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- 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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Working class hero kind soul with the knowledge and humour sadly missed what a man ❤
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❤😊❤😊❤
That sounds fantastic Shirley, very nice of him to show you around.
Literally a dying breed. There will never be anyone like him again
Real man
Not literally. Figuratively. His "breed" isnt dying. Hes a Caucasian human being.
Words have meanings.
Watching this makes my legs turn to jelly, brave hard-working man, we miss you Fred .
Every time I see a chimney I think off fred what a legend balls of steel 🎉🎉🎉
From a sailor's angle, his choice of knots is spot on. He was an immaculate professional.
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
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 😇😂
Brave as a lion.The man was a legend..RIP fred.x
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
Fred wearing a hard hat? I thought his cap could stop anything. 😂😂❤
'As you get higher up the holes get deeper' 😂😂😂😂
What a legend and what a sense of humour.
RIP Fred.. legendary
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
It's amazing what he did.
Visited his house last Saturday. Full of scrap cars round the back .what a waste .should have been a museum
I saw a video recently that showed the back of the house looking like a scrap yard.
I bet people in the 70s complained about Fred’s garden being full of bits of old scrap steam engines.
Probrally did, depends on perspective I guess.
@@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
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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.
He gave a talk at the New Theatre in Oxford years ago. It was great listening to his stories.
Legend, no way you would get me up there,im going dizzy watching fred do the ladder up the chimney
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.
What a guy. Worked out the physics in his head to bring down those chimney stacks without dynamite.
yeah he invented everything
including physics and steeple jacking lol
Thanks for this. I had not see some of this material
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 !!
What a legend he was!
What a bloody man!!!...One of my heroes!!¡!
Bloody clever fella!!!...
Total Legend R i P Fred
Fred is likey dad.smart as hell .with no fear. It just has to be done.
Thank you very much for the upload it is very much appreciated.
Fred D was a beast!
thanks for uploading this! I haven't seen most of it before and I watched tons of video on the great Fred Dibnah!
Shame at 57.56 video freezes. Please try to fix
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
balls of titanium
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.
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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 🫡
Awesome
I wonder just how many chimneys disappeared during the 1980s?
Proper old school geeza
I truly miss the men of that era.
38:17 was the greatest line in the whole video😂‼️
Anyone else notice something interesting about the crowd in Leicester that gathered to watch the chimney collapse? …
Answer: if you know , you know 😉
Can you imagine, lots of peoples are climbing chimneys now for the thrill.
Climbing it's one thing: working at height is another.
@@gdutfulkbhh7537Many people are doing hard work on construction sites or as a trucker, diver, firefighter, ambulance, lineman or welder.
Don’t make’em like Fred no more
The audio is not working
Not sure what's happened, it seems to freeze later in the video
No that is his accent!
Yup no sound…very faint
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.
Changing times, he was a very interesting man.
He was genius
Definitely
And a sound bloke, he was one of ours.
Such a shame that the commemorative statue in Bolton looks nothing like him.
I feel ill just watching this😂😱
43.20 Man with cigarette 😵. We have lost an extroadinary generation of workers 😂😂😂
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
Really bummed about the last 20 minutes of this video...
Bum fire 😂😂😂
Sound isn't good unfortunately, unless Fred hit the Capstan full strength
Is that weather vane still about?
I almost can’t watch this. How he got comfortable with hanging on and risk of falling is beyond me.
Crashes around 58 mins
Heath and safety wouldn’t be happy he isn’t wearing a hi viz 😮
Where the sound bro ?
no audio...wtf you just ruined fred.
and that's how uk's working middle class collapsed into beggars...with those chimneys...
Sound quality appalling
No sound pointless upload
Seems ok for me, just need to turn the sound right up.
Sound quality ruined this
It was inn the 70mate.have some love and desighfer
You must be a stelal jack
Learn from a real man
All the movie starts would die of fear.
He is what a real man is.!!!!!
How did Fred ladder those 2 5ft overhangs on India Mill Chimney, Darwen?
I've seen some of the laddering videos, terrifying!