Fred Dibnah, The ups and downs of chimneys.

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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[@shirleydrury5565]

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]

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

[@jamesfeeley5854]

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

[@user-mk2ht5gg6k]

Real man

[@slickstrings]

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

[@ForgivingDragon]

​@@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.

[@davis1000000]

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

[@sureduck]

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

[@hippiesaboteur2556]

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

[@robertiddon9270]

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

[@GT380man]

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.

[@paullaw5054]

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]

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

[@rustysphotography]

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 😇😂

[@AsifBhatti-mo4hu]

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

[@doctorsocrates4413]

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

[@StokieDave]

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

[@GordonKay-ro1rs]

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

[@garydouglass9577]

A real hero of mine. And a real legend.

[@jackharrison6771]

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.

[@JK-pd7jf]

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

[@liamrobertson7265]

yeah he invented everything including physics and steeple jacking lol

[@Peanuthead1890]

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]

It's amazing what he did.

[@galwaytribesman9289]

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

[@GT380man]

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

[@galwaytribesman9289]

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

[@johneaston1215]

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

[@infrasleep]

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.

[@timcollier7083]

Unbelievable chap nerves of steel !!👏

[@leebeech6407]

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 !!

[@steaminglion4067]

Total Legend R i P Fred

[@stormytempest6521]

LEGEND ! LOVED FRED.

[@Gogetemscoobie]

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

[@dusktilldawny666]

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

[@Wairoakid]

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

[@FredPilcher]

What a legend he was!

[@Glitch-nr9ct]

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

[@robingoodrick4876]

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

[@toucheturtle3840]

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

[@dannycrooks8462]

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

[@Fadem12forReal]

Fred D was a beast!

[@rasmuswellejus]

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 🫡

[@user-kk2lo9zr5e]

so much respect for this chap.

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

Inspiring. Thank you. 🎉

[@jwwilson-h3i]

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

[@stephensutcliffe1555]

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

[@robingoodrick4876]

Bloody clever fella!!!...

[@rayholmes4402]

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

[@GT380man]

Is it dreadfully lacking in diversity?

[@PJPsounds]

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

[@m1pete]

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

[@MrPhillipgraham]

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

[@darrenwindle3592]

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]

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

[@paulbackhard6315]

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]

Probrally did, depends on perspective I guess.

[@neilfitzgerald712]

​@@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]

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

[@UliMuliko]

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

[@user-mk2ht5gg6k]

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

[@ajt7027]

Shame at 57.56 video freezes. Please try to fix

[@Lar308]

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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGW0e6SkmNuchpI

[@fatlad5090]

balls of titanium

[@sint5990]

I truly miss the men of that era.

[@benwherlock9869]

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

[@zeekgeek420]

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

[@barrypinney6723]

Proper old school geeza

[@voltagefireworker7849]

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

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

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

[@voltagefireworker7849]

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

[@GT380man]

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

[@jimcameron4672]

Awesome

[@peternufc1981]

Don’t make’em like Fred no more

[@Sciatix]

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]

Changing times, he was a very interesting man.

[@andynewport3465]

The audio is not working

[@I-T-S-M-E]

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

[@guydavies3035]

No that is his accent!

[@chrisvig123]

Yup no sound…very faint

[@olliebeak131]

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

[@kevinhart3555]

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

[@mickmackem1479]

He was genius

[@I-T-S-M-E]

Definitely

[@Sciatix]

And a sound bloke, he was one of ours.

[@Tezzzaaa]

Last 15mins is not playing/frozen frame for me.

[@Laou41]

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]

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

[@davidrogers0717]

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

[@rednissan001]

Is that weather vane still about?

[@pietweety7020]

I feel ill just watching this😂😱

[@elliotease4390]

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

[@stumetallicafan]

Where the sound bro ?

[@unlokia]

Crashes around 58 mins

[@ronniebiggs4026]

Bum fire 😂😂😂

[@gavinplant2241]

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

[@markbuckman4393]

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

[@fullraph]

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

[@serenarchie123]

no audio...wtf you just ruined fred.

[@tonyschofield4489]

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.

[@29goodvibes]

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

[@BobanVagene]

Burning tyres! … *shakes in Greta Thumberg.

[@GT380man]

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.

[@Stopsstalkingbro]

Sound quality appalling

[@f32440i]

No sound pointless upload

[@garfield2279]

Seems ok for me, just need to turn the sound right up.

[@stevea4771]

Sound quality ruined this

[@user-mk2ht5gg6k]

It was inn the 70mate.have some love and desighfer

[@user-mk2ht5gg6k]

You must be a stelal jack

[@user-mk2ht5gg6k]

Learn from a real man

[@user-mk2ht5gg6k]

All the movie starts would die of fear.

[@user-mk2ht5gg6k]

He is what a real man is.!!!!!

[@hartleyhare99]

How did Fred ladder those 2 5ft overhangs on India Mill Chimney, Darwen?

[@I-T-S-M-E]

I've seen some of the laddering videos, terrifying!