FRED DIBNAH VERY FUNNY CLIP

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    Fred Dibnah and the Night Watchman. This is a very funny clip of the Fred Dibnah we came to love and admire. Regards Fred Dibnah Foundation.
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  • @skeletalwreck
    @skeletalwreck 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +95

    I'm a 39 year old rural Northern Irish farmer, and this is basically why I spend too much time in village old-man pubs. All of the ol' lads talk like this. The delivery of every story and anecdote is so narrative and animated - their whole bodies be moving with enthusiasm over the seemingly most mundane ancient stories of their youth, or just their recent afternoon. It's a lost art of conversation - when we just stood around listening to people who we might not even agree with, but appreciate their individuality while getting on with our own lives.

    • @nigefal
      @nigefal 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      It is like watching a play that writes itself, old rural communities definitely have turns of phrases and ways of talking that seem to be from another time. I think its magic to listen to.
      I am from Dublin, my auld fella was born on a farm in the West of Ireland. I found they all love asking questions telling stories, but are slow to give a straight answer!

    • @johntabner1500
      @johntabner1500 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      58yrs I run an allotment with my mate Kenny he's 78 worked as a docker it's a privilege to listen to him talk about what a man's working life was like back in the day some funny stories some heart breaking stories about men killed by accident

  • @banksy2386
    @banksy2386 6 ปีที่แล้ว +760

    I was born in the 90's but served me time as a bricklayer from 14 in between school, apprentice to me grandad who was, and still is cut from the same cloth as Dibnah and these owd boys and I can honestly say so often I feel very alone as a young man with these "old fashioned" views and values...and yet they are the things I hold dearest to my heart and treasure every day that I'm no longer able to labour for the old fella and soak up all this character and experience! These guys are my heroes!

    • @johnwalton6642
      @johnwalton6642 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I'm from the early 50's and born in Stockport with similar values. It is very refreshing to read that you appreciate and respect these fantastic workmen. Please retain your stance and do not feel "very alone." I am confident that you will go on to enjoy meeting others who hold these treasured views and values.

    • @pmonkeygeezer6212
      @pmonkeygeezer6212 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ninjaturtle9001 w You mean served *my* time and *my* grandad. No wonder you have to go labouring and can't get a proper job, if you can't even write English!

    • @geoffbeyer1873
      @geoffbeyer1873 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I had the same experience here in NZ.
      I was in the very last school of apprentices who were taught the same work ethic and values as Fred. The last of the old school tradies.
      The young guys for the last 10-15 years, have been declining rapidly from what I've witnessed.
      And for the "educated ones" you might be able to construct and elegant sentence, but you forget that you wouldn't last a day on a building site. We all have our own unique set of skills, it doesn't make any one better than the other.

    • @escfxp
      @escfxp 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sickofit9247 Don't be a moron if he's correcting him. Bladclat.

    • @bretdouglas9407
      @bretdouglas9407 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lord High Admiral Of The Hobby Horse Marines thanks for the article, I find this sort of intergenerational conversation very engaging. Ninja turtle you sound like an admirable young man, I also agree with some of these others, keep up these values but when it comes to writing, do it correctly and express yourself with confidence

  • @HighMaintenancePS
    @HighMaintenancePS ปีที่แล้ว +25

    74 and doing nightwatchman work. Wrap your head around that physical and mental competence.
    And offering to load up the lumber for the fire in the early hours. This guy did not sleep on the job.
    We are but shadows in the footsteps of these great men and woman.

  • @sheridanbaldwin8629
    @sheridanbaldwin8629 7 ปีที่แล้ว +399

    Fred was and always will be a working class hero in my eyes it's sad he's gone 😥

    • @paulparry3697
      @paulparry3697 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      but not forgotern

    • @gilloselton824
      @gilloselton824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LEGEND! Sadly missed :(

    • @tiarnan76
      @tiarnan76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      theres no such thing as "working class"....theres those that work hard - be they rich or poor - and lazy cunts - be they rich or poor........Fred was a hard working genius who loved a pint

    • @michaelward2869
      @michaelward2869 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey guys yes it's very sad he's past ,I'd only seen one episode and that was laddering a chimney.
      As I saw more parts of the this beautiful and professional documents that have been presented to us , I sadly learnt of his passing but I haven't seen all of the episodes yet
      He died in 2004 but I don't know what from .
      As I watch all of the parts I should find out but there's so much on him to see, I'm watching thing's outta order though.
      He is a legend and professional with his work .
      I was annoyed to hear his property was ransacked.
      It's so sad that there's people out there that steal from the dead . R I P Fred .

    • @michaelward2869
      @michaelward2869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree with you buddy some would quiver in there shoes working with him . Let alone doing anything'to help him .
      I would of loved working with him . Some people are employed to hinder the hard working people to slow us down.
      We want to get on with the job ,cause I want the next job to do . It's the challenge.

  • @K1lostream
    @K1lostream 6 ปีที่แล้ว +577

    Funniest quote I heard from Fred was when he was criticised for having a few pints before climbing a chimney.
    His reply?
    "You try this bloody job sober"!

  • @PillSharks
    @PillSharks 7 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    It's blokes like this which made Britain, wonderful to watch!

    • @carlwilliams3819
      @carlwilliams3819 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Back bone of Britain.... Top man..

    • @waynemccourt8176
      @waynemccourt8176 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I totally agree with ya. I'm so intrigued by this man.

    • @CJ-zt5mr
      @CJ-zt5mr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      die warlock shut up no he’s not

    • @BM-jy6cb
      @BM-jy6cb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      We are lucky these documentaries were made when they were. These days the BBC wouldn't give the likes of Fred a look-in unless he declared at the beginning of every episode how disastrous the industrial revolution had been for the environment.

    • @michaelward2869
      @michaelward2869 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bermimham I believe to played major part steel works ect

  • @devally2432
    @devally2432 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    R.I.P. Fred, you were a legend, you will never be forgotten!

  • @goodmoaningvietnam1439
    @goodmoaningvietnam1439 6 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    I loved the one when he took the family to Blackpool on holiday, he spent the day knocking down a chimney at an engineering shop and got paid with a new part for his steam engine.

    • @michaelmcneil4168
      @michaelmcneil4168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I thought the empty look on his wife's face said that he went out at night for a drink leaving her to grind. That was a very sad episode. Probably her last straw. He was a pratt letting that go.

    • @NJPurling
      @NJPurling 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's right his wife, Alison only got a holiday because Fred needed to get a new front tube-plate for the steam tractor.
      Also those yobs the old gent was referring to trashed Freds place and robbed the place for the brass & copper.

    • @iannewman20ify
      @iannewman20ify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In the pissin down rain with the Mrs on the ropes 😂 legend

    • @ryanleese2156
      @ryanleese2156 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I do too hate how now a days people think life revolves around pleasure like fred says some has pay for it

    • @Smudgeroon74
      @Smudgeroon74 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fred Dibnah was a great bloke

  • @anemoia2661
    @anemoia2661 6 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    "Yeah yeah, yeah... yeah yeah yeah, oh eyy yeah, nah yeah, yeah... oh eyy... yeah"
    - Fred Dibnah
    1938 - 2004

    • @LeighWinspear
      @LeighWinspear 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      remember reeece callows insignificant comment. 2018. Wow, Not........;)

    • @dermot51
      @dermot51 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      'DONG'

    • @terryhigson434
      @terryhigson434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      My dad knew him, and sounded exactly the same. This old accent has nearly disappeared, it's incredibly sad. Long live Lancashire.

    • @michaelward2869
      @michaelward2869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah yeah yeah Yeahs.

    • @michaelward2869
      @michaelward2869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would have loved to meet him .

  • @fragglerock6127
    @fragglerock6127 6 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    74 and working nights another tough old boy

  • @deanboardman1879
    @deanboardman1879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Quality, Absolute legend it's people like fred that makes us proud to be British. A proper geezer rip fred

    • @svmwasthesheet1971
      @svmwasthesheet1971 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Proud to be northern more like.

    • @colinhume365
      @colinhume365 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Proper geezers,

    • @regaljohnston3001
      @regaljohnston3001 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      fred's dead?! wtf?! i was gonna... nvm.. my dog died last week... didn;t need this right now.,. heart broken...

    • @regaljohnston3001
      @regaljohnston3001 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      i feel like he was a father figure to me.. watche him all my life.. he's... my heart is broken...

    • @mikehawke.
      @mikehawke. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There is no such thing as 'british' 😅

  • @davidbarnes241
    @davidbarnes241 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Can’t believe how quickly time flies when Fred is in full swing. A real treat, thanks for sharing 👍

  • @philosophyoftrucking
    @philosophyoftrucking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    He still has something to teach all of us, the value of hard work, ingenuity, and integrity.

    • @maxwellfan55
      @maxwellfan55 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And enterprise. The stuff that made Britain Great, Fred knew all about that..

    • @mikeznel6048
      @mikeznel6048 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not all of us need that lesson. Don’t get me wrong, lots of people, well most people now a days, do need that lesson.

    • @alecgurney9305
      @alecgurney9305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mikeznel6048 oh please

    • @borntoclimb7116
      @borntoclimb7116 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mikeznel6048 million peoples today work hard in the uk for feeding theyr family, in germany the same, many million people have theyr job and a second job today...

    • @Aerojet01
      @Aerojet01 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Those three things are missing from society these days.

  • @gray8046
    @gray8046 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I could listen to these two all day and night too, what a wonderful generation.

  • @pauldrumwell4922
    @pauldrumwell4922 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This takes me back. My wife and I watched Fred many times over the years whilst enjoying a glass of ale and a plate of liver and tongue sandwiches. There was one episode where Fred was drinking and climbing and Terry from next door called in and watched it with us. Terry's a vegetarian but he had a glass of stout, Simpler times.

  • @bartlemy
    @bartlemy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I could watch this all day. My taste in what is entertaining and intersting has changed somewhat in last couple of months. These were real men.

    • @mooseyman74
      @mooseyman74 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A reminder of normality

    • @ctmcollins4160
      @ctmcollins4160 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi......I am hoping you are at least 60yrs old......(.your taste in entertainment has changed.)......I am still watching old Spike Milligan Q series!!
      Please don't get depressed over it all.........the past..the present..and the future. Face the new world with a firm belief that you are rooted in the old. Red beans and lentils.

  • @jean-paul7251
    @jean-paul7251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Breaks my heart one of my childhood heros is not with us any longer.....thanks to the archive for making perpetually available. Rip Fred.

  • @equaliser9043
    @equaliser9043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Fantastic. ! I'm a Londoner but boy these northern men had real character! What a week just before Christmas to 2018 to come to know this legend Fred Dibnah. A great Christmas present

    • @Lee_303
      @Lee_303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes I'd travel back in time just to sit in pub with him & have pint 👍

    • @liamofthornhill
      @liamofthornhill ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are few and far between these days but you do still find them at work or in the pub, can't beat the proper old boys

  • @KnocOut
    @KnocOut ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Driving through Bolton and couldn't help but detour to see the chimney he built on his mother's house when I believe he was just 16! Amazing man.

  • @marclaw4511
    @marclaw4511 8 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    You can't beat fred and his hooter.The man had true northern grit,tough as old boots.

  • @bazz8938
    @bazz8938 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    honestly... i could listen to them for the rest of my life and never get bored and i would have worked for fred for just tea and a sandwich 🇬🇧

  • @twopsandabppb4737
    @twopsandabppb4737 7 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    "The jobs for thickies are all gone" CRYING!

    • @alanvt1
      @alanvt1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thickies?.... making some sort of point?

    • @sambrookes3444
      @sambrookes3444 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Alan Thomas Fred said it you fool , watch it before you get on your high horse

    • @corzakkzakkcor3309
      @corzakkzakkcor3309 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      8:43

    • @billbonnington7916
      @billbonnington7916 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      He was right. Nothing foolish about the comment, snowflakes....

    • @timmyblindasabat8930
      @timmyblindasabat8930 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Plays Live I lived in a bedsit on Bromwich street the next street from freds house where hes referring to I hit hard times but it was rife with druggies and theives but they was not all the same in them bedsits ..I used go to freds yard helping him out and as a kid growing up ironically I lived 5 streets away from his childhood house just off burnden park he was a top fella was fred

  • @Mark-lj1dj
    @Mark-lj1dj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Doss houses 🤣 not heard that phrase for a long time

    • @gailcrook2687
      @gailcrook2687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In the days of bed bugs and Meth drinkers, that's Methylated Spirits for those who don't know

  • @captainsnort1414
    @captainsnort1414 8 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    I could listen to these two talk all night.

    • @deltavee2
      @deltavee2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'd listen about 20 minutes...then slope off to the pub :{P

    • @jimdavis8391
      @jimdavis8391 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Captain Snort
      Aye and they'd keep you up all night and all :)

    • @paulparry3697
      @paulparry3697 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and he would be there ahead of you supping a well earned pint i live in liverpool and my brother is a bricklayer and he took me for my first pint in a bar side of the pub and i met the best type of tradesmen and down to earth men i loved it and it is sad to see all these pubs shutting down its the heart and sole of my liverpool city losing all the outer city pubs and we will never get it back so sad i learnt alot in these bars and the youth of today will never learn that so sad

    • @Eleventhearlofmars
      @Eleventhearlofmars 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paulparry3697 yeah there’s loads of pubs in Liverpool that have gone . The area I’m from the red house and the cygnet are long gone, but the black horse, the masons and the white house are still going .

    • @richardhammer187
      @richardhammer187 ปีที่แล้ว

      I could listen to Fred, the other narcissist would do my tree in!

  • @davidabbotts3733
    @davidabbotts3733 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    yes,fred was a legend through and through,phenomenal intelligence,integrity,and true british grit.

  • @Local-SEO-Club
    @Local-SEO-Club 6 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    Look at his arms. He was strong as an ox. That proper wirey worker type strength you can't get from going to the gym!

    • @bobsmoth-iv3sp
      @bobsmoth-iv3sp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I did a lot of painting. Up and down the ladders is a work out

    • @SJM6791
      @SJM6791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      I know men who couldn’t bench press 225lbs if their life depended on it, but they can carry 4 sheets of drywall up 5 flights of stairs like it’s nothing. Some muscle is for show and some muscle is for go.

    • @mattroberts3331
      @mattroberts3331 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I’m a plasterer Pal and there’s no way I could carry four boards on flat never mind up the stairs he must have been the Incredible Hulk 😂

    • @karlmartin7384
      @karlmartin7384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@SJM6791
      Dont talk shit, if they can carry 4 sheets upstairs they must be built like brick shit house

    • @WeskerXM96E1
      @WeskerXM96E1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SJM6791 Hahahhaaa, oh that were funny!

  • @moderatefkr6666
    @moderatefkr6666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I've met royaly and celebrities, rich men and street dwellers, and folk of all ages from many countries. Fred will always be one of my favourites. I had a pint with him and a few others at a steam rally in Malvern in the late '80s.

    • @thehangingparsiple5692
      @thehangingparsiple5692 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Excellent memory ❤

    • @nigellee9824
      @nigellee9824 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      If that's correct, I'll bet that you paid for his pint, I knew him well through steam rallies, and he was as tight as f#?..never listened to anyone except himself. Actually, he was completely self centered, why do you think three wives gave him the bullet...

    • @DevilishBeaver0
      @DevilishBeaver0 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lovely place Malvern, missis is from Herefordshire

    • @orangebox100
      @orangebox100 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m truly jealous that you got to meet him and I never got the chance, rest in peace fred you were one of a kind

  • @blxtothis
    @blxtothis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Salt of the blinking earth, sadly a past generation.

  • @paulfahy9101
    @paulfahy9101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Good old Fred !! What a proper grafter , God bless him !!

    • @Iazzaboyce
      @Iazzaboyce 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Fred was a grafter all right, but he understood that the younger generation was robbed of opportunity.

    • @suzesiviter6083
      @suzesiviter6083 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Makes you wonder, the stuff he could achieve at his age, people 20 years younger these days couldnt manage what he did.

  • @jondrizzle4554
    @jondrizzle4554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    They don't make men like this anymore RIP fred you were a true legend

  • @xjr1300nut
    @xjr1300nut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Listening to them talk reminded me of my Grandfather, a hard working man from Blackburn, could still catch us kids if we got too cheeky even at 80, they broke the mold when they made the likes of him and Fred, RIP

  • @keithberry5351
    @keithberry5351 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    "The jobs for thickies are all gone like...!" excellent comment from Fred.

  • @markvines7308
    @markvines7308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    It was men like Fred who built the empire. In fact, you could say that he was a living link to the age of empire. RIP Fred.

    • @CorePathway
      @CorePathway ปีที่แล้ว

      Empires are built by bullets the point of a bayonet. Please don’t sully Sir Frank as an imperialist. He served his community and his country. That’s more than good enough.

    • @markvines7308
      @markvines7308 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I speak of the empire built on steam and steel. Also, it's Fred not Frank and he wasn't a Sir. He was awarded a MBE not an OBE.

    • @mojorisin8368
      @mojorisin8368 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @CorePathway The British empire was the greatest empire of all time. The moment we left or handed the courtesy back they went straight back to barbarism.

    • @seanrohan5829
      @seanrohan5829 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The British Empire nothing to be proud of...a source of Shane for the misery it caused to millions so a few wealthy families would get wealthier

    • @adrianpeters2413
      @adrianpeters2413 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@seanrohan5829 and today it still the same ...LOOK ZIZILENSKIYY IS ABOUT

  • @johndoyle4723
    @johndoyle4723 6 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Are you going for ,"A swift half". The rest of the world do not know what that means.
    Fred you left us too soon. RIP

    • @ehjones
      @ehjones 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I bet my house it wouldn't be a just a half either.

    • @goose300183
      @goose300183 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Ed Jones - it always starts with just the half, and the best of intentions.

    • @djsbriscoe
      @djsbriscoe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Got to clear the brick dust from your throat somehow.

    • @rokhnroll
      @rokhnroll 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      just to wet the whistle.......nine pints later the missus comes storming in and you end up wearing your dinner.

    • @douglasnorrie5925
      @douglasnorrie5925 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      half x 12. decent prices back then

  • @mpsymonds1
    @mpsymonds1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I have just reacquainted myself with Fred. This is how reality tv should be. Crazy people doing crazy jobs lol. The guy was freakin' LEGEND.

  • @sixbells99
    @sixbells99 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I wish I could take up Freds offer of a pint after the chimney went down.
    Amazing video made me feel like I was there.

    • @InnocenceExperience
      @InnocenceExperience 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Watching the chimney fall down then go for a pint...that's be a good day.

  • @jameswalker7459
    @jameswalker7459 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Fred was a legend!there's only one Fred Dinah and he will be so sadly missed from Bolton to Timbuktu..Rip Fred we mis u....

  • @roblow8126
    @roblow8126 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Fred gave that guy in the green jumper all the time in the world, shows what a guy Fred was

    • @JohnDoe-ne4kg
      @JohnDoe-ne4kg 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean he was probably very aware that he was being filmed .. wouldn't do to be seen being rude to the guy 😂

  • @wendymcanena2421
    @wendymcanena2421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I have seen noticed Fred on the television for years but never ever watched him only decided to watch his 1982 documentary on TH-cam last night and watched the whole series. What a man and what a character. My type of person, hard working and unique to himself 😎😎😎 sadly I hear he has passed now through RIP Fred dibnah

  • @glumpy10
    @glumpy10 8 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    Yer, I liked it. A lot.
    They don't make old fellas like that any more.

  • @Garynash88
    @Garynash88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    been binge watching fred after accidentally stumbling across a video. what a top bloke he was, would have loved to go for a pint with him.

  • @Techumsa
    @Techumsa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was in India during Fred's demise, I got a text message telling me Fred had died, I was gobsmacked because I was taking photos of all the steam engines and listers littered about India, I was going to see him when I got back to show him the videos and photos. I still miss him.

  • @keithofarrell3080
    @keithofarrell3080 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    The man was a Legend with balls of steel, how he climbed them heights with a wooden ladder says it all. R.I.P. Fred Dibnah.

    • @mothmagic1
      @mothmagic1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Health and safety? What health and safety? How he did some of the jobs he did amazes me

    • @Squats200
      @Squats200 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Back when men knew they were men and not a woman or non-binary! 😂

    • @GenaF
      @GenaF 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He didn't even take out insurance on many of his jobs, unless they were for Mr Courtauld. Fred often said with the price of insurance, he'd rather 'take on his own back' if anything happened, even though he would have been a ruined man had one gone wrong

  • @juliepownall1063
    @juliepownall1063 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fred was a legend wasnt afraid of nowt hard working and a nice bloke rest in peace fred much missed

  • @cameraworks-uk5709
    @cameraworks-uk5709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Reminds me of the kind of chat I used to hear down the pub in the 70s

  • @alasdairvincent6248
    @alasdairvincent6248 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Fred was an absolute legend, a real character and a hard working man . RIP

  • @user-ve1zf6fh4d
    @user-ve1zf6fh4d หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fred was truly down to earth bloke. A solid English man, with so many talents and skills. The very best of the British grafter. One of freds talents that stood out to me was his drawing skills. As long as these videos are available fred will always be remembered, and thought well of. Lots of love fred were ever you are

  • @tanja8907
    @tanja8907 6 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    The jobs for thickies are all gone. I spat my tea out laughing at that. Fred you are missed a true very wise man. The man was a genius

    • @paulnicholls8683
      @paulnicholls8683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, thats funny. No jobs for thickies! Whos the comedian from Liverpool who talks about the thick table?

    • @dermot51
      @dermot51 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Love Fred's spot on analysis on modern society the other geezer look like Brian Glover out of Ken Loach's 'Kes' , pure class!

    • @classicartfoundation639
      @classicartfoundation639 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Jobs for thickies are all gone now, then the guy says "Well I told him to get a post man's job! Lol

    • @edwardramirez7811
      @edwardramirez7811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Are you going for ,"A swift half". The rest of the world do not know what that means.
      Fred you left us too soon. RIP

    • @petermostyneccleston2884
      @petermostyneccleston2884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fred was no thickie.

  • @garrydunkley1000
    @garrydunkley1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What a real man, this is the kind of people who made England great

  • @MrLee1m
    @MrLee1m 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Britain was built by men and women with pride in their work. I still love to see old timers dressed up in suit and tie off to do their shopping!

    • @tacticalchunder1207
      @tacticalchunder1207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Micheal Prendergast no.

    • @master_Blaster91
      @master_Blaster91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Harvey7878 these bellends hate there own culture and history Marxists the lot of em.

  • @craigcope3369
    @craigcope3369 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Night watchmen, he doesn't give me a light. Lol.

    • @capnskiddies
      @capnskiddies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Must be the polite version of "he wouldn't give the steam off his piss"

    • @dermot51
      @dermot51 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like a right layabout that nephew what about The Busby 'babies' , think he meant babes , looks like Leon Arris the ITV wrestler

  • @240soundwave
    @240soundwave 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    my love for Fred Dibnah knows no bounds

  • @hellooohowareudoing
    @hellooohowareudoing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "I could hardly tell what they were bloody talking about wi' lingo like, their accent y'know" Fred was an amazing guy

  • @smithywick
    @smithywick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Absolute class, wat a legend RIP Fred 👊😎👊

  • @leiwulong2976
    @leiwulong2976 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a lovely chat they had! Most of their pearls of wisdom can still be applied today.

  • @user-sf1id2br7i
    @user-sf1id2br7i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fred could do things which many couldnt do....his work laddering chimmneys is amazing...this guy was a one man wonder

    • @carlarthur4442
      @carlarthur4442 ปีที่แล้ว

      Remember that other man , Blaster bates who blew up towers , he also was a legend with some very funny stories 😄

  • @gailcrowe727
    @gailcrowe727 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I liked the bit when he said ‘all the jobs for the thickies have gone!’😂

  • @chris77777777ify
    @chris77777777ify 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Blue collar workers RULE. The toughest, brightest, honorable, trustworthy, & so on.
    FRED THE LEGEND

  • @richardswift6008
    @richardswift6008 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Priceless this !!. I’m a northern lad and I can tell ya , Bolton lads are super funny . They’ve always got a tale or two to tell and Fred was a superstar

  • @watchandshoot4437
    @watchandshoot4437 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    RIP Fred

  • @andrewpredeth7368
    @andrewpredeth7368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm only 36 and worked on the demo all my life and this is why love these old boys proper lads

  • @davepowell7168
    @davepowell7168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Freds dibble's were always amusing, perhaps he was the funniest dibbler of all time!

  • @dastardlyexperiments
    @dastardlyexperiments ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can't have too much Dibnah. Legend.

  • @Andyb2379
    @Andyb2379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    A national treasure terribly missed

  • @samseymour7908
    @samseymour7908 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A Legend ...gone but not forgotten..Young fellas today would be crying for Mamma if they had to go up them ladders to earn their pay.

    • @ddoherty5956
      @ddoherty5956 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not with what Fred was earning to do it 🤣

  • @davebuckoke3752
    @davebuckoke3752 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    A lot of truth in this. What a conversation, a lot of people could learn a lot from listening to these two gents conversing.

  • @margaretwallaces3625
    @margaretwallaces3625 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks, I loved this. Never saw the series when broadcast, then saw a clip one day and straight away bought the DVD: fascinating character.

  • @adamk1924
    @adamk1924 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I told my mate to be a postman, i said to him “listen it’s better than walking the streets aint it”

    • @AlexR2648
      @AlexR2648 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      To be fair that's literally what a postman does.

    • @carl48uk
      @carl48uk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Cat Olefunt Lol.. straight over it!!!!

    • @peterfarrelly85
      @peterfarrelly85 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlexR2648 Doh!!

  • @nickwiddicombe1701
    @nickwiddicombe1701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Seen all these videos before, but always come to watch them all again every now n then .

  • @gray8046
    @gray8046 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I could listen to Fred all day long

  • @davemiller6893
    @davemiller6893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What a great bloke Fred was. Men like him are a dieing breed sadly. RIP Fred.
    .

    • @Rob99933
      @Rob99933 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You hit the nail on the head,A dying bread! it’s a complete shame that his generation disappeared and never to return so sad.

  • @bobidos123
    @bobidos123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Brilliant! Reminds me of my childhood listening to my granddad talk. I love Lancashire. Hard gritty but the best folk!

  • @cavalliphoto
    @cavalliphoto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks to TH-cam! In this way Fred is just living for us!

  • @linzearth
    @linzearth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Eee lad erti owreet , dustha wanna brew." I had forgotten the local dialect on a visit to
    Lancashire after 30 years overseas. Apparently this means "young man are you okay,
    would you like a cup of tea?" and "thaz pictup th'ozzie twang" means "you have an Australian accent" To me all the people from Lancashire sound like Fred. Lovely
    Genuine friendly people.

  • @danielwalker8989
    @danielwalker8989 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fred Dibnah is one a kind and we will never see another like him! The world is a very different place for the worse!!! The other fella sounded like Bernard Manning 😂

  • @robertpitkin6171
    @robertpitkin6171 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the first time iv seen Fred quiet lol

  • @dianesnowflake
    @dianesnowflake 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Never let it be said that someone speaks more than Fred 🤣🤣

  • @gcfcos
    @gcfcos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    They've got a good point. Would've loved a chat with Fred

  • @nipperparr6709
    @nipperparr6709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Every day I would hear the old fellas of Ormskirk, Lancashire talking like that, brings back good memory's

  • @kenkey9806
    @kenkey9806 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant.....could listen to these two all day...respect...

  • @briangriffin928
    @briangriffin928 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Enjoyed every second of this, thanks for posting.

    • @mallynero
      @mallynero 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      www.bitchute.com/channel/legend/

  • @magirusdeutzjupiter2234
    @magirusdeutzjupiter2234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can just imagine the night watch man with an oil lamp and corrugated hut at night..great video.

  • @andrewreardon8093
    @andrewreardon8093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Strangely Fred just get better and better as more years pass. Loved the comment about there being no jobs for thickies anymore. Down to earth and honest and so insightful. Many thanks Fred, yet again.

  • @williamcran7950
    @williamcran7950 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes Fred, I liked that!

  • @maxwellfan55
    @maxwellfan55 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Bloody priceless.

  • @101ckes
    @101ckes ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are viewing here such quality individuals, the likes of whom you will most probably never see again.

  • @Stan_55UK
    @Stan_55UK หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliant! Reminded me of when I was an apprentice in a Lancashire iron foundry. The tales were amazing!

  • @arr0wfree855
    @arr0wfree855 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh The Good Old Days .. Fast forward to today .. Oh The Getting Stupid Days .

  • @timthompson468
    @timthompson468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I want a “The jobs for thickies are all gone” T-shirt.

  • @dickJohnsonpeter
    @dickJohnsonpeter 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good old Fred. I even have trouble understanding his northern accent and I grew up in Hull.

  • @kittyrichardson68
    @kittyrichardson68 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fred was one of a kind and glad I found some videos a month or 2 ago. Looking forward to see what you have.

  • @MrUniman609
    @MrUniman609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "The jobs for thickies are all gone", never a truer word said Fred!

    • @irenejohnston6802
      @irenejohnston6802 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why the 16 to 18 Yr olds for the past 25 yrs or so hve been forced to go to 'college'. There are no jobs or old fashioned apprenticeships.

    • @MrUniman609
      @MrUniman609 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@irenejohnston6802 Yes, because a lot of the unskilled jobs have now been automated and lost.

  • @sergioaguero.2800
    @sergioaguero.2800 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    He.s boltonian like myself from Bolton ... His house he had on the series is now heritage centre to him

  • @sambono5112
    @sambono5112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Best quote has gotta be.."Thought it were the back of the house falling out you know, turned out to be a gas explosion, missus came upstairs singed eyebrows and a big hole in her dress..."😆😆😆😆😆😆😅😅😅😅😅 RIP to a MASSIVE LEGEND!!!!!!!!!

  • @nigelperyer9354
    @nigelperyer9354 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fred what an English legend i did have the luck to meet him at the Great Dorset Steam Fair somewhere in the 1990s I was a local lad who went every year lived in Poole dorset only 20 miles away but they way Fred spoke everyone understood

  • @NothingToNoOneInParticular
    @NothingToNoOneInParticular 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "The jobs for thickies are gone now!" Lol True. RIP Fred.

  • @thornwarbler
    @thornwarbler 8 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    That watchy looks like he'd of been a handful in his day.....Hard as nails.........................Great video Cheers

    • @pen2199
      @pen2199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      they were prob drinking special brews, laffin

    • @Q3Cyrus
      @Q3Cyrus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Cracking jumper he has on.

    • @capnskiddies
      @capnskiddies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Definitely knew how to take a dig if he'd been in with the Christian Brothers.

    • @guyrosin19
      @guyrosin19 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought that as well so I saw you wrote it and gave you a like and a comment.

  • @anth5122
    @anth5122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don’t know whether to laugh or cry, a fantastic video

  • @moggiee1
    @moggiee1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved this - many thanks

  • @Tom_Roberts
    @Tom_Roberts ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Legend.
    No more like him I'm sorry to say.
    Remember when he started to dig a coal shaft in his back garden in Bolton ? 😄😂