Revisiting one of Fred Dibnah's jobs almost 40 years on

[@MrHsHotPot]

Link to a clip from the BBC TV series 'Fred' showing Fred Dibnah installing this weather vane on St Anne's Church back in 1983 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHvCiXx7Zc1sqpo

[@martintaylor7049]

Mr H's Hot Pot hi there pal I’m a new hot potter and love watching all your vids. I also like Fred dib and was wondering if you have seen the series where he and his side kick are on an island digging away and is it still there. Cheers keep the good work going.

[@christaylor11]

Still there Martin it never got flattened. Search KZbin for Fred Fred dibnah episode 4 drinking and climbing. Watch the episode and read the comments they tell you where it is and what happened in the end

[@christaylor11]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/imGTq3iqZpJmjKM

[@arthurcholmes9388]

I'm off to here B4 I pop up daisy's... All the best from Ireland 🍀🍀

[@tarnyadickens8475]

Absolutely love Fred, it’s sad he isn’t around, an absolute treasure that man , god bless him💖

[@argopunk]

I was just watching the original show and wondered and here it is. Thanks.

[@77thTrombone]

Looks like the gilt's come off. Not surprising. Curious about the clock. Fred surveyed it and found the frame was about ready to come down. Did he fix it up, it was that a more routine masonry job?

[@garethparr649]

Love your videos mr h. So happy that your tipping your cap to the great Fred dibnah the more people that no about him the better. The best advertisement for the north of England there has ever been. Miss you Fred and mr h please keep the videos coming. Fascinating as a wiganer never knew there was so much stuff left over from our mining heritage old pit shafts and that. Love it!!

[@Discover-Ireland]

A drone would be good to have a look at his weather vane. Lovely to see where he worked 👍

[@sjiroofingandmaintenancese2494]

Potcheen on the road ☘ Good idea I’m going to do this

[@Discover-Ireland]

Sji roofing and maintenance services Manchester Send me the link when you do thanks 👍

[@Cola64]

Potcheen on the road ☘ and me as well mahalo 🤙🏻

[@harrymonk6]

Go and buy one then ffs this guy did as best as he could with the tech he has

[@mohican6227]

Thank you Mr H. I just found out abot Fred D. a month ago and have been " liken tha" ever since.

[@paulhobday9272]

Brilliant video

[@wishfix]

RIP Fred. A true craftsman was lost.

[@MrHsHotPot]

Indeed @wishfix, sadly we won't see working class men like him again. Many have tried to hail Guy Martin as the new Fred Dibnah and whilst I'm sure he's good at what he does he isn't in the same league as Fred.

[@evo4aps]

Love the Fred dibnah stuff you do . Good on ya

[@MrHsHotPot]

Cheers Evo4aps, glad that you enjoyed the Fred Dibnah videos. 👍 I'm fortunate enough to live not too far away from some of Fred's old haunts so I'll probably do a few more of these in the run up to the birth of my Son/Daughter. Thanks for taking the time to comment and all the best.

[@kmag7122]

fred was a brilliant great guy miss him 👍🇬🇧👍

[@neildelaney5199]

Well done,,please visit and film some more of dear old Fred's work locations

[@theculturedthug6609]

God Bless Fred Dibnah one of Britain's best and much missed cultural figures.

[@neonskyline1]

class little video well done

[@pastorflaps6819]

As a man of Yorkshire breading we don't have much good to say about people from other side but Fred was one hell of a man so very much appreciated to see his work rest in peace Fred

[@CoalCrackerCummins]

Thank you for considering us Americans 👍🇺🇲

[@MrHsHotPot]

No problem CoalCrackerCummins. 👍 I hope that you enjoyed the video and found it interesting. All the best.

[@deankew191]

Hi I'm deano from skelmersdale. I think its fabulous what you do on these video Documentaries clips Mr H, showing about fred & other interesting places of interest . You do know my friend Your also leaving your Mark on here for us as one day people like me who like watching you will keep visiting Mr H hotpot places of interest and stand on the same spot as you. I'd like to meet ya just to have a brew one day and bring my Christine along as your knowledge is interesting. Thank you . Its Friday 14th February 2020

[@techmailbox2400]

I watched the documentary only a few days ago, Fred is a legend ! I met him once as a kid, he was driving his steamroller and stopped in Little Hulton where I used to live, everyone knew who he was.

[@MrHsHotPot]

I briefly met him myself back in 1992 when I was a Bricklayers Apprentice working on a job at Trencherfield Mill in Wigan Tech Mailbox. He was a nice down to earth bloke with no heirs or graces and what you saw you got with him.

[@Zeamus634]

Thought you were going to say that it had been turned into a mosque or knocked down and is now a housing estate. It's unbelievable how well know Fred is 👍

[@casskop]

Just found your channel mate and I'm really enjoying your content I'd been wondering where that church was. I'm from Blackburn myself

[@SlayerHawkX]

i wish i could visit all these places..i just found Fred last year and wish i would have got to meet the man..imo..the best fella that ever lived..lol

[@sorearserekz1116]

great vid mate, I've watched a few, never new he was buried in tong..

[@seahorseist]

What a skilled man Fred was

[@died4us590]

Fred was a character, and he was saying how bad the iron rings around the clock faces were. When he kept hitting his boot on the ring, you could see it was loose and a bit sketchy. Fred was a hard working man in a field that has few men left who know how to do it. They have started an apprentice type steeple jack class, so that there will be guy's who can do it.

[@TheSavagederek]

I remember when he was asked for a price in a video and he gave the quote of im sure it was £7 or 800 and the guy said i can get a dozer in for £600 and they settled on £650 . Hardly anything for all that work .

[@deeedea8981]

Often wondered why the vicar didn't unlock the door and let Fred use the internal stairs/steps.

[@captainchaos2671]

I really wished you could have got ya camera point up there and zoomed in on on it see how it's actually looking 40 years on but none the less interesting video pal

[@scottnewton9370]

It's cold in Turton was freezing playing footy up there

[@hancecrawford]

Fred was a true crafts man

[@anth7354]

If you think you’ve done a hard days graft, try knocking a Chimney down brick by brick 200ft up

[@ChineseGordon1956]

He was a real Northern hero in my book

[@angelinamincher7406]

I thought the thumbnail was a Kate Bish music video 😂

[@77thTrombone]

1:15 Mr H- I know you only from Fred Dibnah. Not sure if be aware of you, or your distinguished production company (Mrs H?) were it not for the Fred thread I followed. I understand Philomena Cunk is from your neck of the woods. I think you need to tie these Bolton personalities together somehow.

[@wulfgar6749]

Fred Dibnah was the real deal an old fashion steeplejack who did everything by the Victorian book, but he was also about preserving the past of the industrial revolution and steam in general, I only wish I met the man himself I was only 11 years old when he passed away in 2004. I visited his home back in April with my Dad and bought a spanner he use to own and a signed DVD by Alf Molyneux who was best friends with Fred, the headgear that was part of his mineshaft in his backyard is now owned by the Lancashire Mining Museum and they plan to restore it in honour of his memory. It's a massive shame the heritage centre has closed due to lack of funding and there's been no help from Bolton Council or the National Trust. Everything that was there has been auctioned off and as for the house, I think it will just become a residential dwelling.

[@MrHsHotPot]

Hi Wulfgar, I was fortunate enough to meet Fred Dibnah albeit very briefly back in 1992 when I was working as a Bricklayers Apprentice on a job at Trencherfield Mill in Wigan. As you say he was the real deal and what you saw you got with Fred as he wasn't the type of man to put on heirs and graces. It is a shame that Bolton Council didn't show more interest in Fred's home when it became a Heritage Centre or help to try and keep it open when it was announced that it would close. Hopefully whoever buys the house in the future will keep some of the unique features added by Fred down the years such as the water feature in the middle of the garden built from part of the nearby Swan Lane Spinning Mill chimney so that his legacy will live on in some way.

[@wulfgar6749]

I've always wondered if Fred Dibnah ever met the Reverend Wilbert Awdry author of The Railway Series and creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, it got me thinking because Fred use to do a lot of repair jobs on churches.

[@jamesdavis5096]

What is the name of the really ornate chimney that he climbed

[@michae13james10]

Great video He was an absolute one-off Fearless , genuine , genius gent The world is missing him I met him countless times I'll be stopping having a look up next time I go past .. Just outside my home town 😃

[@nthnmonkey]

Lovely Vid guys. Seems like there was nothing Fred couldn't do. Manual/Mechanical/Masonary/Artistic work etc etc........all for the right price of course! 😉 What a character, a true National Treasure. R.I.P.

[@MrHsHotPot]

Aye, he was a character for sure Northern Monkey, very much 'old school' which endeared him to millions. Sadly though his time had come and gone and I think he knew it. If you ever get the chance to see him fell his last chimney he looked thoroughly miserable having to wear a yellow high viz vest and looked like he just wanted to get the job done as he probably couldn't be bothered with all the mither that came with modern day 'Elf 'N' Safety'.

[@wxpm]

Very interesting , gotta love Fred

[@Alec-ph8kh]

I'm still baffled as to how he actually managed to ladder that overhang high up on that India mill chimney at Darwin on his own ?

[@MrHsHotPot]

Probably a trade secret Black adder, although some of them overhangs on India Mill chimney jut out 5 feet so it must have presented him with a real challenge on how to get up there to the top. Brave man and massive respect to him for even climbing it in the first place never mind laddering it up on his own!

[@Alec-ph8kh]

@@MrHsHotPot must have dropped him of by helicopter above it then.

[@Cola64]

The original video didnt seem as treacherous of a climb as this one 🤙🏻 RIP Fred 🌺🍻

[@allannicho1]

Drone footage would greatly enhance these good video,s

[@justmeEnglandUK]

Have a look a India mill chimney Darwen which he repaired . he said it was a very friendly chimney

[@MrHsHotPot]

Hi Lee, I'll probably visit the India Mill chimney at some point in the near future as it is an amazing piece of architecture and has a fascinating history even without Fred Dibnah's work on it.

[@justmeEnglandUK]

Mr H's Hot Pot .now home to capita TV licencing . watch out for them TV detector vans . you'll have to go in disguise 😁

[@MrHsHotPot]

Ha-ha. Indeed Lee, into the belly of the beast so to speak! 😉

[@pauloliver1842]

thanks lets see the island that fred lowered

I do love Mista Airch's Ot Pott.

[@DavidSmith-em3gt]

Your knowledge of him Mr h is brilliant 1 day I buy you a pie ime from derbyshire I would give you a tour 1 day , fred would have liked the crooked spire in my town chesterfield maybe hede have repaired it lol

[@binshotalot]

I don't think Fred or any other steeplejack would give s free estimate. Maybe he would take the cost off once he'd got the job.

[@gavinburns980]

Just watched Fred climb a chimney with an overhang. Nicely done, don’t get proper men like that anymore because health and safety “professionals” shit themselves.

[@sjiroofingandmaintenancese2494]

We Have just clean the gutters out at Fred’s place was a honour , check the pics out on Facebook. Sjiroofing Or insta.

[@Matt19matt19]

I have a friend called Luke north lol