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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ม.ค. 2014
- Summer 2003. A newly found video (one of three!) of the "Saturday Group" of people who were at Fred's home/workshop every weekend at that time. Sometimes we were on our own .... other times film crews were there. This is just one of three videos I've just found of one of those Saturdays. ALL the videos are taken with the FULL permission of everyone involved. The videos are totally unedited! Enjoy!
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Thank you so much for not only being there and recording this, but for sharing it with the rest of us.
This man was a national treasure. Love watching his programs, would have loved to have met him and bought him a pint and listened to his stories.
Nice to see some real video, not scripted or directed and good to see that others were able to share his passion and workshop.
Sadly all gone now, and the world is all the poorer for it.
His shop is still there
A great man who epitomised the industrial era of Britain.
This is simply pure craftsmanship at it's absolute finest.
Fred passed too damn early. 😥
Fred was such a multi skilled working man that he leaves many of us in awe! A bloody hard worker and someone who was a self taught engineer. In fact, he could turn his hand to most tasks. Very sad that the died at the age of 66. This country was robbed of a real hero!
The English don't treat hero's like they once did. The powers that be should hang their heads in shame at the way they let his legacy be ripped apart by low lifes who robbed, stripped his home, equipment everything that Fred was about, he would be turning in his grave over this disloyalty.The few remaining Qualities GB had left is now gone with Fred, mores the pity. SHAMEFUL. We Irish still appreciate you Fred even in death. 🌹🇮🇪☘️
Determination to succeed to the very end,this is Fred at his best enjoying the company of his friends who wanted to support him in building that mineshaft,the way that everything has been stolen or sold off since he passed away to make money has diluted his workshop,thankfully we have lots of his work on film to enjoy to today and remember a man who was without doubt a national treasure and will never be forgotton for his skills in steam engineering and his dangerous job as a steeplejack.
Inspiring stuff. I am now headed outside to my workshop. Thanks for sharing.
Fred looked gutted that angle grinder wasnt steam powered.
What a man to to do all them things with out being trained is out of this world. The man was a genius and it's a big shame nobody sow that to help preserve his work as it was before the thieving Basterds got there hands on his property.
What you talking about mate?
thats the bucket he had from the first series when he was knocking the chimney down.
Tony Baines I remember that when Donald tripped the catch and it spun around
Yes it sure bloody is
He wasted nothing
What I just figured out about Fred is he did what he wanted to do up until the very end. He called the shots
Excellent program 👍
Wonder what the great man's done today in heaven. God bless
Fred was a quintessential recyclers. He used the strongest and best for his workplace. No throw away part's in Fred's work. I will miss you fred. 🌹🇮🇪☘️
Can you imagine Fred now in the 2019? just think of the elf and safety mob, they would be all over him like a rash, no covers on the drive belts, no LOLA checks on his climbing ropes, wooden ladders!, no safety harness, stem vents, Blah blah blah, and yet he survived and no one was injured, ( as far as I know) no wonder this country ship out work abroad as its cheaper and less of a problem with out the PC brigade looking over your shoulder all of the time,
Well the "elf n safety mob" wouldn't say anything to him as it was his home and not a business with employees. It was his look out if anything went wrong....
And everyone stills has all thr limbs
I bet his head was ringing like a wedding's church bell in the evening.
Oh I’m glad I wasn’t your neighbour Fred 😂
What a man 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 rip Fred true legend
Mi country it's Uruguay ,now iam in USA Wish some day visit the house of Fred and walk the same sides..I never met person like Fred, Believe or not ,I know some many person's.Rip
the master at work..
what a man. I bet there was some power in those saws etc that he had set up.
rip fred
Old school, Great man , none left like Fred 🙏🇬🇧
This is fantastic all these guys working together in a club,the dibnah way design how dare they question safety, as the dibnah way certified safe ,should be a dibnah standard on steeple jacking and dibnah standard on all the trades that come with it,Fred never came to harm his way was the best.
A true legend!
Sparks flying off Fred's shirt.😁
Fred never bothered with Guards on his Grinders hah RIP Fred sadly missed
Legend !
How Fred managed to die a natural is beyond me top man👍👍
I am so happy to be able to view these
Fred was a great man, vut like so many great men had his weakknesses.
Obviously an obsessive driven by his passion for steam and the industrial revolution.
In many ways his wives were shed widows as they simply let Fred be Fred.
Im am so glad though that a common man, without high education was able to communicate so simply about steam an industrial Britain.
I don't know about your "without higher education " comment. He had numerous degrees. He just took a different path obtaining them.
@@brinjoness3386 don't know what Fred did but would love to have met him.
A national treasure I think
@@Steven_Rowe he had two honorary doctorates at least.
@@brinjoness3386 my comment relating to higher education relates to so many of his generation and that of my dad's also .
Many people simply either didn't go onto higher education and many left school at 14 due to the financial pressures of life in the 30s 40s and even 50s.
The fact that people don't have higher education does not mean they are lacking in intelligence.
Free came to fame by accident, simply being in the right place at the right time, knocking down or repairing chimneys and his fascination with steam and industrial Britain is something I relate too.
I think we're certainly all capable of a degree in something, sadly when you're young many like myself didn't have the discipline to do them.
I can relate to some of the stuff Fred did because of my dad.
My dad was a bell hanger for the Whitechapel bell foundry which was the oldest company in the UK.
I used to help dad and went out all over the place during school holidays.
Back in the day, no OCC health and safety, no mobile phones and often working alone.
The belfry often windswept and full of pigeon shit, often no lights or one crappy 60 watt bulb.
I can still feel the cold that bit into you.
I now live in Australia but still remember the big freeze of 62/63.
It was beyond bitter.
Sure couldve used that group of guys on some of my projects 🤙🏻🍻
Great men being men as it should be rip Fred
Real men being men!!...
Took my boys to your house /workshop...they loved it..I'll always try to keep your soul alive..love u Fred x
Gay
@@greglinski2208idiot
@@slackalice6540 so gay
All that effort in getting the temp right to produce steam , would a saw not have been quicker to cut that wood!?
Looks like a right laugh to be part of
What a mess at home..!
Fred's family and friends should of kept the yard work shops going, and Fred's lovely home Going,
Tell me - for those who know - is that shaft they are digging original or are they deepening/clearing out an old well? I am curious about the brick lining to the upper part of the shaft - when was that built?
It was built as a replica coal mine around 2000 I think. It is documented in a dvd called Fred Dibnah's backyard collection (among others maybe). The film shows the creation of the brickwork. It is a piece of engineering artwork as was much of Fred's work. I'm going to dig out my dvd.........
@@kennethocongerskin9460 Many thanks.
Imagine living next door to him 😂
🇮🇪👍👍👍👋🥰🇮🇪🌷
All gone but Fred couldn't keep it alive after he passed
the 4 downers must be london office workers never dune a dat graffed in there life
The old men in flat caps. And the young guy in a hard hat. That's when woke began
Nice guy bit wouldnt have wanted to be his neighbour
all this stuff is being sold off now :(
zenbudhism OMG, really?
So sad...
Can anyone affirm for me how those wide leather belts stayed on those pulleys? My understanding is that they would need to be slightly convex on the outer circumference. Is that what did it? Anyone, anyone?
@G K I was correct, the pulleys have a slight high spot in the middle, which curves the belt...keeping it riding in the center of the pulley. They were indeed convex pulleys
@@SquillyMon its a 50/50 really mate
You can put a turn in the belt that holds them true,we had belts on generators driven by main engine and auxiliary engines when I was at sea.
@@MrCptjohn a turn was put in a flat belt to change direction of rotation. I once had occasion about 50yrs ago to operate a belt-driven overhead gantry crane.
Ok
That was a makita 18v lithium ion battery grinder! Wtf! Sometimes goin on here
Was that a water well ?
Stephen Lawlor he built a 25ft deep mock mining shaft
PROUD_BRIT aha ! Thanks ! Watching climbing stuff lead me to Fred videos !
PROUD_BRIT Every garden should have one !! Thanks for that !
apparently he laid every brick himself , hes to much of a perfectionist to trust anyone ,if you watch all his videos he does it all and only lets his labourers do the bear minimum
Don't know why fred got shipped up with that woman , the Allison was the best far none hope you ok Alison bless ya lass from derbyshire xx