I love how having been out of use for decades, for a final few minutes, and even as they tip, these chimneys WORKED as chimneys one last time
@AtheistOrphan Жыл бұрын
Like some sort of industrial Viking funeral!
@duncanvincent6078 Жыл бұрын
I thought that too.
@Del2604-z9s Жыл бұрын
Very true and very poignant . Not forgetting all those guys , probably on minimal wages , if there was such a thing at the time , responsible for building the things in the first place .
@borntoclimb71168 ай бұрын
@@Del2604-z9s all the deaths and accidents by the work too
@IanBailey-hd2um7 ай бұрын
Then the complaints come in about what was in the chimney and can it cause any harm.
@SonofPhobos Жыл бұрын
Fred's a national treasure for a certain generation, great to see him going viral of late, true legend
@Scotland2306 Жыл бұрын
He’s a legend to my generation too. Born in 90.
@JAKOB1977 Жыл бұрын
Swedish national treasure.
@Cyprus_Property Жыл бұрын
We'll never see the like of Fred again.
@borntoclimb71166 ай бұрын
@@Cyprus_Property in india and another 3rd world countries this is normal
@frankgrima11905 ай бұрын
True hero / pure legend😂
@iangbland Жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Used to always wonder, ‘How on earth could a steeplejack become a TV star?’ Watching this, I think, ‘How could he possibly not have become one?’
@sma1968 Жыл бұрын
You have made the absolute perfect comment about this guy.
@georgelow1745 Жыл бұрын
@@sma1968to ,
@Leon-lt5gv Жыл бұрын
Because of how much money he saved ' the yanks wanted the job buy using explosives ' problem expesive ' so good fred ' done it for a3rd of their price ' ie' alot less ' & in danger 😁💥
@sarahlaslett3279 Жыл бұрын
He proved to be a very intelligent man having his own series on a part of industrial history
@jme2261 Жыл бұрын
The amount of times he said 'you know' 😂😂😂
@paulharvey2851 Жыл бұрын
"It's goin'. It's goin'!" I could watch that moment again & again! Fred was a true working class hero.
@charlesincharge6512 Жыл бұрын
'TOOT TOOT!! TOOT TOOT!!!"
@alro243411 ай бұрын
At that last moment his confidence in where it was gonna fall didn't look to be 100%!
@mikeoglen68484 ай бұрын
Did you like that?
@shneeblee180 Жыл бұрын
Fred was a legend a true one of a kind.
@mr.invisible3123 Жыл бұрын
Very true one of his kind fearless with balls of steel
@lonesomeStu Жыл бұрын
Great to see him in his pomp.
@prideofdurham4776 Жыл бұрын
Wooly jumper , flat cap and fag in his mouth.Fred would be a health and safety experts worst nightmare , I worked on the sites in the 1970s and that is what it was like , no hi-viz jackets and ear defenders back then.
@twitchygiraffe4636 Жыл бұрын
I was just amazed at how quick he got out of the way when it went down!! Nutter!!!!
@geemoney4678 Жыл бұрын
Ul Never see the likes off this guy again..
@michaellukey5539 Жыл бұрын
He was so confident in his work that he left the compressor right to the side of the drop zone . Wish we still had the likes of Fred around … absolute legend 😊
@Vile_Entity_3545 Жыл бұрын
We have better. Doctors and scientists coming over every day on boats.
@paramotorhead Жыл бұрын
@@Vile_Entity_3545They’re called ferries. You’re welcome.
@sicktanick2918 Жыл бұрын
@@Vile_Entity_3545muppet.
@Vile_Entity_3545 Жыл бұрын
@@sicktanick2918 you’re hard
@unlokia Жыл бұрын
Arguing on KZbin comments 😂 - how original. Zip up and go away. Thanks so much. ❤
@marvinc9994 Жыл бұрын
"Did ya like that?" Yes, Fred - we LOVED that (and you), Mate!
@jannejoensuu8967 ай бұрын
Wey aye man !
@gauge65132 ай бұрын
I'm 63 a nerd from the U.S.and I can't thank my UK brothers and the BBC enough for providing years of thought provoking progamming and sometimes absurd laughs as well. Thank you all.
@robertedward9456 Жыл бұрын
The good old days Fred smoking on tv burning old tires love it
@Vor_Tex_SunАй бұрын
Singlehandly dismattaling a chimley. Whilst shooting down the ladder of an anormous chimely for steak and chips at lunchbreak
@elliotcollie1797 Жыл бұрын
It’s funny you can tell that Fred’s old school, even though he’s just an honest working man he doesn’t like talking to police, he just says the minimum smiles and nods 😂
@Lotus-r9t3 ай бұрын
Noticed that.😊
@TheTreegodfather2 ай бұрын
Can you envision Fred today? He'd be arrested daily for hurting people's feelings.
@borntoclimb711610 күн бұрын
@@TheTreegodfather lol are the brits that soft, here in Germany If you do stupid things at Work, they just kick you Out of the company
@user-gl8qu7qf2q11 ай бұрын
The very start of the video says it all about how times have changed. Freezing cold , snow, bare hands with hammer and chisel at the bottom of a big chimney. Amazing how things have changed. Love fred.
@GordiansKnotHereАй бұрын
Tapping a chisel with a cigarette in hand... Love it!
@TerryTerryTerry Жыл бұрын
Simple pleasures of the crowd watching Fred at work.
@andyd2528 Жыл бұрын
I met Fred in a pub in Bolton. He was a decent chap. I first met him when he dropped a chimney in my hometown as a kid. He remembered the chimney. He said he didnt remember me , just that all snotty nosed kids looked the same to him. A real man that was born after his time. He wanted to build these things , not destroy them.
@Keith-mb3zn5 ай бұрын
Kin top bloke not many left now
@pshearduk Жыл бұрын
Fred should have far far more recognition than he does... as we all say, he was a different breed and certainly one of a bloody kind!!!! RIP SIR
@garrylawless3550 Жыл бұрын
That was on Woodbine Street East in Rochdale, and I was one of the kids straining to see what was going on.
@neildelaney5199 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information, I doubt it's the same these days?
@garrylawless3550 Жыл бұрын
@@neildelaney5199 down that end of the street the houses still remain, and another big mill, called Moss Mill (used to be John Brights &Bros.Ltd.) back when I was young, it was still a working mill too in the mid 70's. That mill is still there, however only a fraction is used by small businesses these days.
@gow03333 Жыл бұрын
I can remember those streets in Wales, 4 or 5 cars in a mile of road . No internet,1 TV . People worked and seemed to have time on their hands , unlike today . Would I return?not being a social media fan,possibly yes.
@stevefox77938 ай бұрын
now you know what was going on now you know
@WillScarlet19914 ай бұрын
@@neildelaney5199 You can always take a look on Google maps, you know..
@paulwalker1793 Жыл бұрын
Fred. Never met him in person. But I wish I did. One afternoon in a pub. I'd be there all day listening to him talk , tell he's stories. Rest in peace Fred 🌹
@connor828 Жыл бұрын
*his stories
@stevyg4549 Жыл бұрын
@@connor828Behave ya sen 🔔 end
@SandrasSpicySpanishSalami Жыл бұрын
Back in about 1980 I sat and watched Fred doing his thing on an old stack in the blazing early summer heat. I was a laborer and amature football player, for two and a bit hours I watched Fred constantly swing a lump hammer stopping for maybe 30 seconds every 20 min or so, I can only guess to have a cigarette. I was pretty fit and strong at the time, but Fred's endurance really impressed. That's the closest I ever came to meeting the man. I regret not hanging around until he was finished for the day.
@SandrasSpicySpanishSalami Жыл бұрын
@@dejuren1367 Dunno mate, some kind of leprechaun magic?
@KittyO787810 ай бұрын
@@dejuren1367Probably because he was English and not Irish.
@Handlebar-MustDash5 ай бұрын
The Steam Fairs were always a good place to chat to Fred, especially if you bought him a Guinness. They don't make 'em like Fred anymore.
@NigelPickering10 ай бұрын
To Fred and the great men who built GB.❤
@berlinocelot Жыл бұрын
I don't think I've ever seen a more British image than that opening frame over the frozen insutrial landscape. It almost made me homesick.
@mikeyc2020 Жыл бұрын
Makes me nostalgic for an era I wasn’t even born in!
@artofsam Жыл бұрын
Same, I live in the West Country now but growing up in Crewe and little time in Stoke I really miss the aesthetic of the architecture, something about the old brick that just makes me home sick.
@borntoclimb71169 ай бұрын
In Germany NRW we have a lot of Industrial too but the older citizen find it ugly
@leewright4154 ай бұрын
I was born in Ormskirk Lancashire but lived in Burscough. That opening shot, I thought it was the bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool canal. Maybe around 86-88 my Dad pointed out Fred to me whilst at a country fair. Although i was a young boy i was very aware of Fred. There was a bunch of steam engines on show and I guess that was another one of Fred's loves. Easier times, I miss them.
@JacobRyan-r4w2 ай бұрын
Where’s that Welshman
@shellsbignumber2 Жыл бұрын
Bloody hell, they dont make em like Fred anymore, what a man.
@emmsue10539 ай бұрын
People can say what they wish about Britain but its great men like Fred that built it & saved it.. Never will we see the like again. Love this film, I am North West born & bred, would not choose to live anywhere else. Thank you for posting.
@MichaelGeorge161 Жыл бұрын
This is getting on for half a century ago, amazing to see it in such high quality, I felt like I was there
@ryanfield5298 Жыл бұрын
Proper grafter and a national treasure RIP Fred
@ThisIsEngland1000 Жыл бұрын
Binged watched the Complete Series the weekend..This guy was amazing & what a grafter he was.
@bobbythompson354411 ай бұрын
What an incredible man Fred Dibnah was, oh how he is missed!
@ronaldhamblin4615 Жыл бұрын
Fred was the last of his profession not only a steeple jack but a great engineer rest ln peace Fred 😢
@TheTruthKiwi Жыл бұрын
What a legend Fred was and a great glimpse into history. I went to England in the mid 90's as a teenager and I think the 90's was the last decade it was really "Old England".
@wearetheremnants1615 Жыл бұрын
1997 was the true end of Britain .. as Tony B'liar' ended the death penalty for treason and for a good reason..
@VelvetMetrolink Жыл бұрын
And the same was said about the 80s. And the 70s. And the 60s.... and the last of "Old England" was the industrial revolution. Or Chaucer. Or Harald Hardrada.... because change has never stopped and "Old England" is imaginary.
@wearetheremnants1615 Жыл бұрын
@@VelvetMetrolink it can be precisely dated to 1997. When England was 97% white native and ethnically homogeneous.. that's what makes a nation. The ethnos. Not some abstract thing like industrial revolutions or such.. England changed irrevocably in 1997
@TheTruthKiwi Жыл бұрын
@@VelvetMetrolink Maybe but at least they were English. Now Britain seems to be overrun with immigrants
@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769 Жыл бұрын
That's brexit for you.
@andrewellison1203 Жыл бұрын
Could you imagine doing this day and age😢 A legend Fred was🎉
@PeteMcGrath-x6n4 ай бұрын
I am sure Fred is somewhere looking down and having a laugh at us with his new found popularity. What a legend.
@robjohnston61 Жыл бұрын
I could listen to Fred talk for hours on end, what a man he was.
@plane15 Жыл бұрын
The scene at the beginning of Fred and his mate working in the snow could almost be from the Victorian era. These were real grafters.
@lindsaybrown73574 ай бұрын
And no gloves. Tough old blokes.
@optimusfugit4 ай бұрын
A true legend, a hard working family man. With balls the size of a beach ball. RIP Fred thanks for the memories.
@UnderbellyNZАй бұрын
He wasn’t a family man. All his wife’s left him as he wasn’t a family man. He was a work man.
@optimusfugitАй бұрын
@UnderbellyNZ is that why at every opportunity he had, he took his wife and kids on holiday, or away somewhere with him and they all stayed in his trailer. His lads went everywhere they could with him. He was a hard working bloke and like the rest of us he took care of his family. His wives left him, because two out of the three of them had an affair while he was away. Sheila was with him until he sadly passed away.
@mraidymaddful Жыл бұрын
1979 was the year I left school. They were dark days back then by eck. Fred was a true Northern Ambassador and working class hero. Bless him...........
@BroadHobbyProjects8 ай бұрын
@@MarkHarrison733He was still British. There is a lot worse in this country than Thatcher these days. British politicians and their apparent parties have just been the collective government for decades. Sadly.
@johnlee2230 Жыл бұрын
Can watch & listen to Fred all day, legend of a man.
@jimbobjimjim6500 Жыл бұрын
"When its creaking and groaning, just run out the road" 😂😂😂
@MichaelJ44 Жыл бұрын
Credit to the cameraman who also went up there to record him. Nobody mentioning the camera guys :(
@MASTERATCOD4 Жыл бұрын
Cameraman gets plenty of credit nowadays. He never went up anywhere in this episode it was all on Terra Firma.
@MichaelJ44 Жыл бұрын
@@MASTERATCOD41:45 i thought this shot was taken at the top first time watching
@MASTERATCOD4 Жыл бұрын
@@MichaelJ44 😎👍
@ukmud6218 Жыл бұрын
@@MASTERATCOD4 the camera man climbed up the part demolished corner stair way, that's quite a thing these days
@MichaelJ44 Жыл бұрын
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9 amen brotha
@dylanlewis3666 Жыл бұрын
I just loved his quotes. I could listen to them all day. 😂 I especially liked his one about the insurance people having their pinned-striped suits and all he has is a 2nd hand army LandRover.
@garryleeks4848 Жыл бұрын
What a man , true legend, man of steel, national hero 👍
@SagaciousFrank Жыл бұрын
Don't forget humble and unassuming.
@nigelanstice1647 Жыл бұрын
Absolute class. from the days when people with great skill were just allowed to get on with the job in hand.
@stolentardis2111 Жыл бұрын
Also in those days people worshipped Jimmy Saville or covered up his crimes, let childrens homes and churches get away with mass abuse, built schools and hospitals with Asbestos and corporal punishment for children was encouraged…
@curtislovecraft2389 Жыл бұрын
Fred was a fascinating guy .I could watch and listen to him for hrs ..and come away feeling enlightened ..him and jack hargreaves were made of the same good stuff ..proper educator's ..
@robleary3353 Жыл бұрын
Absoulute legend, the likes we'll never see again sadly!. Fred Dibner gone but never forgotten! Cheers Fred!. Nuff said!. 🙂
@charliesaxs Жыл бұрын
Look at his cheeky grin as he says did you like that 😂 he loved his job
@davidmcgrath9581 Жыл бұрын
What a brilliant man, never ever will there be anyone like him again☘
@Mister_H. Жыл бұрын
Everyone’s gangster until Fred Dibnah starts running 😂
@xavierpaquin4 ай бұрын
These Dibnah videos are pure internet gold
@dandojambo1176 Жыл бұрын
This man is a national treasure , all respect and rest in paradise to Fred D
@alwaysfair4991 Жыл бұрын
An absolute legend. R.I.P. Fred.
@hhrfc671 Жыл бұрын
Talk about people with bottle. Fred had it in spades and the skill to match it, legend.
@ThatCoalSoul Жыл бұрын
Guinness bottles?!!!
@digitaldobbie Жыл бұрын
Fred was the man who taught Santa how to properly climb a chimney
@stevenashton6637 Жыл бұрын
What a great guy Fred was ... they'll never be another Fred....rip...
@HansKlopek Жыл бұрын
This is the kind of man that should be on currency.
@bernardmcmahon351Ай бұрын
Every thing about this is lovely, amazing, old school and perfect, don’t you just love it all. rip Fred
@davedogge2280 Жыл бұрын
Fred Dibnah carried the Olympic torch to the chimney demolition games and won all the gold medals.
@TSE_WOODY Жыл бұрын
Took a couple with him on the way there
@eatbolt428 ай бұрын
The whole Fred Dibnah series is so unbelievably good. I come back to them every few years just to listen to him talk.
@nigelcarren10 ай бұрын
The pride on his face at the end. That should be EVERYONE'S goal! If you never grin like that after days of toil... You are in the wrong job, so make sure this year you change that, because it will be too late when you are dead! Legend 🛠️🏆🛠️
@paulwalker1793 Жыл бұрын
You are missed. But you'll never be forgotten.
@matthewdrake9699 Жыл бұрын
How times have changed.. in 2023 it would take 50 people, 1000 emails, 9 months and about 25 grand
@captainbluntwrap8387 Жыл бұрын
More like 200k
@Sturmwolf_WM Жыл бұрын
@@captainbluntwrap8387 Nowadays? With all the experts and permits? Million $ project
@captainbluntwrap8387 Жыл бұрын
@@Sturmwolf_WM more then likely Yh bro
@synthmesc Жыл бұрын
Few 100k just in consultancy fees, no fear
@martinnewton311 Жыл бұрын
Fred is only 41 here… He could pass as 58.
@catweasle5737 Жыл бұрын
For anyone watching who lives in a warmer climate, would not believe how incredibly cold that first scene would be. Snow, with that wind and no gloves. It would have been well below zero c. There are a couple of hard workers.
@blakegoulds83135 ай бұрын
And to people who live where we have snow six months out of the year, 0c is nothing
@zaikoji Жыл бұрын
I look at the somewhat bleak northern landscape as it was then, and I long to go back. It was sometimes grim, but the people made it special.
@johnmanchester38279 ай бұрын
Agree. They had work and they had big families, they were thriving and the streets were full of people and energy.
@johnathanryan2117 Жыл бұрын
Superb time capsule for numerous reasons. Beautifully made and captures a Northern millscape that has mostly gone. Opening sequence to this film couldnt be more atmospheric.
@themorningstar8122 Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid me and a mate of mine sat on a pile of bricks in rochdale watching this man doing this when it came time to lite the fire at the bace he came over to us and told us that it was time to bugger off so we were safe I'm proud to have met him
@simonlunt353 Жыл бұрын
Great and clever man never to be forgotten
@GenaF Жыл бұрын
Such a hardworking and loveable chap
@timewilltella39 Жыл бұрын
All those gorgeous chimneys proper british brickwork I Would love to be alive back in the day building stuff like these chimneys RIP FRED
@dazzerman1896 ай бұрын
Such a different time and generation. Shame we have largely lost that love of craft and pride in your work.
@williamhastie5056 Жыл бұрын
Fred always brings a smile to my face. A total one off.
@nrfchannel85805 ай бұрын
I admire a professional man with strong arms and legs. Climbing a ladder vertically requires a lot of strength
@GlennPowell-ls3lg Жыл бұрын
The job he did on the Dart tower was incredible.Same principle but with a central stair well aswell and it was square.Its on youtube.
@theculturedthug6609 Жыл бұрын
Fred so deserves his statue in Bolton.
@henryrollins9177 Жыл бұрын
Damn! What a MAN! Admired from Patagonia, Argentina!
I love how Fred has a smoke while the chimney smokes for the last time then down she goes and its off to the Pub to celebrate.:)
@Livelaughlimpbizkit2 ай бұрын
I've watched this so many times and I still watch it
@garygray198 Жыл бұрын
Absolute legend of a man 🙏🏻
@Thebaron8t1 Жыл бұрын
I'd much prefer to of lived back then instead of now . God bless Fred.
@christommo4402 Жыл бұрын
Can't believe this guy! One of a kind.
@SomeRandomBod Жыл бұрын
This reminds me of my childhood, I didn’t kno how lucky I was at the time. God bless Sir Fred Dibnah
@ericchionh9766 Жыл бұрын
Legends. Accomplishing so much with so little
@furryfriend7680 Жыл бұрын
Great seeing old Fred again do his stuff, what a character, and not a high-viz or hard hat in sight!
@FlashzTube Жыл бұрын
It's such a shame that we can not celebrate a lot of these chimneys in our time. They could have been memorials for men like Mr Debnah. Preservation is important.
@HansKlopek Жыл бұрын
Now THAT is a proper memorial idea. A beautiful chimney like the India mill has dedicated to steeple jacks.
@garycrosby73462 ай бұрын
The good old times!!!. Pity todays younger generation not experiencing times like these. Brilliant!!!
@SharonMcwilliams78 Жыл бұрын
This was the most incredible series Fred what a guy #Tower ❤
@garryleeks4848 Жыл бұрын
Felt sorry for he’s wife though
@SharonMcwilliams78 Жыл бұрын
@@garryleeks4848 it was a different time line. Life wasn’t easy to make an honest living in the midst of the decommissioning of the staple of that era for work. Life in the 70s wasn’t easy for women it changed dramatically. Domestic violence became an accepted form of punishment and alcohol was socially acceptable for “ The working man “.
@garryleeks4848 Жыл бұрын
@@SharonMcwilliams78 very true
@ChrissyMatthewsuk6 ай бұрын
20 years since Fred left us and I miss him his outside the box personality. Rest in peace Fred .With all the options on tv nowadays I still prefer to watch unique people on unique shows like this from 1990 and before I love seeing how things once looked on box shape cars nobody head down in their phone a time id love to go back to over today's bs.
@ellieshine Жыл бұрын
“Sledgehammer and a bit of lunacy”
@enry898 Жыл бұрын
One of my first jobs as a teen was in a factory, I was there for about 5 years and one day after a few years of working there someone asked me if i had ever seen the old bosses steam vehicle (the new boss allowed him to store it in a part of the factory and visit it from time to time as he was getting old). Made me laugh for how many years I had been there and never knew this thing was behind a door which I had never had a reason to go through, the thing was huge too, the wheels must have been about 15-20ft tall. Turns out the guy, Tom was his name, was friends with Fred and I think Fred had even helped him out with this vehicle too. Fred was a real UK legend of the working class and sadly his breed doesn't seem to exist anymore. I am glad we have these clips so that I can show my kids what real men looked like in my childhood.
@christopherjones2884 Жыл бұрын
Fred's life time achievements is amazing his passion for what he does is wonderful. When the landlord in the sky calls time on him there's a huge whole wear he was.
@RottenProfits Жыл бұрын
He’s been dead ages
@christopherjones2884 Жыл бұрын
He's a legend.
@stephensutcliffe1555 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this upload they certainly dont make them like they used to.
@christopherrankine13649 ай бұрын
The spirit of these families, reflected through Fred, was the reason that Britain held fast during the war. Salt of the earth.
@RaP229 ай бұрын
Well his wife ran off with a guy who worked in Isle of Man steam trains. His son worked on the steam trains and I think he still does.
@marcoantonio078 Жыл бұрын
I miss this absolute gentleman.
@josephmckenzie89537 ай бұрын
They don’t make men like Fred anymore. God bless him.
@justmakeit2616 Жыл бұрын
What a lovely job. Just hammering down a complete chimney. No collegeaus. Just you and the elements
@markm4966 Жыл бұрын
My old man got me into watching Fred love the bloke since
@boltonpete Жыл бұрын
Used to see him drive his steam engine through bolton in the 90s, he was one of our own. They don't make them like him anymore.
@ApocalypseApocalypse Жыл бұрын
what a great man it will be 20 yrs next year him gone 😒absolute legend never gets old watching fred some nights while having a quiet whiskey just put fred on and you drift away in freds world.
@AppalachianMountaineer18636 ай бұрын
In some alternate universe Fred is a beloved TV presenter with a fantastic show of him going around the world geeking out about tall buildings, and I’m watching every second of it 😂
@TheLucreziia Жыл бұрын
"Do you like that?" Yes we did Fred! ❤👍
@trevorchambers1812 Жыл бұрын
Fred belonged to the same cast of men that built those chimneys and factories so I am sure he felt some sadness at the jobs he had to do. No doubt he took bittersweet pleasure in seeing the stack smoking for one last time.....
@robhuanout5443 Жыл бұрын
Correct. I'm sure he did say that felling chimneys was his least favourite part of the job
@EMKWANREVIEWS Жыл бұрын
What a legend! “Did yer like at”? 😊
@TheFlixFiles Жыл бұрын
Yes we ALL did Fred! RIP
@TalRohan7 ай бұрын
worked like a charm, I wish I could have gotten my hands on some of the fire bricks from a chimney like that, they were really excellent quality bricks