A Year with Fred (A beautiful Pile of Bricks) part 1 A repeat broadcast from 1991 of the BBC2 series about Bolton Steelplejack Fred Dibnah. Date: Thursday 15th August 1991
I work at chimneys and this man is my hero i watch these programs over and over again especially when ive had a bad day,
@mickmackem1479
2 жыл бұрын
Great tribute to Donald first time ive see this for years
@elmondo3543
2 жыл бұрын
It was..Donald was a diamond!
@dct1
2 жыл бұрын
Hope he had a great retirement
@MikeBeSafe
3 ай бұрын
Anyone know what happened to Donald and if he’s still alive today?
@herrroy4963
Жыл бұрын
OMG he's just standing there free hand painting that chimney. Taking a smoke. What a legend.
@Embracing01
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised the yanks have taken an interest in Fred. There's a few of those "reaction" videos on youtube from American's watching Fred's chimney climbing and how amazed they are watching him climb. To think people from other countries are showing such admiration for Fred more than people in the UK do, half the people in Bolton wouldn't know who Fred Dibnah was.
@robg71
2 жыл бұрын
£650 to knock that building down. Fast forward to today. It would be a team of Health & Safety men, a dozen demolition men. the area would be sealed off, it would cost tens of thousands. Yet there was Fred and Donald. Hammer & Chisel. Props, firewood, tyres and A couple of gallon of diesel. How things have changed!
@RaverRst
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic uploads of “a year with Fred” Dag Jab, there’s been a lot of people and fans alike that have been searching for this series of Fred programs, what a great find 👍👍
@Embracing01
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I thought it strange that noone else has bothered to upload the full episodes of these series, but maybe they have and youtube have been deleting them (wouldn't surprise me).
@robingoodrick4876
3 ай бұрын
Never seen this one before...brilliant love Fred , and the characters that he's worked with...listening to Fred is like some kind of bloody therapy for the nogin..❤
@embo8896
2 жыл бұрын
How he lived as long as he did is amazing,,my nerves are gone just watching this
@scottptolomey3498
2 жыл бұрын
When Fred comments on the last one being a disaster it was Larburnum Mill at Atherton in 1984 the tower had broke in two instead of it coming down in one piece Though it did eventually come down but Fred was disheartened slightly that it didn’t go to plan.
@hellooohowareudoing
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading these videos, there's plenty of new footage I've never seen before.
@Embracing01
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers, no probs. Wish the quality was better, most of the recordings have suffered over the years. It's strange I'm the only one who has uploaded the full eps of this series, must be loads of others who have these episodes and in better condition, but for some reason they don't bother uploading them.
@hellooohowareudoing
2 жыл бұрын
@@Embracing01 I'm not 100% sure, but I think there might be two version of this series, because I distinctly remember seeing some parts of these videos but not others, either way it's great to have these versions uploaded!!
@josephfinlay8778
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading these. Fred was a legend
@Embracing01
2 жыл бұрын
No probs
@rosskeenan9117
2 жыл бұрын
You just have to admire this man a genius and fearless and the way he erects scaffold single handed it’s mind blowing to say the least the ladder alone hammered into the chimney is a work of art and for him to do that amount of seriously dangerous work And not have any serious falls .let’s face it his first mistakes his last ….that man is a legend in his line of work an absolute legend
@elmondo3543
2 жыл бұрын
As the Bowtners would say...”a reet gam bugger”...our Fred what a legend. Thanks for the uploads...belting 👍🏻
@Embracing01
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers, no probs:)
@mattevans3637
2 жыл бұрын
Again good job iv not seen this before
@caffeineisking8132
2 жыл бұрын
It would of been my first and last day working with Fred after trying to sit up there
@johnathanryan2117
2 жыл бұрын
Walter Forshaw driving a hard bargain! Great footage of the Bolton of 35, 40 years ago. The chimneys in the valley beyond the Dart did go, and Threlfalls still stands. Magic.
@scottptolomey3498
2 жыл бұрын
Worked for Harry Forshaw in the early 90s at Kent Mill Chadderton and Fred dropped the 180ft chimney there but the back end buckled and sent the brickwork at the bottom crash through the perimeter wall
@scottptolomey3498
2 жыл бұрын
RIP Donald and Fred together again in the smoking stacks in the sky
@etvid331
2 жыл бұрын
Fred is my hero.
@elmondo3543
2 жыл бұрын
..and mine!!!
@Mr_Spliffy
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Mine too really
@daveywhyte6254
10 ай бұрын
So Donald had balls of steel aswell it would seem
@laddersman
Ай бұрын
Salop Street Bolton first chimney on this video . Threlfall Chimney is still there .
@chr1s.c
Жыл бұрын
Donald his right hand man
@myaphextwin807
2 жыл бұрын
'RIGHT DONALD'
@mrJules100
Жыл бұрын
£650 to demolish an entire factory building. A demolition company today would charge that today as an admin fee!
@craigobrien31
2 жыл бұрын
My god £650 for all that work
@brosephyolonarovichstalin2915
2 жыл бұрын
It’s about £4000 nowadays
@MightyMarshall
11 ай бұрын
@@brosephyolonarovichstalin2915still hardly anything for the amount of work
@adamw9421
Жыл бұрын
Has the threlfall chimney been repaired and repainted since Fred did it?
@albertcross4275
6 күн бұрын
3.30.mins Ronnie's got some bottle. 🤔👍🇫🇷🇫🇷
@handyman4192
11 ай бұрын
Legend....don't.make um like this any more
@hamerjohn
2 жыл бұрын
What is the name of that Square mill?
@richardmarshall4322
10 ай бұрын
Can hardly watch it. Balls of steel.
@stephenmozzarella6493
Жыл бұрын
Dose he have any SUPORT NO He would get to rely on it to much 😂 When men were men and boys were boys
@zoelomas233
Жыл бұрын
Ripped off Fred.
@daffyduck9901
Жыл бұрын
The guy gets up there and it's already painted. Fred says what in the bloody hell are you doing up here? Go get us a couple of pints.🤙
@MrMamooshka
11 ай бұрын
Does anyone where the tracking button is on this KZitem?
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