The KZitem algorithm sent me down the Fred Dibnah rabbit hole a few days ago, this is insanity. The sheer balls of these guys is actually legendary.
@leonarddavies288
2 жыл бұрын
And they are our native indigenous British people
@m00seknucklejohnson45
2 жыл бұрын
Have you seen Fred’s traction engine adventures yet?
@paulmulks
2 жыл бұрын
Mate same thing has happened to me! 😂
@lambrettadaz3379
2 жыл бұрын
@@leonarddavies288 White privilege lol
@dannywickens3368
2 жыл бұрын
Well said i too have been down the F.Dibnah rabbit hole recently,normally at 6 am weekdays.its better than the news.best wishes.
@Worzel_Gummidge_71
2 жыл бұрын
My father was a steeplejack from leaving school and most of his working life, think my mother was glad when he was made redundant in his mid 50’s. He had a few accidents that nearly cost him his life, he loved the job because he said every day had new challenges, I remember him telling me about the chimneys swaying when you were up them. It was very poor pay! He worked for a Sheffield company W E Harrisons. He is now 76 years old, still going strong and riding trials bikes in his spare time.
@fidelcatsro6948
2 жыл бұрын
🐱👍🏿
@scomo5251
2 жыл бұрын
@@fidelcatsro6948 wish him well
@vajeye-nar6172
2 жыл бұрын
The chimney was only swaying because his massive balls was making the chimney unstable
@Worzel_Gummidge_71
2 жыл бұрын
@@vajeye-nar6172 🤣😂🤣😂 I will have to tell him that. 👍
@0badboy0
2 жыл бұрын
@@vajeye-nar6172 LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
@JoshBransonPhoto
2 жыл бұрын
"If you make one mistake, it's half a day out with the undertaker.“ ~Fred Dibnah
@kevinmaughan4290
2 жыл бұрын
Fred was king
@althe9140
2 жыл бұрын
Aye tha knows lad
@ChrisB-so1eh
2 жыл бұрын
Top quote that bless him
@m00seknucklejohnson45
2 жыл бұрын
The entire intro here was quotes from Fred lol. He was truly something else
@freddibnah7198
2 жыл бұрын
Well said lad
@steveforster9764
2 жыл бұрын
I remember Fred Dibnah been stopped by a Council official after he'd been seen coming out the pub.Fred said "You don't think I'm going up there sober "?
@johniloveheseltine7642
2 жыл бұрын
It’s men like this who made this country hard working fearless men totally respect
@7kingkev
Жыл бұрын
I honestly don’t know how anyone could possibly have the nerves and confidence to do this job. A real skill
@keegan773
7 ай бұрын
When men were men.
@rickrandom6734
3 ай бұрын
Different kind of brain structure. Some are born with no fear of heights. Some very rare people are incapable of feeling any kind of fear. On evolutionary point of view it is not good thing. Creature with no fear has low chance of surviving.
@bonzodog6872
2 жыл бұрын
Cathal O'Shannon was a great reporter. Fair play to him for climbing that stack. His interview with Muhammad Ali a few years later is hilarious and equally memorable
@johno4521
2 жыл бұрын
Here it is.... kzitem.info/news/bejne/1XmZmop4hneGoX4
@bonzodog6872
2 жыл бұрын
@@johno4521 thanks for the link. a joy to watch again.
@paigeflanner3272
2 жыл бұрын
If you watch closely he didn’t climb it , you can see the clipped clips & the climbers face always turning from camera shot.
@brianodonovan8470
Жыл бұрын
Cathal O’Shannon from Marino Dublin . ☘️
@dunneyd
Жыл бұрын
Well said
@Slowclocks
2 жыл бұрын
Fred Dibnah was a legend.
@Liofa73
2 жыл бұрын
The answer to the problem of not having enough steeplejacks was a) use proper rope-work and harnesses to make it safer and to b) pay them more.
@I_Don_t_want_a_handle
2 жыл бұрын
c. Not build such bloody big structures ...
@arbhall7572
2 жыл бұрын
@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle lol they are that big for a reason. They are dissipating a lot of heat.
@jamiewulfyr4607
2 жыл бұрын
They'd be trussed up like that interviewer these days. Elf 'n' safety innit geezer.
@I_Don_t_want_a_handle
2 жыл бұрын
@@arbhall7572 Indeed but heat can be a useful resource. They coud have hot water in all the washrooms and not just the CEOs ... ;)
@ptwotwo2055
2 жыл бұрын
@@arbhall7572 not to mention the fumes, you can't just send plumes of nasties over a town or village
@Takster
2 жыл бұрын
Men with caps built England and men with briefcases destroyed it
@jonser20cent68
7 ай бұрын
Well put.
@cuibono6872
7 ай бұрын
Hear hear
@BalrajTakhar-u7u
5 ай бұрын
Men with greed intent only on enriching themselves.
@bobertkallahan4392
5 ай бұрын
Aye
@borntoclimb7116
4 ай бұрын
But the briefcases made billions
@SuperJimbell
2 жыл бұрын
I worked for JJ Mowbray steeplejacks,Belfast. I did it for 7 yrs and was the best time of my life. I'm 58 now and constantly have dreams of falling which wake me up in a sweat..even watching tv where a tall building is being restored i have to switch over.
@TheNotoriousMIC
2 жыл бұрын
Haha me too. That’s why I had to quit. I’d have dreams I was falling and just before I hit the ground I’d wake up. I started being scared of heights after that and along with nearly dying at least once a week, I quit soon after. There’s a scene in the video where’s he’s hanging off the scaffold tying on a pulley. That’s what made me quit, I was doing that but with a heavy electric motor and nearly went off. Great fun though, definitely miss it.
@biggusdickkus2956
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheNotoriousMIC The dreams are nature's way of telling you not to do something dangerous you did right to heed them. I get a weird feeling at heights like at cliff tops l have to really fight the urge to do forward somersaults and roll off the edge l feel like l should be jumping off and l would be OK maybe it's some kind of latent memory perhaps l was a bird in a different life or maybe we come from birds not monkeys.. Its the oddest almost overpowering feeling ever. I've had to keep awayfrom high ledges just in case l do it.
@dariok9118
2 жыл бұрын
@@biggusdickkus2956 damn! I totally feel that, I feel so weird most of times standing there, it’s a small grate between I don’t want to stand here and get away and I kinda wanna jump
@T1971-w4c
Жыл бұрын
As a scaffolder their is often a night where I kick like a mule and wake myself up.
@teslaphile2097
Жыл бұрын
@@biggusdickkus2956 really? I'm curious to know more. Me and my mates used to go annually to the Isle of Skye. Great times, great laughs, great memories. There's a 'tourist attraction' there called Neist Point. Huge cliffs, a lighthouse to warn away errant ships, nothing to see but the beautiful Atlantic. Whilst walking up there several times over the years, I had a sudden urge to run and bomb off a cliff. We were 250 feet up. Naturally, I didn't say anything to my mates as I thought I was starting to lose the plot. I was quite taken aback by your comment as I was reliving my experience whilst reading yours. Very interesting. I too have tried to stay away from heights since such was the urge. Crazy as I know I would've died!? 🤔
@musicandfilms9956
Жыл бұрын
It's interesting to consider that working class men with a head for heights would become steeplejacks for low wages. Middle class equivalents would become mountaineers. Which profession was the more socially valuable, and which gained more admiration?
@cuibono6872
7 ай бұрын
Fantastic point, working class heroes.
@bigisrick
Жыл бұрын
It's amazing what men are capable of. We truly owe our cushy lives to the MASSIVE balls of men like these.
@crumplezone1
6 ай бұрын
Standing on top of a two foot thick 300 foot high monster with a 300 foot drop either side of of you, these guys were paid so poor it was a disgrace, and thank you for your service guys
@paulwelling2757
Жыл бұрын
My feet tingle every time I see these men at work. There is not enough money you could pay me.
@280StJohnsPl
Жыл бұрын
Hats off to these guys. I was a telecom tower climber here in the U.S. It has it's dangers, but these guys are not even wearing any fall prevention gear. You really have to be comfortable working at heights to do what these men are doing. A rare breed of men
@ChrisAndCats
Жыл бұрын
Have a watch of Fred Dibnah laddering a chimney, it's riveting. Also when he did an overhang so he's effectively angled backwards whilst climbing.
@badgerattoadhall
Жыл бұрын
i saw a telecom tower climber video, and that put me off it forever. heights? no i can cope with that. wasps nests lots and lots of large wasp nest for like 200 feet. oh hell no.
@borntoclimb7116
Жыл бұрын
In the usa, many towerclimbers are died between 1983 and 2023, a few hundreds
@badgerattoadhall
Жыл бұрын
@@borntoclimb7116 insane.
@280StJohnsPl
Жыл бұрын
@@borntoclimb7116 I understand that, but in my experience it all came down to simple safety . And I was an American tower hand
@stevebyers9672
2 жыл бұрын
these guys were heros and financially abused by such low disrespectful pay and conditions. proper workers who are the backbone of the world never get paid enough for their service. send a lord or civil servant up there to give them an appreciation of the true value these guys n girls provide.
@kiro6119
2 жыл бұрын
there were no women there
@madphil69
Жыл бұрын
It'll never happen. Don't waste your time.
@Kaasbaas045
Жыл бұрын
There was no equality back then, women were at home while men risked their lives to feed their home.
@forddriver8827
Жыл бұрын
@@kiro6119 One site out of a million dickhead.
@kiro6119
Жыл бұрын
@@forddriver8827 what
@noelht1
2 жыл бұрын
5 year apprenticeship! That’s 5 years of coming down the ladder to fetch the fish and chips every lunch
@PaulThorpeOfficial
2 жыл бұрын
How the world has changed... Amazing men with amazing courage. I had to admit to a chuckle as they stand on top of that chimney, no safety harness, wearing a hard hat! 😆
@laurarules3642
Жыл бұрын
I thought that myself lol
@Bloated_Tony_Danza
Жыл бұрын
If any of us were up there, we'd wear that hat too 😂 But seriously, the hat is to keep you from freaking out, or being knocked out when a brick or someones hammer accidentally falls. Reducing the injury reduces the reaction to the injury. Injuries in general make people shut their eyes, jump up and down, flail around, etc. And this is a job were any one of those things could make you fall
@JS-oy6nn
Жыл бұрын
The hard hat protects from hitting your head if you fall
@chrisking1457
Жыл бұрын
It helps you not to get knocked out from tools or building materials while you're working so that you don't fall.
@SagaciousFrank
11 ай бұрын
@@Bloated_Tony_Danza, exactly. The hat wasn't to protect and save you from hitting the ground if you fell, but the prevention of falling off as a result of bumping or being bumped on the head. My job is ground based, but we wear bump hats and it's still a mild shock if you clout your head hard on a solid metal piece of infrastructure, but it protects you. Without the hat, a bump directly to the head could cause a dazed reaction or worse.
@Ianbrownusedmytoilet
Жыл бұрын
My dad used to be a steeplejack. He did get sacked though on one job if i remember rightly. Him and his crew built an 850ft tower, over a period of 1 year, they finally got to the very top and didnt know how to finish off the top capping. They decided to have a look at the drawings and realised they had been looking at it upside down and was meant to have dug a well....
@shaunsmith3336
Жыл бұрын
😂
@Lungoose
Жыл бұрын
^ boomer joke on every fred video
@ThomasPrior-wv6zn
Жыл бұрын
lol
@Bill-bn2ew
9 ай бұрын
😂😂 brilliant
@Idcanymore510
7 ай бұрын
@@Lungoose’Cos boomers actually have a sense of humour.
@justmyopinion628
Жыл бұрын
I was a steepljack in Sydney, for 6 years, my brother in law was also a steeplejack. Loved the job. This brings back some memories.
@k9p2
2 жыл бұрын
I worked for Beaumont’s in the 70s, that was Bob Fenn who was the baker and Reg Fenn doing the training. They’re two brothers Ron and Billy worked at Beaumonts when I was there. The first job I worked on for them was the Tate and Lyle chimney at Silvertown. Taking the top 50ft off while it was on load.
@JamaicanToast
Жыл бұрын
Couldn't of been on load
@mineown1861
2 жыл бұрын
No !!! An awe inspiring trade , especially having seen Fred Dibnah in his latter years navigate an overhang on one chimney. They're like mountaineers , except they do something useful .
@ireissistable
2 жыл бұрын
"I wanted a nice outside job so, I chose steeplejacking" Now that's a geezer!
@chrisgeorge2421
Жыл бұрын
I never thought I had a problem with heights, until I was up the top of a treble extension ladder and looked down and I froze for a while until I got my nerve back how Fred d and theses guys make it look so easy is beyond me. Fred just climbs up over the boarding and looks down with a smile on his face , balls of steel for sure. Rip Fred D.
@tramlad2
2 жыл бұрын
Huge respect for all these guys, balls of steel, i hate heights , i could never do that job, it amazes me how relaxed these guys are working so high up in such dangerous conditions, very brave guys indeed
@capt.bart.roberts4975
Жыл бұрын
Over thirty feet, you're dead 99% of the time. To quote my daft brother, "I'll be dead, I won't care!"
@matimus100
Жыл бұрын
Bbc nonsense
@viktorbirkeland6520
9 ай бұрын
@@capt.bart.roberts4975yep. And also, you literally have to be calm. If you're in fight of flight constantly you'll wear out your brain and body, and be more susceptible to mistakes. Also, above like 50 feet the risk doesn't increase that much. If you're at 70 or 1000, it's all the same.
@capt.bart.roberts4975
9 ай бұрын
Very true, thanks for your insight.@@viktorbirkeland6520
@michaelzlprime
2 жыл бұрын
coming from modern climbing and rope work, it's incredible what those guys considered proper safety at their times.
@mikeycassidy5418
2 жыл бұрын
The (half rolled) clove hitch on the harness is going to give me nightmares.
@joshuapowers4623
Жыл бұрын
It's not so much what was considered safety as it was who capital considered expendable. The current Tory govt would allow taking steps back towards those days if they think they could get away with it.
@James40000
11 ай бұрын
@@joshuapowers4623yes, obviously it was government mandated how a person ties a rope🤨
@timothydraper6626
11 ай бұрын
@@mikeycassidy5418 I didn't like it either. 🙂
@benji.B-side
2 жыл бұрын
Calling all ye Fred Dibnah hardcore fans like me!! Rejoice, be thankful, smile! The KZitem algorithm has brought us to a blessed part of the internet! Thank Fred and thank the algorithm for bringing the interesting steeplejack wonder of their lives, into our lives. Oh using that parachute harness for safety was clever and fascinating to see.
@affintlewoodlewix
2 жыл бұрын
I used to work for Beaumont, as a steeplejack in the 70s, and the pay was actually excellent.
@mystified1429
2 жыл бұрын
£2 plus an hour ? I'm guessing.
@mikegrace8362
8 ай бұрын
Great stuff! I started my steeplejack career 1964 & this summed up just how it was.
@biriyaniferrari165
Жыл бұрын
i can't even watch it as I go dizzy.....unbelievable courage and inner steel
@theobserver9131
2 жыл бұрын
Back when I was young and stupid, I would've loved this work had it been available to me! I used to climb everything I could find, and I also used to really enjoy hard labor. You'd have to be a special kind of person to love a steeplejack though. Every time they go to work could be the last time you see them alive.
@gods_andmonsters
2 жыл бұрын
Watching the reporter climb the ladder gave me sweaty palms. No way could I do that. Respect to these men.....utter respect.
@FissionChips
7 ай бұрын
The Reporter definitely didn't climb the ladder and go up the chimney - it was faked.
@tompoynton
2 жыл бұрын
Shame it doesn’t show him setting the scaffolding and planks, that’s even more impressive and terrifying
@se-kmg355
2 жыл бұрын
You are not wrong. kzitem.info/news/bejne/l42Vnal_mqKge5g
@fryloc359
2 жыл бұрын
I watched a video of Fred setting scaffolding, that was impressive.
@NigelMarston
2 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how safety harnesses weren't an obvious requirement for all workers, not just reporters, even back then. Fair play to the journo for giving it a go though. I remember John Noakes climbed up Nelson's column in the 1970s (I think). For a reporter, that was no mean achievement. He also had some awkward transition to cope with near to the top too.
@Vertical-sandwiches
2 жыл бұрын
The cameraman done it first, he doesn't get any recognition!
@shable1436
2 жыл бұрын
Terry was the cameraman, so he does get my recognition
@KitCalder
2 жыл бұрын
@@Vertical-sandwiches Noakes literally mentions it alongside a shot of the cameraman, and the lady at the end of the footage (don't know her name, before my time innit) mentions him too.
@russellking9762
2 жыл бұрын
safety harnesses…what about breathing in those fumes just inches away…can’t be good for you
@T1971-w4c
Жыл бұрын
Harnesses slow a person down doing his job.
@spudzmcguire2258
Жыл бұрын
The Steeplejacks are impressive but what about the Bricklayers that built the chimneys? They must have been fearless.
@victorbooth2453
11 ай бұрын
I think they built them from the inside, on scaffolding.
@robertnicholson1525
4 ай бұрын
Yes I wondered how they built them. Pity was before cameras could record such events.
@SQWEKERZ
2 жыл бұрын
8:01 moment of applause for the camera man there with a 1960's camera.
@guileniam
2 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment
@vejet
Жыл бұрын
4:19 What a breath of fresh air, a boss who is AT LEAST HONEST about how dangerous the job is. While jobs the jobs may be generally much safer now, you don't get any kind of honesty from employers anymore.
@1Life2Little
2 жыл бұрын
Back when BBC was actually worth watching...
@stoufer2000
2 жыл бұрын
Beeb is infested with Tories and their Zionist buds now.. still that's what the UK vote for so blame the dmb British people
@williamdeasy4501
2 жыл бұрын
@@stoufer2000 A left wing , pc,identity obsessed sorry excuse for a national tv Channel. Even this sorry excuse for a conservative government under bs Boris has signed its death certificate for 2027. And you think it’s infested with Tories!! Unbelievable.
@richardfld
2 жыл бұрын
@@williamdeasy4501 Spot on!
@advancelast1740
2 жыл бұрын
What a ridiculous comment
@paigeflanner3272
2 жыл бұрын
Yes they were deceiving you then , the reporter never climbed it, watch closely!
@johnathanryan2117
2 жыл бұрын
Good lad for having a go that man. Always said on Fred Dibnah documentaries, he skips up there without a thought.... cameraman really earned his corn though. Chimneys still belching crap out when theyte trying to work too. Doff my cap...
@Paulstrickland01
2 жыл бұрын
Even fred admitted to needing a jar or two before he went up there, fear of heights is one of two natural fears everyone has....height and loud noises.
@biggusdickkus2956
2 жыл бұрын
@@Paulstrickland01 And Northern women.
@minderkid201
2 жыл бұрын
Thats crazy!!!! I scaffoldered this chimney!!!! Its the new salvation army living quarters next to Denmark hill train station
@butchrowerakamannyfraker955
2 жыл бұрын
I just been watching these videos recently this is the first video I seen where there is multiple steeplejackers working at the same time I've been watching them Fred videos I'm from America so I never heard of him .. I can't stop watching these videos
@kse8348
2 жыл бұрын
Same here the Fred clips have been showing up on my recommend lol Fred was an absolute legend of the steeple. Thought the show was brilliant considering it was just about a hard working blue collar jack of all trades.
@Sctronic209
2 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@geoffreycarson2311
2 жыл бұрын
THE BULDOG SPIRIT !!!OUR FRED !!!😊👍NERVES OF STEEL ✌👊👏BOLTON LANCASHIRE MAN 👊g
@alastairgreen2077
2 жыл бұрын
There are multiple.
@highpath4776
2 жыл бұрын
There is a 1920s film of five on a ladder . I have some internet sites with 4 or 5 at the top (two were cameramen , three were workers demolishing a stack top down )
@jimcameron4672
2 жыл бұрын
What a great informative video to let people know it was a superskilled job not just something anyone could do for money or circumstance, no one ever winged that occupation
@briandoyle667
2 жыл бұрын
Would have loved that when i was younger and fitter, never heard of steeple jack until i saw Fred Dibnah. He a real hero that man!!
@SkillBuilder
26 күн бұрын
The unseen hero here is the cameraman
@jedthehumanoid9953
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a job to have. Nerves of steel.
@oldirtybenjo6818
2 жыл бұрын
RIP Fred Dibnah. One of the best to do it ❤️
@derekstocker6661
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this amazing look at some of the bravest and most skilled guys in the world. What an atmospheric documentary and really brings home the dedication and ability of steeple jacks. Not forgetting of course, the folks that built so very many of these edifices long before health and safety rules and before the equipment that modern builders have. Remembering Fred Dibnah all the time this was airing!
@teslaphile2097
Жыл бұрын
Me too. I half expected him to do a cameo!
@derekstocker6661
Жыл бұрын
@@teslaphile2097 The patterning on the brickwork at 0.28 is just a work of art especially at that altitude!
@viktorbirkeland6520
9 ай бұрын
@@teslaphile2097I thought your picture was Hitler. I was stunned I just found your average Hitler fan 😂
@Me_Myself_and_Eye
2 жыл бұрын
Highrise restoration mechanic here, worked over 70 floors... while the safety is getting out of hand in the industry as of late, these men were fearless in a different way.
@cmen6895
2 жыл бұрын
“while the safety is getting out of hand” look out we got a tough guy
@Me_Myself_and_Eye
2 жыл бұрын
@@cmen6895 seriously? You clown..go to the gaming forums or somewhere more your style, adults are speaking here...or unless you agree with 24" lanyards while doing balcony work on the 48th floor of a highrise buildings..or having to tie off to a ladder while climbing up scaffolding?
@mgtowchampion7961
2 жыл бұрын
And what is so wrong with safety ? You probably think safety is for wimps or some other alpha male bullshit.
@Anthony-Testicali
2 жыл бұрын
@@Me_Myself_and_Eye and CMen....i can see both points of view...with EW i can see the tom selleck moustache..going up to a bar counter...taking a seat and a lady seated next to him swooning when she sees steeplejack written on his jacket...and with Cmen i can see someone jealous of the balls of EW (possibly)....me Im a stolen valour loser called Norm..im a pizza delivery guy in wisconsin...but i tell people im a steeplejack...E.W youre probably disgusted by me stealing your valour...and Cmen im the online tough guy youre looking for not E.W :-)
@Me_Myself_and_Eye
2 жыл бұрын
@@Anthony-Testicali haha that was awesome..kinda nailed it..on my end anyways
@johnrooney1860
2 жыл бұрын
I worked in demo for O'Sullivan brothers store st Manchester 1970 help take down a 90 foot chimney was a hard scary job plus top man work loved it. John Rooney st.annes Lancashire UK
@jeffallinson8089
Жыл бұрын
Whatever those guys were paid simply wasn't enough. Nerves of steel required to do that job so utter respect to those guys.
@haberjennings475
Жыл бұрын
Can’t hear any women complaining of equal opportunity with this line of work
@freebornjohn2687
4 ай бұрын
There are some amazing female climbers going up sheer rock faces by their finger tips so I might appeal to some, but is definitely for the very few.
@Connor-zz8zf
Ай бұрын
@freebornjohn2687 There's a massive difference between practicing to climb for a few hours a day with 4 different safety systems to fall back on than working a 10hour shift on something like 1 foot wide in the open air, where wind is sometimes 10x more. You'd be surprised how different the wind feels when you're just 20meters up with nothing blocking the wind. It was also their job, they couldn't have a bad nights rest and be like oh I cba working today, they had to go do it anyway... A climber can just call it off and be like ok, I'll go when i've had more sleep. It's also much higher than what most climbers do. Most climbers climb on indoor walls. You basically cannot die on them lol, even falling from them, the floor is a giant cushion.
@freebornjohn2687
Ай бұрын
@@Connor-zz8zf You make very good points. To clarify I wasn't talking about indoor weekend climbers I was referring to the climbers that free climb up sheer rock faces. For me they (and the free divers) are truly a different breed of people to the rest of us. With regard to women putting up with hardship have a read of The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievitch. Its a recording of women's experience fighting for the Soviet Union in WW2. I highly recommend it even though its shocking and very disturbing.
@haberjennings475
Ай бұрын
@@Connor-zz8zf Still not hearing any complaints though.
@paulfallon7038
Ай бұрын
Genius.
@heresjohnny602
2 жыл бұрын
To be Considered a dying breed even in 1965 is incredible and yet still the trade survives to this day.
@Paulstrickland01
2 жыл бұрын
Good on the reporter for aving a go though eh lad.
@pkune5158
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, now thats a reporter, gotta give him his dues for going up
@eden255
2 жыл бұрын
The majority of these man served overseas in WW2. Balls of steel.
@johnfogarty91
2 жыл бұрын
Including the reporter Cathal O Shannon. RAF man
@stratpluslover8391
2 жыл бұрын
i love how these guys go up chimneys with hard hats on fred dibnah goes up with a flat cap lol 😆
@davidmrenton
3 ай бұрын
as the hardhats are superfluous if you fall , but they are useful to protect from debris falling from above, which is increased if multiple people are on the chimmy, as Fred mostly worked alone it seems, maybe less bricks and tools falling down , Flat cap it is
@JS-oy6nn
Жыл бұрын
That’s a big negative for this ole’boy. I’m terrified of heights and not ashamed of it. Lots of respect for these fellas.
@justaroundthecorner2883
2 жыл бұрын
God bless the working class.
@TheWtfnonamez
Жыл бұрын
I have nothing but respect for these guys. I watched a Dibnah video on how they peg those ladders into place and that alone gave me the chills.
@terryhorne2582
2 жыл бұрын
Respect. What more can I say.
@Stickleback
11 ай бұрын
I carry nothing but respect for these Fred`s.
@andyjay9346
2 жыл бұрын
Lucky they're all wearing their hard hats. "what did you do before steeple jacking?" "When I came out of the Navy I made wedding cakes" "So, what made you do steeple jacking then?" "Oh it's a lot safer than makin' weddin' cakes. Those brides are lethal!"
@BIackMoonCGI
Жыл бұрын
2:25 "Without holding on to any of the scaffolding". 2:47 Holds the scaffolding.
@fredflintstoner596
2 жыл бұрын
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
@emgee9775
Ай бұрын
Those men at the top in the smoke made my hair stand on end 😮
@sandralewis4744
2 жыл бұрын
One of my boyfriends in the 60’s was a steeplejack for a while and then a few years ago he died of asbestos. 😢
@BobK5
2 жыл бұрын
Poor man RIP.
@dirkvantroyen9170
2 жыл бұрын
@@ashleyhyne7027 Wehad an asbestos panel plant here in Belgium not far from where I live. Hundreds of workers from that time died from asbestosis, often only 30 years after exposure
@lightblue254
2 жыл бұрын
@@ashleyhyne7027 The actual asbestos is glass needles. The almost invisible needles pierce your lungs and give you cancer.
@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
2 жыл бұрын
Surprised it was asbestos and not black lung, that’s still a the big killer in coal mines and plants
@wanusanus4061
2 жыл бұрын
@@ashleyhyne7027 Its a poisonous substance genius
@godsstruggler8783
Жыл бұрын
If you look at the figures for steeplejack deaths at work, it makes for grim reading. There are a catalogue of safety failures even up to last year with firms being fined in Nottingham, Blackburn, Bolton and other places where chimneys proliferate. The most common cause of men falling is poorly maintained scaffolding equipment or botch job repairs on scaffolding. The figures paid out as compensation to families are largely pathetic. I can't watch these videos without feeling physically anxious but still watch because I'm intrigued by the lack of fear these steeplejacks exhibit. They have my utmost respect.
@bazzatheblue
2 жыл бұрын
I liked the Scottish fella in the sheepskin, he had a very confident air about him,a but like Fred Dibnah,something you need or acquire with the job I imagine.
@georgefarrington895
9 ай бұрын
These guys were paid poorly for their work, heroes of the sky. As always RIP to all those people and never forget Fred Dibnar a legend.
@frankstone8930
Жыл бұрын
Praise the camera man, hopping about, the side and under the climbing reporter 😂
@shanedelgado666
2 жыл бұрын
Also, as a climber; it's never the fall you have to worry about, it's the hard, abrupt stop at the bottom.
@geoffreycarson2311
2 жыл бұрын
STEVE McQueen SAID SO Far SO good 😨THEN BANG 😮😂g
@hudson7354
2 жыл бұрын
You can die of heart attack on the way down
@MrJonah53
2 жыл бұрын
I used to erect steel frames, and that was my answer when I was asked about falling. "It's not the falling that hurts".
@checkout5017
2 жыл бұрын
An old joke "Would you die if you fell?" "Oh no of course not! But I certainly would if I hit the ground"
@jkq665
Жыл бұрын
Good news reporter too. Went up 😁
@richjones5432
2 жыл бұрын
Until I finished work a couple of years back I held the current certs for working at height. To those who think H&S has gone to far, I say "Try it" I would sometimes, quite often do it in the dark, but that's another league. Great video. Thanks.
@alastairgreen2077
2 жыл бұрын
too far.
@MotherAlgorithm
2 жыл бұрын
Too far in the mundane things but essential for any real dangerous work.
@iunnox666
2 жыл бұрын
It absolutely has gone too far. Ruined the world more than it's saved people.
@jj8526
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant...👏👏 Cathal O'Shannon, great Irish journalist. Not afraid to mix it with the great steeplejacks out there... Stay safe all you amazing height defiers 👏👏☘
@MrTVintro
Жыл бұрын
Someone lugged an old timey camera with a huge ass roll of film up those ladders...
@mohamedsheik4589
2 жыл бұрын
Never in a million years would I of gone up that ladder
@mathewduffy5827
2 жыл бұрын
My knees were wobbling watching it
@8-bitsteve500
2 жыл бұрын
"have gone" not "of gone".
@alastairgreen2077
2 жыл бұрын
Have gone, not of gone.
@oddities-whatnot
2 жыл бұрын
@@8-bitsteve500 Grammar police is out. Unbelievable.
@8-bitsteve500
2 жыл бұрын
@@oddities-whatnot Yes, it is quite unbelievable that the most simple grammar is beyond some. Our education systems are really letting people down and it's a shame.
@sergeant5848
2 ай бұрын
Fred ate these amateurs for breakfast! :-) kudos to the reporter for getting up the ladder!
@RouteDeTours
2 жыл бұрын
Apparently bosses were a lot more honest in those days. How times have changed.
@Dagoth_Ur_1
Жыл бұрын
People would be surprised how much things haven't really changed. I was an aerial/satellite engineer, we had to climb roofs up to 7 storeys with no safety gear, you'd erect an industrial ladder that bends, then work on the stacks. Reason not many would do the job, can earn money more safely. Though once you go up actual towers (55 storeys etc) that's when it's a bit different these days. Risk assessments etc so people can't be sued. Sky TV don't train their engineers to do much, normally to slap a dish on a wall 3 meters up. They won't let them step on the first rung of a ladder without a harness, hard hat and safety lines (so Murdoch can't be sued). Also climbing up is the easy part (ladders, roofs etc) it's getting down without klling yourself that's more tricky lol. I've slid down old clay 'biscuit' tile roof before, whilst holding a big fibreglass dish in one hand and steel bracket in the other. These guys should've been paid more though.
@jacquesmertens3369
2 жыл бұрын
4:38 the high mortality among steeplejacks seems to amuse him
@liamkatt6434
2 жыл бұрын
I thought that too.
@thethirdman225
Жыл бұрын
I used to regularly hang out of helicopters for a living. I knew it was a ‘numbers game’ so I was meticulous in my preparation. I always too my headset off so nobody could talk to - and distract me - when I was putting it on. I couldn’t do it now. This and the Fred Dibnah series scared the bejeezuz out of me.
@liamkatt6434
2 жыл бұрын
When I climb my 25ft ladder I feel like a king :-)
@iansingsiansings2101
Жыл бұрын
"You wouldn't want to go up there with very much of a hangover." "Yeh, I wouldn't mind it, the wind would blow it away."
@280StJohnsPl
Жыл бұрын
Best comment of all.....now that's a guy you would want to drink with ! LOL
@iansingsiansings2101
Жыл бұрын
@@280StJohnsPl check out "The Fred Dibnah Story" @ q12w33w43 He's a classic, all gone now with this O.H.and S. bullshit. I'm a bit old fashioned. Nowdays they wouldn't let us near a job site.
@280StJohnsPl
Жыл бұрын
@@iansingsiansings2101 I do understand and will check it out...thank you !
@stevenmcalister826
Жыл бұрын
@@iansingsiansings2101 They wouldn’t let you near one for good reason. With your attitude more people would end up dead on the job.
@iansingsiansings2101
Жыл бұрын
@@stevenmcalister826 if you were to pay attention when watching documentary you would have heard at 6:26 interviewer O'Shannon asks, "You would'nt want to go up there with very much of a hangover." Bowman replies, "Yeh, I would'nt mind it, the wind would blow it away." When you hear, it is good to listen. When you see, it is good to perceive.
@xenosmoke8915
2 жыл бұрын
A few things here that Fred would have disagreed with. It’s not crap, you’re not lonely and the backlog is largely due to poor weather or the owner of the stack failing to identify the problems early, not the lack of steeplejacks. Well done to the that journalist though, he climbed the stack on demand.
@oddities-whatnot
2 жыл бұрын
Fred earned plenty doing his job. He had a nice life, nice house and all that. I don't see it being poorly paid.
@georgebuller1914
2 жыл бұрын
@@oddities-whatnot Chances are, much of his 'wealth' came from other stuff - T.V. work etc...
@davidrenton
2 жыл бұрын
also he would have a pint, a cig at the top, and being a bit portly did him no harm :)
@The1trueDave
2 жыл бұрын
@@oddities-whatnot I think he had his own business by the time of the late 80s documentary that I saw. I don't know how lucrative it would have been working for someone else... maybe he did that at the beginning, I don't know...?
@Nordic67
2 жыл бұрын
I have to go deep under ground down several sets of 🪜 ladders. My work is on pump stations some 80 feet down. I couldn't imagine going up that high. I have much respect for the men and trade they preform going up. You really learn to deal with the fear of heights but this I can't imagine going up.
@jonathansimmonds5784
2 жыл бұрын
As a rigger and sailor of tall ships the answer is yes, once I'd learned the ropes. Ask a steeplejack how they'd feel if what they were climbing was rolling and pitching in a force ten gale and 30ft waves.....
@dannyackland3983
2 жыл бұрын
No mate back then that was balls of steel I'm a rigger and I'm of sailoring to bullshit beach it's not about comparisons it's about the fact they had balls back then but not the tech we have now they had inch stamped nails to hold ladders of them heights is just mad to think off
@shirleymental4189
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah alright. Don't tell me; you had a peg leg too!
@paultrigger3798
Жыл бұрын
Requirements for steeplejack: 1. Don't be fat 2. Able to lift your own body weight 3. Not afraid of heights pool narrows down pretty quick
@paulrhodesquinn
Жыл бұрын
4. Have very advanced rope access skills. Climbing abilities an advantage. Many rock climbers work as steeplejacks. I did when I was in my 20’s. It was well paid and exciting work.
@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp
2 жыл бұрын
You simply couldn’t pay me enough to do this.
@georgebuller1914
2 жыл бұрын
You too eh? LOL
@biggusdickkus2956
2 жыл бұрын
@@georgebuller1914 Me 3.. Millions wouldn't get me up there as l might leap off the top l get this almost overpowering urge to try n fly at heights nuts innit
@georgebuller1914
2 жыл бұрын
@@biggusdickkus2956 Weird, yes - but you are NOT alone! LOL
@biggusdickkus2956
2 жыл бұрын
@@georgebuller1914 It's almost like a magnetic feeling, first noticed when l was 16 l was having a picnic about 12 feet from the edge of a cliff top, as l was sat with friends l got the sudden urge to start rolling to the edge and then keep on rolling off the end l felt sure that l would be able fly once l was over the edge, it was almost overpowering l literally had to struggle with myself not to do it, one part of my mind said you can do it, if you do you'll be able to fly it's only fear stopping us all from doing it, and another part of my mind was shouting don't be so fkn stupid you'll burst like a water balloon. It was so weird l didn't tell anyone in case they thought l was nuts .. Maybe l am.. So now l do my level best to keep away from such situations lol.. I wonder what it is where we birds instead of monkeys and its some primordial urge left over in the brain that caused us to make that leap from the nest..?
@kenwalker5464
2 жыл бұрын
You can see why health and safety got involved. Those guys are dam brave. 🇺🇲🌹🌹👍
@marcobrian1619
2 жыл бұрын
All I'll say is the best teacher has sadly passed on to higher peaceful place. RIP sir Fred
@BurninatorTheTrogdor
Ай бұрын
Hearing only the birds and the wind? Sounds amazing to me.
@hoz49
11 ай бұрын
The journeyman who worked with me and showed me the ropes once told me to step across a 5 foot opening at 100 ft. I asked if there was a safety line. He laughed and answered, "You can't be a steeplejack if you don't steeple."
@Lexden66
2 жыл бұрын
"What Particular dangers do they meet on a stack 200-300 feet high?" I think Gravity is the biggest danger.
@friendlypiranha774
Жыл бұрын
Richard Banham... Gravity sucks.
@d.b.2812
2 жыл бұрын
I can honestly say i don't have what it takes!
@makmak151515
2 жыл бұрын
I spent a lot of time at 80 feet The first time I almost pissed my pants and my legs were shaking so bad I looked like I was dancing. Although working off a basket with nothing underneath showed me what coward I was. After a couple of days you no longer think about it
@rogerbarton497
2 жыл бұрын
You're not a coward if you are scared but you still do it.
@jason_a_smith_gb
2 жыл бұрын
“Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.” - 3rd Doctor.
@anthonycrumb5753
4 ай бұрын
These men truly had balls of steel. Another one worth looking at is the old square rigged sailors. For total lunacy check out the fully rigged sailing ship Peking goi g around Cape Horn the 'wrong way' from east to west in terrible weather. TOTAL RESPECT TO ALL THESE MEN.
@deanstanley5799
2 жыл бұрын
You could pay me a £1000 a day and I still wouldn’t want to do it 😯😯😯
@glennpowell3444
2 жыл бұрын
I was a fearless young man and good with the skills they need but if you see how they put the ladders and staging up at those heights no way would I have had it in me.I think too much and thats the killer.
@scudosmyth784
2 жыл бұрын
@@glennpowell3444 Watch Fred Dibnah on how he erected the ladders, scary stuff from the legend.
@glennpowell3444
2 жыл бұрын
@@scudosmyth784 I have seen.Ridiculously scary stuff.There is a video of him climbing The Indian Mill chimney in Darwen that goes over two 5foot overhangs.How he got the ladders across those god only knows.Steeplejacks are in a league of their own for doing what must be the most dangerous job you could choose to be in.
@gordonhulcombe9604
13 күн бұрын
A pretty gutsy reporter! Current modern ones, would not do that! RIP Fred Dibnah!
@cetyl2626
4 ай бұрын
So some napkin math... 30lbs in 1965 is 588lbs today, then convert to US dollars that's $734, roughly. I assume that's weekly pay... so that's ~$38k a year. Even ignoring safety advancements since then, that doesn't seem like good pay considering the job....
@R.James.
2 ай бұрын
Here we are watching this in awe, seeing this insanity and thinking it was normal job back in those days, the 60's. But the fact of the matter is this was already a popular documentary back then for a reason. So it makes you realize this was already considered pure insanity even then with the lack of safety. We have come a very long way apparently within just a span of maybe 40 years considering safety etc.
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