Fred Dibnah, The ups and downs of chimneys.

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

More stories from Fred kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6qrYoR4etuInNk

[@jamesfeeley5854]

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

[@DarkcloudBynite]

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.

[@maxtroy]

There will, once society collapses which is happening, and a new generation of strongmen rise from the ashes

[@jimmy6283]

But plenty more corrupt government officials

[@doctorsocrates4413]

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

[@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

[@ryunsmallbone7549]

I'm a sailor and I saw him do a granny knot 😂

[@sureduck]

@ryunsmallbone7549 Did he? Missed that 😁

[@isaacharris6338]

Not sure about the single Clove hitch though, they can slip. I would tie it off again to be extra cautious. Don't know why Fred didn't tie the first one off again after saying use up as much rope as possible.

[@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.

[@Keith-mb3zn]

Proper bloke unlike scallys today

[@Wairoakid]

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

[@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.

[@phillipanderson8067]

After watching this documentary, I ran a search on this man; what an interesting life! Who would have thought that a hardworking steeple jack would one day meet the queen and be rewarded the MBE!

[@Grt234]

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.

[@davis1000000]

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

[@muckle8]

The maestro .

[@irvinscheelar9936]

@@muckle8😊

[@AmadeuFernandes-m9p]

"I guess it's called fear" 😂 Lol

[@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 🫡

[@karlmeyer9473]

As a chartered engineer I love get the scaffold boy to erect something, then I say it's unsatisfactory and make them take it down. Nice.

[@mart572194]

Well I can honestly say I thought I saw every programme on KZbin of fred dibnah but ive never saw this ....10/10 thank you so much for sharing this with us ❤️

[@Voncroix]

Fred is a real one,from California with respect and admiration.long live his memory.

[@karlmeyer9473]

Mincer gay boys come from California. Men come from north England.

[@johnh6396]

my inspiration to the late fred dibnah his work climbing chimneys inspired me not to have fear of heights i have since painted rollercoasters with only a harness due to health and safety back in 80s i used to use ropes tied to tracks or frame work even now myself at 54 still still have no fear of heights and yes i still paint rollercoasters R.I.P fred

[@markburns2545]

Awesome, absolutely, fookin quality....this was the jeddi master of steaplejack 's.....massive respect 🙏...proper old school.....

[@FredPilcher]

What a legend he was!

[@wes11bravo]

Fred was so good at what he did that walking up these 350' chimneys was like walking down the street. Amazing.

[@robertiddon9270]

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

[@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.

[@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 😇😂

[@StokieDave]

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

[@sandgrownun66]

They used to ask him what the flash point of his cap was.

[@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.

[@sandgrownun66]

"I work at chimneys".What does that mean?

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

@sandgrownun66 probably a regional or Fred’s local way of saying that his income comes from working on chimneys

[@Peanuthead1890]

@@sandgrownun66 exactly what it means I work at chimneys

[@sandgrownun66]

@@Peanuthead1890 OK. Whatever, dude. It still doesn't make sense though.

[@MrPhillipgraham]

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

[@stephensutcliffe1555]

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

[@DezDogg]

Bloke helping in the red vest is the one and only Fred West! 💯true!

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

😂

[@ajt7027]

Shame at 57.56 video freezes. Please try to fix

[@urbexingwithshaun]

i had same issue

[@garydouglass9577]

A real hero of mine. And a real legend.

[@duncanbradshaw6504]

Had some bollocks that lad how he never got blown off a chimney his a blessing

[@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.

[@sandgrownun66]

He also said that Britain couldn't even make a bean can now.

[@megascrim750]

I would love to have a drink with Fred, i can imagine the stories. God bless Mr Dibnah.

[@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

[@steaminglion4067]

Total Legend R i P Fred

[@derekstocker6661]

So very well done ALWAYS Fred, makes me very nervous just watching your skill of laddering a chimney and some of these edifices are so beautiful and sadly now gone for ever, but at least we have your films to see them again and the fabulous skill you had mate! RIP Fred.

[@timcollier7083]

Unbelievable chap nerves of steel !!👏

[@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

[@mm7909]

​@@liamrobertson7265 Could you do better? I think not

[@liamrobertson7265]

@@mm7909 correct, you think not!

[@mm7909]

@@liamrobertson7265 I rest my case. You are obviously ignorant

[@oadiedoadie]

@@liamrobertson7265shoosh ya fud

[@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

[@GlenB-qo7wd]

My dad's favourite program, he actually can to the factory I worked at to repair his steam engine

[@thecatadors911]

Seeing freds face everytime he brings down a stack is like the look on a lil kids face on christmas morning looking at the toys hes about to open 😂

[@AsifBhatti-mo4hu]

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

[@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

[@robingoodrick4876]

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

[@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.

[@wesstarmedia]

Heights are my biggest fear, so a man with the total opposite mindset deserves absolute respect.

[@premier_attachments4971]

the part where they all wanted a brick signed by him was lovely and the crowd in Leicester would look a bit different now that's for sure.

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

He was a fantastic guy and a great personality.

[@monticlassictv]

An absolute British working class legend and possibly the very last of the kind of workers that made Britain great and I’m sad to say in this modern world with all of the Health and Safety shite we now experience with jobs like this I think we have seen the end of the likes of Fred which I suspect we’ll never see again in our lifetime.

[@robingoodrick4876]

Bloody clever fella!!!...

[@batmandestroys1978]

Fred Dibnah is Superman!

[@toucheturtle3840]

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

[@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

[@WAC-qh6mk]

Was lucky to see him at Leicester early 1990s me and my lad as Fred would say it was a grand day out

[@Aldo.69]

What a absolute legend fd was and still is 💯💯👏👌

[@stormytempest6521]

ONE WORD..........LEGEND !

[@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 !!

[@urbexingwithshaun]

not to mention you must have health and safety level 1 quilification before you can even enter the gates to any site even with the level 1 you can only do labouring jobs level 2 you can use machinery that you are qualified to use and can be a superviser only if you get level 3 quilifications in health and safety can you become a site manager and if you fail to do a yearly refresher course then your back to square zero which i for one think they have taken it way too far

[@steveparker8723]

Thinking about the skilled mason's that built that beautiful chimney.

[@zeekgeek420]

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

[@neilburns5934]

Fred drove his mother home from hostpital after he was born.

[@nmw6674]

And built her a nice fireplace to keep him warm 'til he could practice knocking it down til he could walk...

[@Peter-i1l1k]

so much respect for this chap.

[@Hugmir]

I guess I can always download it and change the aspect ratio locally, but, damn, why did you have to stretch it from its perfect 4:3...

[@daveclarke8913]

Fred at the top of the massive India Mill Chimney in Darwen..He said "eee you could ride a bike round here"😮

[@stephenmartin2737]

As we say in northern ireland fred was an '" auld hand " and he,s definitely the poster boy for the saying lol lol great trades man and fascinating character to watch RIP Mr dibnah!!!!

[@mickymcfarts5792]

A true craftsman, indeed.

[@123TauruZ321]

Beautiful sound.

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

Great photo - Rock n Roll is the answer!

[@123TauruZ321]

@@I-T-S-M-E I meant that sarcastically ^^ why is the sound all garbled?

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

Corrupted file, I cannot fix it

[@123TauruZ321]

@@I-T-S-M-E Huh, it's actually fixed now. How strange. Very nice video upload, thank you for that! Only thing is the still picture at the end 20 minutes, but that's okay i guess.

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

Inspiring. Thank you. 🎉

[@davepayne586]

seen all freds videos but never this one.

[@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

[@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.

[@stormytempest6521]

LEGEND ! LOVED FRED.

[@TheAndrewWray]

very practical genius engineering working safely with the enormous weight of a brick chimney to be demolished

[@jwwilson-h3i]

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

[@benwherlock9869]

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

[@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.

[@moemanncann895]

Not unlike those who gathered for a public hanging 200 years previous

[@Fadem12forReal]

Fred D was a beast!

[@Signaman-z9d]

If fred had got the right oppertunity in his early years he would have made a big sucsess if that oppertunity presented itself. Still he did'nt do to badly. He Always worked and worked for himself. Two wife's 2,3, kid's. Got the nod from royality was on TV made a few shilings and stayed true to his upbringing. So so missed he cheeky ways that were childish and funny at heart. I'm Irish, sadly people like fred were of their time . Its a different world these day's.RIP Fred✌️☘️

[@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

[@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

[@bigcahoonaburger8550]

Amazing as he was my question is how do you inspect it all the way round? Also what’s happened to these chimneys now? I can only assume they were taken down by scaffolding methods?

[@123chris0]

Given enough room, explosives. If not, high reach machines that can 'nibble' it all way down.

[@John-fw2bp]

WOW Fantastic ❤

[@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

[@dusktilldawny666]

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

[@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.

[@UliMuliko]

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

[@skinwhiztle]

"No PPE was harmed in the making of this video" - quote borrowed from a comment in another Dibnah video

[@DarkcloudBynite]

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

[@pauldg837]

If you are having trouble listening to the audio. Listen through a set of headphones, and the audio becomes crystal clear.

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

Thanks for the suggestion, it’s a shame the audio is hard to understand.

[@pauldg837]

​@@I-T-S-M-E I had the same problem, all sounded garbled and very faint. Now I hear it perfectly with the headphones.

[@tabsntoot]

the elements ran away when Fred turned up

[@nickedwards212]

I would love to do this sort of work. At the end of the day someone has got to do it.

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

Proper work although don’t envy the wintertime - summer would be great.

[@jimcameron4672]

Awesome

[@shauncorless8965]

U have to admire his balls of steel ,,and if he came off u probably could ,😮

[@mch2007uk]

whoever made Fred wear that safety helmet should be ashamed of themselves!

[@JB-ef7ks]

After watching so many of his videos I'm very curious as to why there's so many chimneys in england and why they need to be demolished!?!?!

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

Victorian Britain used steam to power the factories.the chimneys exhausted the soot. No longer needed and I guess cost of upkeep.

[@JB-ef7ks]

@@I-T-S-M-E thank you for the answer! I can't even imagine how dark, dirty and soot filled the sky would've been back then!! Especially considering England in general is mostly always dark and gloomy from overcast skies, fog and rain in general!! Definitely couldn't live there currently let alone back then considering I'm Florida native born n raised and hate having several days like that here even though my ancestors are from England mostly. My last name is Benefield which I'm told is posh and means bean farmer but don't know from what area of England my ancestors emigrated from sadly. I know that I'm a mix of English firstly but also Welsh, Scottish, Irish, French, German and 3 different tribes of Native American from the southeast of North America mostly Florida and Georgia! If you know anything about Benefields please let me know. Thanks again and 🥂

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

@JB-ef7ks the overcast skies are pretty depressing!

[@mickmackem1479]

He was genius

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

Definitely

[@Sciatix]

And a sound bloke, he was one of ours.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

fred said in one of his first tv appearances 'i will die in bed with my boots off. He did, RIP fred

[@dot2562]

the intro music wrks den bugger all.sound

[@kevinburns5762]

37:47 that hard was was really pissing him off😂

[@davidrogers0717]

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

[@corum4life246]

so i wanna know..... (im a hughe hughe fan ) what kind of beer he was drinking :)??

[@Dannysince1985]

Everyone talking about Fred but give some for the guy sat inside the chimney hammering away at the supporting bricks........

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

Never did see that guy 🤔

[@dietdemon]

that look of horror on that ladies face 06:07 at whats about to happen is brilliant

[@Great_King_Rat]

Wish you'd left it in the original 4:3 Aspect - just doesn't look right like this. And. what's with the freeze-frame for the last 20 or so minutes?