970s health and safety culture. That its not just generational, that Fred did really follow the rules of the time. My dad worked on building sites in 1960s/1970s and even he sometimes thinks bloody hell when we watch these together today.
@@pleasureincontempt3645 gypsies are still having tire fires to this day, but you guys in the settled community turn on us and report us straight away to this day . So piss off with your double standard.
He sits in the same bracket as David Attenborough, he makes things that I wouldn’t normally find that interesting truly riveting with his genuine passion for his craft
He was an amazing man. I like the way the poor chimney got to do it's 'job" one last time before its demise. Wish I had just some of his mechanical skill and knowledge. RIP Fred, gone, but never forgotten.
Some classic Fred Dibnah footage . Fred was meticulous with his work and highly skilled. You won’t see anything like this now. He was one of a kind. RIP
It's Dec 12th 2022, we still watch and listen too our friend fred.who was a national treasure.The day Fred died.Ths day we all cryed.The following day.we remember our old friend Fred dibnah .we our heading into another year without fred.we still remember you and we will never forget Fred dibnah Ur a legend rip
I used to love going to work with my Father , learning from him was priceless, enjoyed every moment, especially knowing that I pleased him and he was proud which he never said but I could tell.
He reminds me of my grandad. Such a lovely character, always optimistic, hard working, strong as an ox and as kind as a saint. Always down the pub for a game of snooker, packet of mini cheddars and a pint ! My grandad was a miner, I remember back in the 90s watching him as a child pulling coal out of his hands when he was in his 80s! Hard working men, something I am proud to have been brought up around. take pride in what they do with a smile. Wouldn't surprise me if he knew my grandad. he was also an engineer and did lots of work all over UK.
Just did mot check on the light blue land rover thp36r and its still running 🙂 , nice to know someone is looking after it. Always loved watching Fred. R.I.P .
@@Snacks8536 I think they used to say that newspapers made people into zombies in the 1800's. the point is to not be powerless to distraction, whether it is mobile phones or newspapers fixing our minds. even in Buddha's day (600BC), he was wailing about distraction, while today, industries are built on the premise to distract. this is a skill that needs training, whether there is social media or only paper words. Also, if you need to clarify your first comment because someone pointed out a blind spot in it, and then you call their comment dumb, then what is yours? Also, your filter needs fixing if you reply to crap that should be filtered.
I love these videos of Fred. Makes me sad to think what we are losing though. Men like Fred are on the endangered list unfortunately. A lot of knowledge is gonna die with men like Fred. Thanks for uploading this. I really enjoyed it.
Fred was a one off. He represented a bygone age dating back to the industrial revolution. Not so long ago, I remember watching a video about Fred's tools, steeplejack equipment, steam engine parts etc... being sold off or thrown away. Very sad. RIP Fred.
Fred wasn’t even typical of his own generation. Most of these types of men had died off before his lifetime. The west has been soft for at least 3-4 generations now.
Fred Dibnah was an amazing man, there is not many like him in this world today, wish I could have met Fred. Wish he was still with us today. R.I.P Mr Dibnah u will never be forgotten mate. 🙏🇺🇲🗽🏴🏴
What a Great Man........ brave, humble, witty, creative, knowledgeable and a master of the industrial revolution steam powered engines. RIP Fred. There nowt be another like Fred.
Such an awsome Guy! And the Steam Fair really knocked me off my seat, so many great engines! I very much hope they are somewhere still around as many of the owners may be gone already. Hopefully their relatives saved the engines to honor the work their fathers put into. I came here thru the vid of Fred´s last chimney, happily seeing him pull up in his trusty Land Rover. So sad knowing that with those people dissapearing their way of doing things also die out. I love the way of the Steeplejacks letting a once proud monument of craftmanship having one last draw of smoke before it´s over. One great example of a guy from times past. I took my tape recorder to record the steam fair music- Keep them wheels turning up there, Fred- I´d be happy to meet when my times come.
One of my regrets was not going to meet Fred at the Black Country museum while he was still with us. Grew up watching his tv programs and really regret not going. Proper Grafter👍🏻
@Daz Hughes I understand that after he had nocked a mill chimney down someone told the powers to be and Fred got told off for useing old rubber tires to create so much black smoke.
Miss Mr Fred dibnah , spent hours watching his videos , very interesting man not to mention the size of his cahonies, how he climbed them chimneys without them falling over with size of his bollox is beyond me. Guys a legend.
I have a full time job, live on my own and pay taxes, and this was still 8 years before I was born haha. That said, even for me 1990 feels like 10 years ago. Really fucking weird eh
Stuff like this should be on TV as educational because it really is that good His occupation is now a lost trade and lost knowledge Fred uses old telegraph poles someone in a street near his jobs every time is like why can't I use the landline The water hydrant system I think it's great he's doing what he's doing
Thank God for Mr Fred Dibnah and this new media to show this MAN and his great life I love this man and wish I could have met him and helped him with some of his work and projects.I am in America and had an old uncle and grandfather like him but to young to really understand what they were doing RIP FRED DIBNAH I love you the man I never met
@PatrikGivens --- You sound like a complete man-child yourself. You've been watching too much GBNews or Fox News and reading too much Daily Mail. How are you being punished for being a man? What manly things can't you do now? Beat your wife? Ignore your children? Do you think women are second class citizens? You bandy about all of these right wing misogynistic tropes but you give no examples of how you're being oppressed? So come on, how are you personally being punished by society today? And why do you need a good role model to be a good, well rounded person? Stop moping about and make something of your life and stop complaining that the world is against you.
Fred was a legend! I remember seeing this back in the day an was just as amazed as now. I have panic attacks over cutting a doorway in a wall, that man had nerves of Iron!
Yes!! It blew me away. I’ve used a hammer and cold chisel on and off for decades, but those blows … he intuitively knew where he head if the chisel was always. And knew the exact arc of the blow. It was perfection !!
I was born in 1990 and watched a lot of Fred's programmes with my Dad as a boy. Now it's hard to comprehend someone using these great old school techniques even in my lifetime.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1769">29:29</a> Fred wasn't even looking at the chisel as he pounds it with his mash hammer! A true professional. RIP FRED
love this, love fred and everthing he did but, im sure this was later than 1991 though, only because the bit at the dorset steam fair, they showed "The Voyager" painted with its stripes. it didnt gain the stripes untill 1993. in 1991 it was plain yellow as can be seen in somevideos on my channel from 1991.
Wey aye, you don't get many men like Fred nowadays especially here in Catalonia.i saw a bit of my late father in Fred and the love of steam tractor engines. I enjoyed this video so much that I just bought one that I found on E Bay but will take around 6 months to get here by ship from Devon in England to Catelonia.
I remember Jack! He used to work at the Isle of Man steam railway with my dad and I remember one time when He was inside a steam engine boiler cleaning it with a shower cap on 😂 thought it was hilarious at that time I was only like 6/7 years old. Jack was a character tho 😊
Random man: Those kids come over from yard to mess ere at these poles...knock them they could!! Fred: Ya ya ya Random man: And then I come over you see Fred: Ya ya ya Random man: And I says to them, why are you pulling that down? Fred: ya ya ya Haha love Fred.
I'll always remember my dad pointing out that that's the last time the chimney will smoke..he named his band The Pamonas after a Reddish pub too.. RIP dad and old Fred.
Isn't it sad kids only see footballers and musicians as heroes and celebrities and men like Fred with so much skill and knowledge are looked down on by some for even having a pint at dinner and with being a manual worker who grafts and gets dirty,traditional skills have been lost even in my trade as a joiner apprentices now couldn't cut a traditional roof or even mitre skirting board with using the latest battery powered chop saw with the latest extraction unit it's sad how things we used to be the best in the world at engineering etc have been replaced by cheap,mass production
"Right, " said Fred, "Both of us together One each end and steady as we go." Tried to shift it, couldn't even lift it We was getting nowhere And so we had a cuppa tea and "Right, " said Fred, "Give a shout for Charlie." Up comes Charlie from the floor below After strainin', heavin' and complainin' We was getting nowhere And so we had a cuppa tea And Charlie had a think, and he thought we ought to take off all the handles And the things wot held the candles But it did no good, well I never thought it would "All right, " said Fred, "Have to take the feet off To get them feet off wouldn't take a mo" Took its feet off, even took the seat off Should have got us somewhere but no! So Fred said, "Let's have another cuppa tea" And we said, "right-o." "Alright, " said…
