FRED DIBNAH takes down a massive chimney brick by brick.

[@derekstocker6661]

Very well done Fred, a real legend in steeplejacking and missed by so many after the programmes you made. RIP Fred.

[@matthewgartell6380]

The BBC executive who commissioned the life of fred dibnah deserves recognition. Bravo. RIP Fred.

[@jamesbarbour8400]

One of the few things the BBC ever got right !

[@johnrider5701]

The man is demolishing a chimney he's actually standing on brick by brick with a hammer and chisel what a geezer .They don't make em like Fred anymore

[@rickallen9167]

"I've never fell off a big chimney"... Thanks for that Fred....it's great that you felt we needed that seeing as you thought if we don't know anything about climbing a chimney we wouldn't know anything about falling off one!😂

[@sashdhesi9569]

Hero's get remembered but legends never die what a legend of a man they don't make em like fred anymore

[@itemushmush]

I LOVE THIS MAN! the whole 12 minute video is amazing

[@MrChrisBarker]

His TV series are even better.

[@johnbernacki6155]

@@MrChrisBarker he sounds like Keith richards lol

[@borntoclimb7116]

True it is Impressive but climbing a ladder is easy

[@louiscolborn6715]

​@@borntoclimb7116I doubt you've climbed a ladder near that high. I've seen people freak out way lower than that. One mistake your dead. This is long before safety ropes.

[@borntoclimb7116]

@@louiscolborn6715 Yes for the most peoples this is Nightmare stuff but for me as a freeclimber, ladder climbing is no problem, i climb the Buschhaus chimney in Germany, 307 meters tall, Elverlingsen 282 meters and Bergkamen 284 meters. In every 3rd world countrie they work like this or they climb steelbridges and powerpylons even without ladders, Just watch the workers from Kalkutta maintenance the pretty big bridge there.

[@noelsalisbury7448]

Fred originally lived in a small terraced house directly opposite Bolton Wanderers ground- Burnden Park. Back in those days Bolton were one of the top clubs in the UK , with 'giants' like Nat Lofthouse playing for them. The club had huge crowds every fortnight . Fred never went ONCE 😅. Fred was a Man of Iron, Coal & Steam !

[@christopherjohnmatthews]

National treasure is an understatement. I love watching fred but also how our great nation once looked. A snapshot in time.

[@mattberg916]

To explain to anyone who has never taken their lives into their own hands by doing something even similar to what Fred didis basically impossible. I've built and climbed scaffold all over refineries and steel mills and what this lion of a man did is flat out incredible.

[@borntoclimb7116]

But europe UK isnt wors, the true danger is in the 3rd world countries with all the slavery and deaths even in 2024

[@borntoclimb7116]

This is less Dangerous than give your safety to a another person. As a worker i want to be the guy who make my own safety.

[@noelsalisbury7448]

​@@borntoclimb7116 That's why everyone packs their own parachute 😉

[@borntoclimb7116]

@@noelsalisbury7448 correct, Same with the knot in the ropes, trust you own work, a another person can make more mistakes If the Person is Not the daredevil

[@VICTOBERN]

Fred was a craftsman supreme and made light of his endeavours. Sometimes its difficult to actually believe he did what he did because its basically extraordinary.

[@borntoclimb7116]

For the western world les but millions of workers doing similar or even more Dangerous work in 3rd world countries 2024.

[@fraseraitken1837]

He used to basically take these down by himself. Put the ladders up, build the scaffold and demolish the chimney with a hammer and bolster. Dangerous and hard graft. Not many people alive could do this today

[@scots_knight4706]

He generally had an assistant at the bottom. Also there's a German built machine that climbs the chimney and can do a similar process without anyone being at risk

[@fraseraitken1837]

@@scots_knight4706 oh well piece of piss then mate

[@Dan23_7]

@@scots_knight4706A bloke called Donald was his assistant.

[@Dan23_7]

@@fraseraitken1837There’s not many real blokes like Fred anymore. Even wagon drivers don’t do much nowadays. My dad was, back in the day of hand balling your load, roping and sheeting then driving a few hundred miles. So many things have gone soft now.

[@elasticsoldier0257]

My granddads hero. Fearless fella.

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

Why cut the line? Half finished. The other half: half day with the undertaker.

[@MsEnglishPrincess]

Had the pleasure of meeting Fred in Cambridge one time, a lovely bloke!

[@karansaxena5696]

I love this channel.Thank you BBc

[@Jochen93]

Dibnah Airlines ... YOFO you only fly ones 🇩🇪🍻👍🏻

[@robleary3353]

Absolute legend!. The likes we'll never see again!. RIP Fred, thanks. Nuff said 🙂👍🍺

[@Al-Gorithm]

Thank goodness. I just checked and he got an MBE🏅

[@robo0205]

Fred the legend thy don’t build them like they used too

[@TAT.357]

What a man!

[@thebat7048]

He was a living legend and now he's gone he's still a legend....

[@joshuataylor3550]

Legends are dead by definition.

[@borntoclimb7116]

But if he died in a accident, peoples would call him "reckless idiot" like another workers who fell

[@TomFromYoutube]

Heroes are remembered. Legends never die.

[@peterpumkineater6872]

Great British worker. A chip of the block 🎉🎉

[@borntoclimb7116]

Nice video, sad for the chimney

[@Al-Gorithm]

Fred should be on one of the plinths in trafalgar square.

[@sevenwatson5854]

A great man! Watched his programmes in the 90s such a character. Sadly missed!

[@thepriest71]

Legend

[@markorollo.]

Another one in Oldham!, My Grandad worked at the Lilac mill next to the Briar mill for 51 years.

[@davidtherope4407]

...aff a day out wit tha undertaker ya kno 😆

[@Republicofliverpool]

I watch this man to remember and remind me what men should be like

[@philipwilson3430]

Staggering stuff.

[@PronatorTendon]

_A brick at once_

[@Dave5843-d9m]

All done with hammer and chisel. No air hammer or SDS drill in sight.

[@johnbernacki6155]

@@Dave5843-d9mone tough man

[@christr339]

Fred ist LEGEND!👍💪✌️

[@deanoflip7459]

I love this man so much, he is a legend in his own right.... R.I.P Fred my mate xxx

[@Classiccrazyuk]

This world’s short of people like Fred for sure

[@davidjones6470]

LEGEND!!!!!!

[@RonGreeneComedian]

How long did it take?

[@RobertHarrison-cn3ok]

Legend 😊 total legend 👌

[@Al-Gorithm]

Should be on a postage stamp

[@CareyBender-bj7hy]

Is this Randon Bender?

[@danielwall9873]

Neil warnock narrating 😂

[@guytansbariva2295]

He sounds and talks like Angus Young from AC/DC. I know, I know Angus is Australian, but it sounds similar and same phasing too.

[@jamesh1208]

Angus is Scottish:)

[@271chrissy]

Legend.

[@MusicRelatedCandy]

Why upload it in such a word aspect ratio?

[@leccy9901]

This man and his generation are the reason we have everything we do. That was a strong, honest, intelligent, and hardworking lot. He was very similar to my grandad. I can only hope to be half the man they were. The kids of today are lightyears behind them.

[@David-h4z2s]

Words can not describe what a legend this man was 🇬🇧👍🧐

[@WilliamConnor-wb3ot]

You know, you know, you know, you know

[@Speakthetruth-n2w]

Rip Fred

[@mickmackem1479]

One mistake it's half down undertakers

[@chr1s.c]

It's Half a day out with the undertaker

[@johnsuri000xd]

ya kno

[@Jizzle76]

The only thing missing from this video is a cup of Yorkshire Gold 🫖

[@marknadolski4736]

I still can’t believe he never used any safety harnesses and just walked all the way up at do you know why he holds the outside of the ladders and never the wrong?? It’s because it’s safer to hold onto the side of the ladder in a rung as a room can snap can you imagine that that’s why you always hold onto the side of your ladders when going up Any type of height

[@noelsalisbury7448]

That's good advice. Rungs get loose & can even get woodworm & rot.👍