The U.S had the space programme, the U.K had Fred Dibnah and an infinite supply of ladders.
@sukottora
3 жыл бұрын
Haha! That made me laugh out loud.. Which scared the dog.
@danpearce4547
3 жыл бұрын
@@sukottora Sorry dog.
@UKBamber
3 жыл бұрын
@Dan Pearce You are today's winner on the internet for that comment.
@TheHarrip
3 жыл бұрын
Yea that proper made me laugh 👍
@CameTo
3 жыл бұрын
Irony being, one really happened, the other didn't.
@choppy249
4 жыл бұрын
I was a rooftiler for nigh on 30 years and have been up and down ladders for most of my life , sometimes in pretty scary circumstances with no scaffolding and up to six storey buildings as well but what Fred used to do just amazes me . I could never have done the extreme stuff he did and I like heights too . The man was just amazing . He was so confident in his ability , such a competent man . I can’t get over the way he used to walk along those single scaffold boards bowing like crazy in the middle at the top of a chimney he was cleaning or taking down brick by brick. Those flipping boards snap and break in two sometimes when they are not fully supported in the middle . I know ,it’s happened to me a few times when I have been only 25 feet or so off the ground . It gives me a chill even now just looking at the old footage of him romping around atop those old chimneys . Nerves of steel that man had and buckets of courage . It’s such a shame he got paid a relative pittance for the highly dangerous work he did . One tiny mistake or error of judgement or even an unexpected gust of wind or a dodgy loose brick and it would have meant sudden death . The fact that he lasted so long in his profession unscathed is a testament to his skill , courage and ability . There will never be anybody quite like Fred Dibnah again .
@jackscott6395
3 жыл бұрын
I think the closest thing we have now is Guy Martin who cant hold a candle 🕯 to him but has that same feeling
@henman2445
3 жыл бұрын
No one asked pal
@jackscott6395
3 жыл бұрын
@xwyttuucalm down pal why don't you relax a bit, have yourself a bud
@henman2445
3 жыл бұрын
@xwyttuu your life is out dated 'sunny jim'
@AdotHowe
3 жыл бұрын
HeN MaN jog on you useless troll
@DazzaBo
8 ай бұрын
No matter how many times I've watched this it never fails to make my palms sweat
@danbrooks3697
5 ай бұрын
Terrifying
@leenelson65
3 ай бұрын
Dude my whole body is sweating!!!
@Jack-tn2qz
3 ай бұрын
I feel like falling watching it 😢😂
@SLOCLMBR
2 ай бұрын
I climb trees for a living, and this man is an absolute animal.
@rolfnilsen6385
Ай бұрын
I used to do rock climbing and even som bigger walls. This makes my palms sweat as well. The stamina, and head, of Fred was something special.
@mickwalsh8136
Жыл бұрын
When I was 16,59 now,my first job was on demolition of a factory in Oldham, near Manchester England, Fred came on to demolish the chimney,by knocking holes in the base putting in big timber supports ,then setting fire to them so when they burnt the chimney had no support and down it came,just when the critical time came he ran round blaring a hand held horn,awesome memory,ahhh the good old days
@CEO786
3 ай бұрын
I remember that day as well like it was yesterday. ❤
@inhaletimetimeinhale2519
2 ай бұрын
o yeh i fucked him out back behind that brick stack that day too. were gay
@AndrewSteffenHB
Ай бұрын
I also remember, what a day for everyone here
@MrPnew1
Ай бұрын
Thanks for that information. I saw him lighting the fire but didn't realise that he propped it up with timber and that the fire burnt through the timber and that's why the chimney collapsed. I obviously wasn't paying enough attention.
@mattwinstanley2544
11 күн бұрын
This sounds like Era Mill and Moss Mill chimneys which Fred dismantled around 1979 which matches up with your age and it being 44 years ago. However, those mills were located off Woodbine Street East in Rochdale, rather than Oldham, so maybe it was another chimney project in Oldham you refer to. However, Woodbine St East is just off Oldham Road and not too far from the border of Rochdale-Oldham. Do those Mills ring a bell? There was a third mill very close by too “State Mill” Fred was paid £500 for the big chimney (moss) and £400 for the little one (era) I believe.
@jonbrowne8334
2 жыл бұрын
When I was a young teenager in the U.K., I rang Fred because his number was not obscured. His wife answered and put me onto Fred who was more than happy to speak with me. This must have been about 1982 and I was so pleased we spoke! Not a word of a lie! He was a legend and God bless him RIP Fred
@jackweiss3546
2 жыл бұрын
Just didn’t happen Why are you lying
@jamst123
2 жыл бұрын
@@jackweiss3546 why would someone lie? The number was plastered all over his land rovers on tv
@jackweiss3546
2 жыл бұрын
@@jamst123 it’s very sad that people feel the need to lie about such Menial stuff. Sort your life out pal.
@jackweiss3546
2 жыл бұрын
@Steve Ruddick no one asked you Steve. Thanks for your input. You know whare you can stick it
@jackweiss3546
2 жыл бұрын
@Steve Ruddick well he commented on a public video, spouting a story that clearly is not true. And it is my duty as the bullshit detector to call him out on that.
@antonyalderson6271
6 жыл бұрын
This chimney is India Mill in Darwen. We inspected it a few years back and repaired a lot of lead and brickwork. We did with rope access - with 2 ropes attached at all times to your harness. And I can tell you, even with the ropes it was terrifying at first - incredibly exposed - so god knows how Fred keeps his head without ropes! No margin for failure whatsoever. I even abseiled to Harry Holden's ledge - his name is carved into the stone there! And it's not buzzards who nest there now - there's a female peregrine falcon who gets very upset when you approach her nest (of course we went outside of nesting season!)
@lomparti
5 жыл бұрын
@glynnejones1 British Asian? Whats that?
@stoicmgtow5867
5 жыл бұрын
@@lomparti Muslim.
@jasonsmizer5431
5 жыл бұрын
What was this building used for and why is it so much bigger then everything else around it?
@j_f_kyoushallnotbeforgotte2191
5 жыл бұрын
And you meet superman too
@martinid2514
5 жыл бұрын
I met my ex girlfriend at the house literally next door many years ago we used to go drinking at the base of that old chimney we always wondered what it would be like at the top
@VICTOBERN
Жыл бұрын
By any accounts, this is a remarkable feat of skill and stamina. The actual construction in the 1870's in itself is something else - but Fred makes that enormous climb look almost casual and the fact that he had to place all those ladders by hand himself frankly seems extraordinary.
@oldgolfpunk
Жыл бұрын
How they built that tower in those days is mind blowing... People would struggle doing it today with modern equipment
@Revvy85
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget strength. You're not climbing a ladder at that angle without the core of a silverback
@saintnick7
Жыл бұрын
@Old Golf Punk As Fred says quite often, most of them were built from the inside
@GavinSaintClair
Жыл бұрын
@@Revvy85this comment is legit!
@77thTrombone
Жыл бұрын
Yup. I was amazed how he placed ladders end-on-end against a _smooth sided stack,_ going a half ladder at a time with- what? - 8-foot lengths of rope. How he placed these cantilevered ladders without "half-laddering" boggles the mind.
@teslaphile2097
Жыл бұрын
What a bloke. I grew up watching Fred. In my youth I thought he was just a nutty steeplejack. But, as I matured so did Fred's presenting career. Let's be honest, if anyone deserves a cushy retirement in front of a camera, it's this man! Then, I learned about his love of Victorian engineering. He loved the way people cared about what they were making, with expertise and care. He was so talented in so many ways. A joiner by trade, his writing and drawings were so artistic. His writing was like calligraphy! He could build steam traction engines (which in his words, are like a bloody big bomb!) from the ground up and if he didn't have the right tools... He'd make them! And his knowledge of architecture was endless. Many of UK loved watching Fred through his career, and I'm glad he's even straying across the pond! And I don't doubt that he and our love of him put some uppity history wannabee presenters out of a job. Sorry, he earned it, you didn't. I learnt so much from his easy going, layman's style of explaining. Thank you Fred, for everything!! Rest easy now.
@Hereford1642
Жыл бұрын
At school Dibnah was placed in an art class (his reading and writing skills were judged to be poor), following which he spent three years at art college, where his work was based mainly on industrial themes such as machinery, pithead gear and spinning mills.
@JP_TaVeryMuch
Жыл бұрын
A wonderful, well, obituary really. Our lad obviously touched your heart as did he mine. Fred was the very best example of the classic understated trait of quiet forbearance and dogged determination. God rest his soul.
@matoko123
Жыл бұрын
I can't disagree with you there.
@iancognito6920
9 ай бұрын
fantastic post ..so true
@borntoclimb7116
4 ай бұрын
He is Impressive but AS a pro climber, climbing up a ladder is the easy climb in the book. Is Not meaning as a hate
@yamabushi170
8 жыл бұрын
It's a shame that Fred Dibnah is best remembered for his demolition work on chimneys. This was a job he undertook reluctantly. His enthusiasm for and knowledge of Victorian engineering and construction was probably unparalleled during his lifetime. Additionally he was a very skilled draftsman, and his illustrations really were things of artistic beauty. We rarely get to witness so much talent in a single person, and we are lucky that Fred Dibnah was around at a time before Television became so highly commercialised and commoditised as it is now. He leaves behind a remarkable legacy of workmanship and knowledge, and we are a richer society for that.
@SJM6791
6 жыл бұрын
yamabushi170-Very well said my friend.
@oddities-whatnot
6 жыл бұрын
yamabushi170 Thats a very nice comment you have posted. Very well said indeed.
@ryanessex7978
6 жыл бұрын
Well said
@StonyRC
6 жыл бұрын
Back off you ignoramus - you may not like what he said but he has every right to state his opinion. Even Dear Fred himself acknowledged his shortcomings as a husband and his tendency to place his work and his steam engines above his role as father and husband. That does not, however, detract from the simple fact that Fred Dibnah was a fine son of Bolton, from an earlier and better time and a Great Briton. Even soft southern pansys like me consider him the finest example of a true working man! Your comments do NOTHING to defend his honor and his legacy.
@garyhardman8369
6 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Fred was a super skilled engineer, using steam power.
@davey3765
2 жыл бұрын
Former tower climber here, highest I've climbed is 850' (feet) or ~259 meters. Watching this guy sends chills down my spine. He climbed that entire chimney without any safety harness. On top of that - the thing that scares me the most are any type of over hang. Those are my biggest fears because how easily your feet can slip. Watching Fred do this without a harness freaks me out and sends chills down my legs.
@georgedavidson957
2 жыл бұрын
have parachuted and climbed for fun ... sitting on my computer chair watching this is giving me vertigo! glad its not just me who feels this way.
@lt4324
2 жыл бұрын
What's amazing is the way he climbed the ladders at the overhang! That itself takes strength IMO, a ladder tilting in the opposite direction with no gear! I know many old timers who do something close to this and they are so fit at their age its unbelievable! My Unc Mike is 75 and he climbs like he is 20 years old! My unc will out live me possibly, LOL. I'm 61 and out of shape, well not really, I am shaped like a pear! LOL
@reubensandwich9249
2 жыл бұрын
The vertical ladder is secure, the overhang ladders deflect every step he took.
@Baneslayer
2 жыл бұрын
Firefighter here who climbs aerial ladders with huge gaps in the rungs 7 stories up..... I shit my pants watching this guy Fred... his balls are much bigger than mine 😲
@Moleymole
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I did feel kinda sick watching him climb past the overhangs with only the akward load dangling from his waist to cushion his fall! 😱🤢
@ronalddecesaris6115
Ай бұрын
My knees start knocking just looking at this fearless guy He’s amazing
@johnbuxton6009
8 ай бұрын
He was and still is a real national treasure. Thank you Fred for being a true Brit.
@yogibeer9319
4 жыл бұрын
In my opinion Fred Dibnah was one of the coolest men who ever lived.
@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069
4 жыл бұрын
Yea. Ill go with that.
@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069
4 жыл бұрын
@@pentatonicpaddy He died years ago of cancer.
@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069
4 жыл бұрын
@@pentatonicpaddy oh i get it. He was one hell of a man though. Balls of British steel and a top class engineer as well. Dont make em like him anymore. Happy Christmas.
@turbo682
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah he used to punch his wives up and neglect his kids but yakno..
@iRaps1
4 жыл бұрын
If we're being honest here, some of the greatest men who ever lived would probably be people who actually changed the lives of millions of people for the better. Someone who had any impact instead of someone who climbed ladders really well. ...
@sonnyjimm23
2 жыл бұрын
Armstrong - "It's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". Fred - "You could ride a bike round up here!" 👍 Golden ✨
@SeeDaRipper...
Жыл бұрын
🤣
@tonymontana897
Жыл бұрын
They should've bottled his blood before he died. What a Legend of Mankind !
@P.H.888
8 ай бұрын
😅
@borntoclimb7116
5 ай бұрын
Ride a bike on a chimney, some daredevil on KZitem upload a video from a 280 meters tall old chimney and ride a unycicle
@borntoclimb7116
Ай бұрын
Here on yt there is a pretty famous video from a daredevil on a 256 meters tall chimney ride a unycycle on top or balance on the steelbeam on top.
@lex4089
8 ай бұрын
Fred was, and will always be, a legend. A simple guy with poetry in his soul and the constitution of an ox.
@philipdrewry6706
8 ай бұрын
I watched this clip in an episode which was aired in the late 1970’s with my dad. We were both terrified - was scarier than a Hammer Horror film. Total respect to this man. RIP Fred, a true legend.
@Matibeos
8 ай бұрын
This was filmed early 90s
@borntoclimb7116
5 ай бұрын
Yes this is impressive but for a climber, this is Just a ladder, nothing in comparsion to a big rock wall.
@alastairjones7359
Ай бұрын
There was a mountain bike in the footage so not late 70’s..I’m think very early 90’s
@Tafthegutterman59
Ай бұрын
The guy was fearless 😂 imagine someone doing that nowadays 😅 Health and safety executive would have a baby on the spot
@NoRRyRaMpaGe
4 жыл бұрын
Crazy to think that he had no idea one day nearly 2 million people would watch him climb that chimney on the internet
@grizzlygamer8891
3 жыл бұрын
That's nowt compared with how many people have seen him on TV.
@themadplotter
3 жыл бұрын
he hated anything invented after the steam engine so he would think us all wankers.
@v10moped
3 жыл бұрын
not that crazy. You new to KZitem?
@TheGalacticEmperorOfLabels
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but you had no idea it'd be 2.3m a mere 9 months later. I'm making no predictions about future viewings.
@armoris66
3 жыл бұрын
FRED = Tinternet! What the ell's tinternet?!
@hackerkillea
3 жыл бұрын
Tom “why am I doing this” Davies sent me
@Paddy_17301
3 жыл бұрын
Tom “I don’t believe it” Davies
@ribbel8210
3 жыл бұрын
Tom "Get in" Davies
@kaik625
3 жыл бұрын
Tom "are we filming?" Davies
@surfexcel9178
3 жыл бұрын
Tom "Oriental" Davies
@Nick-nh4nf
3 жыл бұрын
lol
@mareklew5108
8 ай бұрын
My second job after school was as a trainee steeple jack ,(43 or so years ago) I still remember the effort in laddering a chimney ..... no lightweight aluminium , just heavy strengthened timber about 8' long and 2 1/2 - 3 foot wide , weighed a blood tonne .... lost all my skin from both shoulders lugging these up one at a time to hand over to my foreman who incidentally was also called Fred ,who to help me out passed me his flat cap to put onder my jacket to cushion the ladder ( there was a strengthening wire under each wrung which caused all the skin loss ) great camaraderie amongst all the guys , fearless and hardworking just like Mr Dibnah
@inhaletimetimeinhale2519
2 ай бұрын
fucking stupid if you ask me, why not have padding? little bitch
@TheEudaemonicPlague
2 ай бұрын
My father always kept his ladders outside...brilliant. Yeah, they eventually broke. I don't recall wire ever being used for that purpose....it was a good bit thicker than wire, it was solid rods of steel, and the better ladders had that run through a groove, which protected them a bit. I'm happy with my aluminum ladder, though it's much too heavy for me anymore--bad back. I need to get a fiberglass ladder. When I was in my teens and early twenties, I used to climb buildings for fun. Once, me and some friends snuck into the football stadium--I climbed a lighting tower. Another time, we found an iron ladder on the outside of a university building, with pavement below and no cage. We climbed it to the roof five or so stories up, but found a door and the stairs to go back, because we weren't quite stupid enough to take further chances. I like watching Fred...even at my boldest, I wasn't nearly so confident.
@mareklew5108
2 ай бұрын
@@TheEudaemonicPlague You know it probably was steel rods.... many years ago and the memory fades
@davidrobertson5700
8 ай бұрын
Thank you Fred, we all still love you from the whole Nation. Lots of love from Great Britain 🇬🇧
@dennisn1672
2 жыл бұрын
Climbing that chimney is one thing. Putting up all those ladders with only one helper on the ground is just mind boggling especially on those overhangs. Fred was definitely one a kind.
@Oscuros
Жыл бұрын
There were lots of Steeplejacks back then, you used to hear about them, see them, sometimes read about them dying from falling off, but they didn't have a camera crew with them. The other thing that made him more interesting than other Steeplejacks was his interest in steam and in restoring engines, which gave him a good career also on TV presenting those as well. kzitem.info/news/bejne/uq6enWyaon1igJg
@PreservationEnthusiast
Жыл бұрын
There were plenty of good Steeplejacks around. In fact Fred Dibnah was thrown out of the Steeplejacks and lightning conductor installers Federation for bringing the industry into disrepute. He was also cited by HSE for various failed demolitions and buildings left in dangerous condition. What you see of Fred is glamourised by TV but some of the things he got up to were terrible examples of working methods.
@borntoclimb7116
Жыл бұрын
@@Oscuros lots of peoples died and no one cares because is no camera
@dasgill4761
Жыл бұрын
@@PreservationEnthusiast got any evidence for these claims of bad workmanship or just more KZitem slander?
@dasgill4761
Жыл бұрын
@@PreservationEnthusiast thank you for the correction - libel/slander/defamation - whatever you want to call it. The point is that there are too many of these comments on KZitem (and social media in general) without evidence. When you say ‘look it up on the net’ you immediately lose credibility and become a troll. I have looked and cannot find any of the aforementioned. Maybe you can enlighten us?
@changyUK
7 жыл бұрын
Let's be honest, how many of you were like me and actually felt nervous just watching this legend? I was okay at ladders and heights when younger but nothing like this and that overhang...are you kidding me? A truly remarkable man, one of a kind! RIP Fred.
@michaelkiddle3149
6 жыл бұрын
Dave Raybould Made me feel sick especially the overhangs
@davidmg1925
6 жыл бұрын
Dave, for some people heights just dont affect them. I have a few friends like that. Yeah great man but he didn't treat his woman friends very well.
@adrinathegreat3095
6 жыл бұрын
David Farmer Exactly, if you have no fear of heights all you are doing is climbing up a fixed ladder. Hardly comparable to rock climbing, my neighbour is a roofer still working at 72 years old climbing up on people's roofs and the occasional church spire to do repair work. And yes he didn't treat his wives very well, he'd not really have wanted to be born in the mid Victorian age as all this was new stuff then, and being an uneducated man he'd have been working 18hr days and no time for hobbies, tin bath after work then off to bed, dead at 45 years old, and if he did have kids half of them would have died in infancy. Good times
@Big-Show1
5 жыл бұрын
Made my legs tingle
@dirkbruere
5 жыл бұрын
No hard hat, no safety harness...
@DrCrabfingers
20 күн бұрын
Sweat pouring out of my palms, and my legs have gone watching this. That man......if this was all he did, he would be a legend, but he did way way more.......a huge knowledge of engineering, master draughtsman, historian, contructed a working coalmine in his back garden, traction engine renovator....and tv presenter. He must have been incredibly fit....his core strength is phenomenal. All those years of working with sooty bricks, oil, grease and coal dust did for him....for Fred, eating a sandwich with black coal dust hands was normal. Health and Safety was unheard of....and it cost him his life through bladder cancer. A really extraordinary life. Had this series of tv programmes not bought him to a wider audience, his extraordinary life and knowledge may never have been appreciated by anyone outside Bolton. His love of Industrial Britain and his fearlessness help to define why Britain became the global hub it was....a truly extraordinary man.
@UsmanBEYofficial
Жыл бұрын
I got weak as f### in the knees watching this and im actually sat down too 🤣 Fred Dibnah was just made of something else 🔥💯👏
@shadow-Sun
6 жыл бұрын
That man is a LEGEND I remember watching his programme when I was a kid , I am north of 50 now myself . Fred Dibnah represents all that was good about Britain, his character , hard work ethic , easy going presenting style , love of British engineering heritage, a genuine genuine guy and someone the country could be proud of ...he was not rare back in the day many Brits were like him ...sadly all gone now replaced by "reality" stars like Jordan ,Those Towie idiots, and Geordie Shore nobodys Kim Kardashian the list is endless ...how things have changed for the worse in my opinion in television land and the world in general..
@tomkelly8427
5 жыл бұрын
Shad ow could not have said it better myself.. Kim k is famous for having a fat arse. The world is going to shit started in America first now its in Europe and I'm not for being racist its all ethnic groups won't fame for fuck all. These skills Fred had were real. Topman. ..
@peterah7957
5 жыл бұрын
These archives are brilliant... I don't watch any TV anymore
@benthompson8126
5 жыл бұрын
So right! 😕
@jakesarms8996
5 жыл бұрын
That man's DNA needs to be saved. Unbelievable !
@Durgesuth
5 жыл бұрын
I wish this guy was with us today..... such a real craftsman. . He had so much knowledge and skills ... not many born like that
@denis9450
3 жыл бұрын
Fred was a true legend don't forget he had to put those ladders up there then remove them when he was finished biggest set of balls in the UK God rest his soul.
@featherbrain7147
2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking through the video, "someone had a worse job putting the ladders there in the first place". That would probably be even more hair-raising to watch.
@DoobiusPiff
2 жыл бұрын
@@featherbrain7147 go watch fred put the ladders up he has videos of it too its intense as fuck and obviously fred just cool as a cucumber lol
@do5e
2 жыл бұрын
Fred Dibnah laddering a chimney (Part 1): kzitem.info/news/bejne/p2ZqynuBapGojHY
@NorthTexasEagle1989
2 жыл бұрын
That's why he wasn't scared, God gave him them giant bouncy clackers just in case he fell.
@geneticdisorder1900
2 жыл бұрын
An old guy carpenter showed me a picture where he was working on a church steeple, around 110’ high. He had ladders set up sorta like Fred did, only difference, they were all old WOOD extension ones tied together with hemp ropes. Old construction workers had balls of steel, yet on the other hand, had to do what they had to, to get the job done. No JLG boom lifts back in the 1920’s.
@beamer.electronics
Жыл бұрын
Remarkable. On the surface, Fred was a jolly and easy-going chap but underneath he was a superbly skilled calculating machine: He instinctively knew the right weather, wind conditions and personal health. He completely put aside any what-ifs and maybes. Fred also fine-tuned his confidence. He probably had a certain level of fear - it kept him alive, and he knew that above a certain height (maybe 30 feet), a fall would kill anyway. Personally, I get shaky standing on a triple ladder!
@tricky778
8 ай бұрын
As Terry Pratchett pointed out in one of his discworld novels, there's no point being afraid of heights, be afraid of the ground because it's the ground that kills you.
@beamer.electronics
8 ай бұрын
@@tricky778 A commercial pilot I once knew said the same, but in a slightly different way: "I like flying as high as possible - it provides the time for me to think of a solution to an issue!"
@dusannestorovic5699
6 ай бұрын
I've never climbed this high up, but I work in deadly heights daily and you sort of get used to it after a while You still feel uneasy but it stops bothering and hindering you and you just focus on getting the job done
@honeydaler
11 күн бұрын
2 pairs of socks and im shakey
@alexwalker9649
10 ай бұрын
Whenever I’m feeling low about working from home, I watch this. This man had the biggest balls in the UK. No safety lines or equipment, just experience. Just confidence in what he was doing. Just watching this is a work out.
@phreak761
5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget he was the one who actually put those ladders up in the first place, climbing up them is a breeze for old Fred even in his 50's.
@nchcroy3877
5 жыл бұрын
@@Codzilla71 he's not talking to himself ..he's talking for the camera and documentary.
@adamturner2836
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's crazy seeing him actually ladder the stacks using each section to add the next, shifty as fuck but he loved it. And guys honestly no matter how used to it you get now and again chatting to yourself does was the fact your kissing death in the face. I've been on big buildings a roofer etc and yeah it gets to you at times even after doing it years
@canadianman000
4 жыл бұрын
@@adamturner2836 I worked with a bricklayer in his late 60s for about 6 years. Old school fella. We don't have any stacks around here but I've been up the side of a few tall buildings. That chatter distracts you from thinking about the risk, while your'e talking about what your'e doing your are inadvertently also paying better attention.
@dickJohnsonpeter
4 жыл бұрын
@@adamturner2836 Since the bottom ladder has to hold the weight of all the subsequent ladders on top of it, I wonder if he ever figured the limit of height he can ladder. I would think it would be limited by the weight the bottom ladder can hold. I know they are also pegged to the building and that takes some weight off but not much. He's lucky none of his pegs ever came out. He knew how and where to hammer them in, but still, you can never 100% guarantee the stone will hold all your pegs, especially that ladder that angled upside-down!
@tomtalk24
4 жыл бұрын
@@Codzilla71 Him talking to himself is being Northern lol. And probably a few jars. You don't get nerves when you've been doing it since a kid, you get balls.
@bertramlefarge69
3 жыл бұрын
Fred was well prepared for this monumental task.....a ploughman's lunch, a couple of pints and half a dozen woodbines!
@Bartooc
3 жыл бұрын
And a flat cap.
@saintnick7
Жыл бұрын
Absolute respect for this man, he was a master at his trade and to watch him scale those chimneys is just awe inspiring. A true legend
@maxbowie6074
8 ай бұрын
I cannot express how much admiration I have for this man. Utterly fearless. When he said "They reckon some of the stones up here weigh 5 tonnes", he means people on the ground referring to the size of his balls. Just extraordinary bravery, strength and skill. Don't be fooled by the carefree demeanour....you didn't survive in that trade unless you knew *exactly* what you were doing, and he clearly did. A master steeplejack for the ages. 🙏🤜👌
@user-gj8rt5gw2j
7 ай бұрын
Blimey, he put a Union flag up there, you couldn't do that now, the police would arrest you.
@dylanklebald8123
7 ай бұрын
I like the bit a about the buzzard. As if he is on about some girls husband. Like he has fought him before. Makes me laugh that.
@DjPrimeberry
2 жыл бұрын
I come back here frequently, when life is complete shit… I take inspiration where this man faces his world face on! Rip Fred!
@valuetraveler2026
Жыл бұрын
Yeh. With this level of determination and trained skill all of us can surmount whatever challenges we have
@gutrench9489
Жыл бұрын
Me too
@sunnyjim1355
Жыл бұрын
Me too.
@bigpete111100
4 жыл бұрын
My dad is in the same mould as Fred, luckily he's still with us, he's 80 now and has gone blind but I could sit listening to his tails and his wisdom all day long. I realise he may not be around much longer, but while he is alive I'm gonna cherish every moment with him
@michaelwhittaker5432
3 жыл бұрын
make sure u tell him you love him and give him a big hug , it may embarrass him but he will be more thankful than you can ever know
@ridgebackdk
3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelwhittaker5432 as peter will be too.... lucky are we who were rasied by strong men
@Systematicsphere
3 жыл бұрын
Tails?
@bigpete111100
3 жыл бұрын
Tales*
@richardhammer187
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds great, hoping you'll have many more years with him, 80s the new 60 these days!
@johnlally5296
9 ай бұрын
He's got to be one of the bravest nicest fellas you'd ever meet its great to have this footage of him he was a great teacher of history.
@borntoclimb7116
Ай бұрын
Yes sure here in the uk but in lot of 3rd world countries, literally million of peoples work like fred even in 2024 or doing more dangerous work, no surprise a few thousands of fatal accidents happening per year and nowadays there is gore footage on reddit and another web sites.
@tangerinedreamer50
11 ай бұрын
This man should have a gold statue made of him he's a national treasure. There will never be another one.
@salamalkebab8377
9 ай бұрын
He does actually have a statue in Bolton. Not made out of gold, but still...
@TheEugeep
8 ай бұрын
There wasn’t enough gold in the reserve to recreate those massive balls
@Warriorpoet79
7 ай бұрын
@@TheEugeepfacts!
@frazzledazzle2091
5 жыл бұрын
"..one mistake it's definitely half a day out with the undertaker.." classic!
@phil2003ashleigh
4 жыл бұрын
FraZzLe DaZzLe was a wonderful guy. Remember a story when he done an after dinner talk to dentists. He was offered all his dental work perpetually or £200. £200 quid Please he replied, that will buy me new pliers and I could use em for work too ! Absolute genius and a gentleman. Also I swear to god he had a part time job strangling gorillas: his hands were enormous and trust me he was an extremely mild mannered man, but utterly fearless. Miss him x RIP steeplejack Dibnah x
@halbebek221
4 жыл бұрын
I was gonna say I bet his grip is next level. You wouldn't want a Chinese burn off Fred he'd tear ya skin off n crush ya bones!
@malcolmabram2957
4 жыл бұрын
I was gobsmacked watching this. However as an ex-rock climber he could have had running ropes along the ladder to which he could have attached himself using a prusik knot and a harness. It would have arrested a fall. Even so, no way could I do what he did.
@dickyyrrep1383
3 жыл бұрын
The man is a Legend, totally fearless and remember he did this to earn a living for his family before the film cameras came. It makes me anxious just watching. Fred you have my eternal respect. RIP
@maruyama2076
2 жыл бұрын
It was a terrible shame he fell to his death
@FlamesOfThought
2 жыл бұрын
My balls wanna hide just watching! They're like, you're on your own mate, we're both off
@teemuleppa3347
2 жыл бұрын
@@maruyama2076 he died of cancer
@maruyama2076
2 жыл бұрын
@@teemuleppa3347 Whilst falling?
@Hetr0
Жыл бұрын
Oh how times have changed Fred, you certainly had the best of it. Jack of all trades and master of all of them. RIP lad, thy's cemented your legacy with style and true grit.
@user-pc4ow1mj9t
6 ай бұрын
This man had balls of steel, you'll always be remembered Fred rest easy ❤
@j0hnf_uk
3 жыл бұрын
Reaches the top and quips, 'you could ride a bike round here.' One in a million.
@NigelWassell
6 ай бұрын
One in 56.31 million. An incredible man.
@CarterTristan
3 жыл бұрын
No harness, no gloves, jack boots, terrifying overhangs and totally exposed... Fred had pure guts and amazing confidence... a lot of kudos is given to free climbers who don’t use ropes a dozen or so times in their careers... Fred didn’t use ropes for decades!
@craigbutler6243
8 ай бұрын
If we built that chimney today it would cost tens of millions! Fred was & still is a national treasure...
@wynwilliams911
5 ай бұрын
in todays money that would be £2,041,015 and it would like cost a lot more than that nowadays :)
@borntoclimb7116
5 ай бұрын
Today we have 200, 250 and 300 meters tall chimneys.
@wynwilliams911
5 ай бұрын
@@borntoclimb7116 Well the tallest in the UK is 259 m the one he is climbing is around 91m tall, different materials of course and shape etc and not as good looking :) but yeah likely not costing tens of millions
@borntoclimb7116
5 ай бұрын
@@wynwilliams911 but tall chimney are expensive, in Germany we have a Lot of 200 and 250 meters tall ones, some are 275 and more than 300 meters tall
@wynwilliams911
5 ай бұрын
@@borntoclimb7116 Yes, they are expensive to build and would no doubt be very expensive to recreate the chimney he was climbing, but we have much different materials now and they do not cost tens of millions AFAIK
@GypsyHunter232UK
Жыл бұрын
Fred was the epitome of a real true English man who was a true master of his craft and a real down to earth gentle man who can never be betterd. One in 10 billion. Cannot be replaced or forgotten ever. REST IN PEACE FRED OLD FRIEND. I REMEMBER U FROM OUR MEET AT UR HOUSE LOOKING AT UR LATEST STEAM PROJECT ..
@alphaandomegaministry2718
2 жыл бұрын
The most skilled and confident person climbing buildings I ever did see. Every single movement unharnessed on those exposed heights there is the chance for a fatal error to occur. Death is staring him in the face. But Fred just stares back and gets on with it - doing commentary, coughing, doing exercises, whistling a tune, analysing the architecture. His courage and skill are off the scale.
@JustAGuy85
2 жыл бұрын
It's weird. My dad is like this with heights. I am not at all comfortable with them lol. He used to work on smokestacks. He'd climb to the top of some trees at home just to show us he could. Like... I dunno. As much as we do share genetically, I didn't get any of that.
@JustAGuy85
2 жыл бұрын
I do remember they had us climb a 30 foot ladder to clean silo filters once at a factory around 10 years ago. That was the first time I ever even climbed that high. The ladder was built onto it and completely sturdy and stable but it was straight up. I had never climbed that high nor a ladder that went straight up. I found out halfway up that I was using my arms instead of my legs lol.. but I changed my "style" and finished it and didn't tell anyone. A thunderstorm came while we were inside of it. Factory workers are dumb for the most part. "Here's the safest place you could be." Yeah, sure, inside of a metal silo during a massive thunderstorm. I didn't go back the next day. Was working 7 days a week/12 hours a day anyways. Screw that. For 2 months I was told it was just temporary. For 2 months I did 12 hours a day/7 days a week. Seriously... screw that. I feel bad for the guys that think some job like that is all they can do. Don't waste your life.
@RedPillRachel
2 жыл бұрын
@@JustAGuy85 you soft git, they were telling you the truth, you were safe in that metal silo during the thunderstorm, I promise! Any lightning striking the silo would be dissisipated around you and straight to ground, nobody inside the container gets shocked. This is why lightning strikes vehicles including planes without killing the occupants. Cheer up x
@JustAGuy85
2 жыл бұрын
@@RedPillRachel We were sitting on metal. Would say more, but you're a chick, anyways.
@notmodeling8070
2 жыл бұрын
Your just jealous mate real jealous he had to turn work down all the time ,i bet your that guy that needs a full harness two,safety lines JEALOUS
@Jonbombs
5 жыл бұрын
_Some of the stones at the top weigh as much as 5 tonnes each_ 2 stones in particular Fred
@pauloconnor7951
4 жыл бұрын
@@countdublevay7327 Western civilisation is a good idea . Ghandi.
@malcolmcanning548
4 жыл бұрын
5 ton who put them there ..
@dickJohnsonpeter
4 жыл бұрын
@@pauloconnor7951 They have to go back - Gandhi
@craigfulton3316
4 жыл бұрын
Your not kidding mate sold iron he was a excellent man
@samuelwoods164
4 жыл бұрын
@@malcolmcanning548 the builders.... but I think you're missing the joke, by stones he was referring to the guys testicles, he was saying the guy had huge balls to climb up there like that. If you didn't get that joke then I guess you have been R/Whooshed
@Resenbrink
Жыл бұрын
Thank goodness they filmed this. Just brilliant.
@onchnc3546
10 ай бұрын
Fred an absolute legend. Amazing skill and strength to do his job. What a character. Sorely missed
@haha-jx5ui
6 жыл бұрын
there you go hollywood?? no special effects there ....spiderman in a flat cap
@richardsandwell2285
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, all their special effects look tame compared to that.
@theoldoakvideos
5 жыл бұрын
and probably had 6 pints
@williamwallace2278
5 жыл бұрын
🤣😂😅😆
@millsbomb007
4 жыл бұрын
@@theoldoakvideos at the top, and slid down the ladders no doubt. What a legend
@fafski1199
4 жыл бұрын
@@theoldoakvideos He always said he often downed a couple of pints, before climbing one
@711honved
7 жыл бұрын
Nerves of steel! A remarkable man from an era long gone.
@garyabbot4659
6 жыл бұрын
711honved people still climb shit
@Buildbeautiful
6 жыл бұрын
gary abbot how many people over 50 climb like Fred that you know.?real men like Fred are a dying breed these days.
@garyabbot4659
6 жыл бұрын
Anthony Redmond its not a common job. hundreds of kids climb stupid shit. climbing doesnt make someone a man. how simple are you.
@kelletman
6 жыл бұрын
Maybe not, but balls are few and far between in this none gender world where people call themselves what they want, then ask the rest of us to believe it.
@omararenas622
6 жыл бұрын
Nerves of steel....... more like BALLS OF STEEL
@peetduplessis7401
Жыл бұрын
I am a South African, and became aware of Fred during the lockdown. I watched every series that he had a part in. How i whished i could have met him. If somebody wants to have a go at the English it is prudent to keep in mind that this type of tenacity is sprinkled throughout the pale tea-drinkers🤔
@zimmer651
Жыл бұрын
I never tire of watching Fred Dibnah. There will certainly never be another man like him. He was unassuming, really clever, balls of steel, and an ultimate grafter. I mean honestly, even if you could get anyone to climb one of them chimneys, how many of them would knock a chimney down brick by brick. He was awesome.
@slyteen2197
2 жыл бұрын
Balls of steel. He's the type of man who made Britain great. God bless his soul.
@Paul-D
3 ай бұрын
And the country was FULL of his type at one point....
@carmenpower1869
9 жыл бұрын
"you can ride a bike around here" (300 foot up), only Fred would say that. An amazing man.
@TONE11111
6 жыл бұрын
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@dalehipkins6317
6 жыл бұрын
Carmen Power of
@bobforton3722
6 жыл бұрын
He'd probably carry one up on his back and do it!
@damienbrown6764
Жыл бұрын
The skill of Fred is incredible 300 feet up and not phased at all no rope no harness nothing but his bravery some man rip legend
@Johnsull1965ish
9 ай бұрын
Went to see this chimney on Saturday after visiting Fred's Grave, House and his Mothers House to see the chimney he had built there, while on a wee tour of Wales, Scotland and England for a week. I would have very much loved to have met and spoken to the man when he was still alive, but alas. I still had a few words at the grave side. Came across him first on the tv a good twenty odd years ago, and enjoyed all the series of programmes he was involved in, an extremely knowledgeable guy and so interesting to listne to plus his delivery was second to none. I returned home to Ireland after my visit to some of the places he had been, and was very happy I had done so.
@jfro5867
9 ай бұрын
That sounds like a wonderful trip and I absolutely understand why you took the time & trouble to do it. Fred was a Legend, of that there is no doubt.
@Johnsull1965ish
9 ай бұрын
@jfro5867 Absolutely, thoroughly enjoyed my week, and already planning the next one.
@aminoto-3
2 жыл бұрын
That’s one hell of a climb with cold hands and no safety lines, those 5ft overhangs are crazy..Fred was one hell of a man though, tough as nails and a multi talented, proper grafter.. what a legend.
@marclaw4511
9 жыл бұрын
Makes your heart skip a beat.The man was a legend who worked hard and treated this as the norm.He is a credit to this Country.
@enrobhcit
6 жыл бұрын
Marc could not have put it better myself
@Giskard1000
6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree
@beachlife2968
6 жыл бұрын
How is he staying attached to the ladder on the overhang 4:18 surely gravity would try and bring your legs back vertical. The camera shows how high he is but even then i dont think it does it justice. If you had a camera looking directly down from the top that would really make people shit themselves.
@saddlebrew1634
6 жыл бұрын
beach life my hands and feet were sweating watching this
@beachlife2968
6 жыл бұрын
Ha-ha that overhang is something. His hands are just casually on the outer ladder, my hands would be gripped tightly on each rung with a harness on lol. Getting back on the overhang to come back down would be even worse as you have to come down backwards.
@rosetinteddays2605
Жыл бұрын
Fred is an absolute one of a kind, they don’t have his type anymore! I say this with absolute respect to the man!
@adammassacre1981
Жыл бұрын
Never get bored of watching Fred what a wonderful man he was. R.I.P Mr Dibnah
@brianpoole4369
3 жыл бұрын
They were all Fred's own ladders...he chiselled holes in the chimney, and secured all the ladders with rope...an amazing feat in itself....all done by himself!!....a true unpretentious northerner...you know...the type that forged an empire!...
@GSXRI300
3 жыл бұрын
naw he was sat in his £2million trailer drinking tea whilst a crew where putting up the rigging, bit like bear grills
@cloejarozenski5109
3 жыл бұрын
Olliedog Travels lol are you a moron? There’s numerous videos of himself putting up the rigging
@jacksonemory4358
3 жыл бұрын
Nonsense man! The likes of George Osborne and his ilk that can hold 7 jobs AND their lucrative rewards are the type that can "FORGE" an empire . With the stroke of a pen . (Anyone see what I did there?)
@GSXRI300
3 жыл бұрын
@@cloejarozenski5109 Close you nob its call a joke FD is a distance relly of mine so put that in your mix
@beeble2003
3 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't trust your life to somebody else's ladder, 300ft up a chimney.
@mudpluggerdisco7853
3 жыл бұрын
Hats off to the late Fred dibnah... nerves of steel....my arse was twitching like a bunny rabbits nose just watching him....👍
@sarahcox9284
3 жыл бұрын
Mudplugger,I love your comment,so funny yet very real,gave me a good laugh.
@garykenyon905
3 жыл бұрын
@@sarahcox9284 thank You sarah.. he was boltons finest...followed him from his very early days on tv...must visit his house one day...and oh..are you boltons very own sara cox...lol..x
@bouncerbloke1
3 жыл бұрын
😂 😂 great comment mudplugger
@stephanguitar9778
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, I was getting vertigo just watching it on a laptop.
@SkandalouzStyle
Жыл бұрын
My hands are leaking just watching Fred climb those ladders! 💯
@frankbrooker6569
4 жыл бұрын
At 3.50min shaking the lactic acid from his arms n shoulders then waving to his Mrs n kid whilst dropping the union jack out..legend
@ProFettMoHaMett
4 жыл бұрын
3:50
@christophestuyvaert8181
4 жыл бұрын
No it's against cold fingertips
@frankbrooker6569
4 жыл бұрын
@@christophestuyvaert8181 doubt it's cold fingers with all that blood pumping but possibly. .he would definitely have lactic acid with his arms above his head as pulling up climbing.
@ShadSimm
4 жыл бұрын
At ‘arry ‘oldens ledge...
@najaneda
3 жыл бұрын
You can clearly hear him say his fingers are cold.
@crumplezone1
7 жыл бұрын
I have a handful of hero`s and Fred is right up there , Jack if your reading these comments,your dad was a special and a well loved man
@jsj297
6 жыл бұрын
Jeff Jones he was not! He molested me repeatedly! And I'm a boy, and there's only one hole he was interested in.
@damo0666
6 жыл бұрын
Shut up you idiot, what a load of nonsense
@graemeskillen9262
6 жыл бұрын
Damo Don't you mean Nonce-sense
@damo0666
6 жыл бұрын
graeme skillen No I mean BULLSHIT
@damo0666
6 жыл бұрын
jsj297 and where's your evidence? you can't make accusations like that with no evidence
@RamblinAround
Жыл бұрын
What an impressive human being Fred was. Tough as nails.
@Harbaksh1234
Жыл бұрын
Mr Dibnah! Thank you Fred, for making this world so much more interesting! ❤
@frankfisher99
3 жыл бұрын
I met Fred once, he was lost looking for a feller with some bits for his Landie in Lymm, Cheshire. We dragged him into our office for a brew and were thoroughly star struck, this would have been in about 1994. He immediately set about chatting up the prettiest girl in the office....
@sukottora
3 жыл бұрын
That landy of his is still on the go.
@steeveedee8478
3 жыл бұрын
@@sukottora Think his daughter has it now.
@grantshenton7079
3 жыл бұрын
His missus was a lot younger than him as well , he obviously kept her “well serviced “😀
@JohnSmith-nm8jz
3 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't have been looking for the guy who used to have a load of knackered old Landies behind Parry's Garage on Rushgreen Road, would he?
@DaimlerSleeveValve
3 жыл бұрын
The Landy was his payment for the first documentary they did about him.
@kingdom777866
4 жыл бұрын
I’m a retired painter been on ladders over 50yrs, I could walk up a ladder with paint In one hand, and brush in the other without holding on.. I thought I was a cocky bastad until I seen Fred on TV, I never missed an episode and I remember seeing this one it’s never left my mind because of those two overhangs.. your body weight feels 3 times as heavy on that ladder going up that angle !! Fred was a master tradesmen, he could do anything... there’s none like him. RIP Fred ..
@leatherworkstation
3 жыл бұрын
I used to work in a warehouse, and I was shitting it carrying a Dyson down from 30 foot up with one hand holding on, Christ knows how he taught his brain to tolerate this. Fred is an absolute legend, remember watching these with my Nan back in the day.
@PreservationEnthusiast
3 жыл бұрын
Fred was thrown out of the Steeplejacks federation for bringing the industry into disrepute. As for boasting of climbing ladders with no hands, you are irresponsible.
@thedonmakaveli7546
3 жыл бұрын
@@PreservationEnthusiast get a life
@PreservationEnthusiast
3 жыл бұрын
@@thedonmakaveli7546 Everything I post is true. Are you afraid of that. Do you thrive on misinformation?
@thedonmakaveli7546
3 жыл бұрын
@@PreservationEnthusiast no I don’t like people who are fantasists and overcome with jealousy and try to rubbish a great mans achievements! You need to get rid of your Demons and be more positive your are coming across as a complete tosser!
@limeyosu2000
Жыл бұрын
Love Fred I’m proud to be British because of him!
@landofnirvana1184
Жыл бұрын
Just watching Fred climb it is in itself incredible. The fact he attached all those ladders is yet more impressive. Even more impressive is the fact the chimney was built to that size and scale in the 19th century in the first place. Human engineering and grey matter amongst these phenomenal men is astonishing
@tricky778
8 ай бұрын
Less impressive when you realise how cheap life was back then.
@MichaelGallagher97
8 ай бұрын
Pretty easy to build shit when you don't have to worry about paying people to do the work or worry if they die
@tricky778
8 ай бұрын
@@MichaelGallagher97 they did have to worry about the bricks, mortar, and reputation lost for failure if there's a partial collapse. Loss of those things is expensive.
@samb2945
5 жыл бұрын
Made my testicles retract up into my armpits just watching this.
@markgreen9623
4 жыл бұрын
Me too
@m2db772
4 жыл бұрын
@C Stew its even worst when you think how he got them ladders up too !
@ronchabale
4 жыл бұрын
Me too
@Bart-Did-it
4 жыл бұрын
That’s a shame you will grow into a man one day look down and go koowl ballz In armpits that was a shock I’d say can I have a go .
@ChrisAndCats
4 жыл бұрын
😅
@jay71512
5 жыл бұрын
Im a yorkshireman but have no shame in saying its true lancashire grit like this that made our country great! Too few of these northern nutcases left in our world these days! I hope freds family are doing well!
@paullynass4848
5 жыл бұрын
Great Britain was named great because of the land mass..Ireland was known as little britain
@paullynass4848
5 жыл бұрын
@Marc Phelan The Greco-Egyptian scientist Ptolemy referred to the larger island as great Britain (μεγάλη Βρεττανία megale Brettania) and to Ireland as little Britain (μικρὰ Βρεττανία mikra Brettania) in his work Almagest (147-148 AD).
@bruceedmonds5450
4 жыл бұрын
@Marc Phelan Hate to break it to you, but Ireland was called Little Britain many a moon ago
@astudentofhistory6520
4 жыл бұрын
@Moonshine Buck Brit bong istan.. Bolton isn't even 50% white I dare to suggest now
@bojojojo913
4 жыл бұрын
@@paullynass4848 where did that come from?
@walterkersting6238
Жыл бұрын
People like Fred Dibnah, if you can find one like him, make up the best part of England.
@Chris-nf3sg
2 жыл бұрын
The days before health and safety, this guy is fearless. I'm struggling to watch. Legend and such an intelligent man.
@DeeperWithDiego
2 жыл бұрын
There was always health and safety. It's called "Yeah, I'll do it".
@ambivalentonion2620
2 жыл бұрын
The health and safety at work act was in place back then, still the main piece of legislation governing health and safety, he's doing it himself and would still be legal today
@manfsntkane3000
Жыл бұрын
The “Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802” was the first Health and Safety legislation to be passed by parliament
@andrewhggj3695
Жыл бұрын
> struggling to watch ASMR for your skeleton isn't for everyone...
@stuartfury3390
Жыл бұрын
There was always health and safety. People just outsourced it to the government in modern times and now have no agency.
@Primal_Primat3
3 жыл бұрын
Climbing those ladders is mad enough, never mind the fact he actually put them up in the first place......
@breakit46
3 жыл бұрын
No safety line, no harness, no hard hat, but huge Balls.
@DanceySteveYNWA
3 жыл бұрын
Gives you a better respect for the people who built it in the first place
@Peter-hw6tk
3 жыл бұрын
Theres a good video of him showing how he ladders a chimney
@Peter-hw6tk
3 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/p2ZqynuBapGojHY
@Thecrazyvaclav
3 жыл бұрын
breakit46 check out John Noakes and Nelsons column, similar thing but filmed for a kids program he was a presenter of
@davidprobert168
Жыл бұрын
Fred this man is was back bone of English manpower and the brain of a engineer to be proud of RIP Fred 💙☀️🙏🏻
@markfoley5595
Жыл бұрын
The guy's an absolute legend - Absolutely amazing.
@garyhubbard1973
8 жыл бұрын
This is the sort of thing that keeps you sitting on the edge of the chair, Not tv soaps, that mans courage is 10 times taller than that tower,what a fella..r.i.p.dear,fred.
@dougdowling6931
6 жыл бұрын
Drone adventures h Gazsx
@richardsandwell2285
5 жыл бұрын
Yes so much better than the grotty soaps which are just degenerating society, not to mention the dire shit they put on TV during Saturday evenings, so glad I no longer own a TV.
@johnturner1073
3 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine the 'modern' BBC commissioning a series on a Fred Dibnah now? Wrong boxes old boy...
@andyguy0610
3 жыл бұрын
Sends my Vertigo into overdrive every time I watch this! In His 50's, smoked, enjoyed a pint and can do a 300ft vertical ladder climb with 2 5ft overhangs to negotiate, balls of steel!!! Max respect to a real man, sadly missed, not many like him left now
@grantodamax
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if he had his ladders specially built for him. As to support the weight of his balls
@legion999
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah because they all died in workplace accidents due to lack H&S regulations
@neilbillybob3065
6 жыл бұрын
Fred was English Culture he was a reminder of old england. our culture is being lost on daily basis we should cherish this man l.
@alexhayden2303
5 жыл бұрын
DEMOCRACY is a system, whereby 51% tell 49% where to GO! The Truth about DEMOCRACY: Capital City, LONDON, is now less than 45% WHITE BRITISH! Groups with a coherent identity; primarily Muslim, will follow the edicts of their IMAMS, however that conflicts with the Host Cultural Identity. As Demographics cause them to become dominant, the Indigenous population will become Annihilated.
@9carcottrell246
5 жыл бұрын
Neil Billy bob no sir my grandfather was danish
@berniebasset9465
5 жыл бұрын
What culture?
@berniebasset9465
5 жыл бұрын
@@alexhayden2303 Utter bullshit. How the fuck do you shoehorn your ignorant racism into a video about an old man climbing a chimney? Hackney has one of the largest immigrant populations in the UK. It's still over 50% Caucasian. I'm guessing you've never even visited London.
@alexhayden2303
5 жыл бұрын
@@berniebasset9465 How far has Britain gone down the Drain? VICTORIA LINE 50 years! Look carefully at the London crowds: Constructing the VICTORIA LINE British material, British labour and Brains. An extraordinary project. Above and below, no more than 6 total, non white Europeans to be seen. 30 years later, I, a London WASP on a North London bus, was in a Minority! kzitem.info/news/bejne/qK2IuIeAmKmlfJw
@stevehiggins1263
3 жыл бұрын
The thought of having to step off the edge to climb back down... Holy shit I would be crying and having a panic attack at absolute minimum if I was up there. Fred is an absolute boss.
@royalhero4608
3 жыл бұрын
They'd have to pick me up in a helicopter, I'd be paralysed up there
@BILLZ62
2 жыл бұрын
@@royalhero4608 😂
@abitdazed
2 жыл бұрын
@@royalhero4608 There'd be no need, my heart wouldn't have lasted
@davidpreneta3805
2 жыл бұрын
Especially climbing down at a backward angle. There is no way in hell I could even imagine having to do that. Yes, I understand he's been doing this for a long time...but one slip up and that's it. Truly amazing man...
@Willsey
2 жыл бұрын
I have done some rock climbing but watching this is terrifying.
@danmcbmusic
7 ай бұрын
How on earth did he get those ladders on the overhangs ... !? The guy was extraordinary.
@Ribbo
3 ай бұрын
There is another video showing him "laddering" a chimney
@Isthatyoudermot
Жыл бұрын
I just discovered these videos today. This man is a legend. The health and safety blokes of today would have a heartache watching Fred work in the air or on the ground. I heard him say in another video that death is possible once you get past the height of the first ladder. I suppose you could say the ever present danger kept him alive. Not just at the top but from the first rung of the first ladder
@MichaelGeorge161
Жыл бұрын
I discovered only a few weeks ago, I like how the algorithm favours his work
@raylp4751
Жыл бұрын
If he fell off the top it would have killed him. The landing at bottom a different matter. I reckon he'd still narrate on the way down. Pointing out dodgy brickwork and the view.
@SJM6791
6 жыл бұрын
Look at how fast and hard the wind is moving that flag. It takes some serious balls to free hand climb a ladder that high under those conditions. This man was truly an amazing human being and an English treasure. Every school child in Western society should be made to watch this man work.
@organbuilder272
5 жыл бұрын
Oh, Really - An English treasure?? Where was England when his machine shop was being knocked down, the machinery, boilers, engines and tools being sold like toys. Where was England when the contents of his house, half of which he built, were auctioned off and scattered like chaff in the wind. Where was England when the demonstration mine pit and mine head machinery were demolished and removed without any trace? England had forgotten all about Fred Dibnah. His time was twice passed in 1890 and in 2018 when all traces of his lifetime works were obliterated from the earth. England didn't care enough to put his estate in trust for preservation. There should have been restraints oon what could be done just as is the practice for "Listed" buildings. There are plenty of "Heritage" sites. The estate could have been in the care of his 2 sons with an oversight committee - just as for other historical places. But no - As is the rule today it is all talk and no action. Nothing, outside of the ill fated efforts of 1 guy, was done to assure that Fred's amazing workshop and traditional tools remained as functional institutions, just as has been done with other places. It didn't have to be restored - it was fully functional in 2004 when he died. All the weeping and wailing about his passing and all he stood for are aligator tears - NO ONE lifted a finger to preserve his heritage - HIS heritage, no some company. His workshop and two steam machines were all rebuilt by him - not to mention every machine tool he owned. - All gone All you stout Englishment had the chance to save it - TWICE - and you did nothing.
@organbuilder272
5 жыл бұрын
+Jimmy Twigg - Thank you. Many people knew Fred that honor should go to them. I only wish I have the honor and privilege of meeting that man. It would have been my first pint and time well spent. As a child I knew a man like him. Too sadly I never knew his worth at that time. Frd was unusual, self taught or not he mastered everything he touched. All too soon was he snatched from this life and so much more he had to give. If I am his champion, no better man could I have chosen.
@MrIrfan12345
5 жыл бұрын
@@organbuilder272 Yes you are spot on those who run this country are a joke.
@johnhili8664
5 жыл бұрын
@@organbuilder272 I agree with you my friend here in Malta it is the same problem we have a lot of very old machinery in our water pumping stations they are being thrown away for scrap when I talked to our cultural minister about it to save them for posterity he told me there is nothing he can do!!!!!!!!!!!! Our countries are being run by a bunch of idiots:-(
@organbuilder272
5 жыл бұрын
@@johnhili8664 @John Hili - There is something you can do - Grab it. Get some people together and buy it at scrap value - Better yet start a public campaign. You have the web to help you. Certainly you are not the only one who feels unhappy about the destruction of historic buildings, machinery, and processes. Historic preservation is important. Dig in, take your cause to the public and it will succeed.
@darrenarnold7759
5 жыл бұрын
Over fifty and doing this. Jesus what a man he was. Bless you Fred you had the courage of a lion sir.
@nov3019892008
5 жыл бұрын
Apparently the last chimney he felled was in 2004, the year he died. Only 66, tragic
@deusvult8251
4 жыл бұрын
Lord Jesus Christ knows you use his name in blasphemous vain babble
@santosakowski9846
Жыл бұрын
It gave me butterflies in my stomach just watching him! An amazing man.
@begudmaximan953
Жыл бұрын
What a guy! Doing that job, and one false hand hold is goodbye. A head for heights, physical stamina, and total faith in your equipment are the only things going for you in this job. Not just a risky business, goes way beyond that! Good on ya Fred. 👊👍🙂
@leoleebirdevallativa8252
6 жыл бұрын
I do scaffold for a living have been for 17 years the highest ive been is 240 feet the limit on scaffold to build is 300 feet....fred is one tough man hats off to u people do not realize how tough it is to climb that high how much strength and energy u need...then u still have to work when u get up there and then climb down when u done...much respect for the great fred hats off to u and a pint in the air for u Fred
@countdublevay7327
5 жыл бұрын
Just another aspect of your white male privledge.
@ferrallderrall6588
5 жыл бұрын
@@countdublevay7327 come again ?what's the problem
@ferrallderrall6588
5 жыл бұрын
@@countdublevay7327 poor fella have you considered working outside the trades, maybe it's just not for you
@countdublevay7327
5 жыл бұрын
i beg your pardon... im an unmarried, mother of four 35yo black female who works in an office with child protective services.
@ferrallderrall6588
5 жыл бұрын
@@countdublevay7327 ok good for you ,were do I sign in for some privileges though?seems to me very little was ever privileged my way ,pretty much worked for my keep,so I still don't get your sentiment exept for it's your imagination
@alexweatherburn4390
3 жыл бұрын
My legs were trembling just watching this, Fred is a guy of the ‘old school’ with no fear at all and doesn’t even bother with a hard hat! Someone once asked me what would I want to paint a 100 foot chimney? I told him ‘a 100 foot brush’.
@DJShadesUK
3 жыл бұрын
"Someone once asked me what would I want to paint a 100 foot chimney? I told him ‘a 100 foot brush’." Thank you, that gave me a proper chuckle.
@vordman
3 жыл бұрын
Mine too and butterflies in the stomach. What a man Fred was. I like to think I'd have a go at most daredevil activities, but I could never go up that stack. The thought of erecting those ladders around the overhangs! I'll happily admit it, Fred, you're a better man than me.
@agnostic47
3 жыл бұрын
And exactly what use would a hard hat be?
@alexweatherburn4390
3 жыл бұрын
@@agnostic47 no use at all mate just a joke!.
@Mechtec500
Жыл бұрын
Great comments regarding Fred's climbing, but just think for a moment about the guys who built it. Hauling those stones up and placing them exactly. What heroes they all were.
@freebornjohn2687
Жыл бұрын
And all the materials were delivered by horses.
@stewartroberts2983
7 ай бұрын
and the children that were sent up them to clean them 🙃😄
@Guru316
Жыл бұрын
Balls of steel on this bloke. An incredible human being.
@barfmeister8509
5 жыл бұрын
What an absolute gem of a bloke! One of England’s great characters and sorely missed by a certain generation
@tomtalk24
4 жыл бұрын
All generations. A certain type of person who don't mind grubby finger nails or bit of coal in his tea.
@geoffm9944
3 жыл бұрын
Fred was an ncredibly hard working steeplejack as well as being a multi skilled, self taught engineer. He was a ‘man for all seasons’ since there was nothing he couldn’t turn his to hand to, however tough the challenge. Fred was a ‘can do’ and ‘never say die’ individual, a rare character who lived dangerously, worked in all sorts of weather, but never complained. I look upon Fred as an inspirational figure, someone who deserves our full respect as opposed to the many highly paid people, who work in the media doing bugger all! His TV programmes about engineering, railways and historical buildings were a joy to watch as Fred was a natural communicator. The nation was a lot poorer when he was taken from us at the age of 66. He was a true legend!
@ElAnvaBar
2 жыл бұрын
@@davebryant6905 because women have a tendency to see the grass greener. Which can drive them to "improve" the things in their lives instead of accepting it an enjoying what they've got.
@KuK137
2 жыл бұрын
@@ElAnvaBar Thanks to people who improve things, instead of being happy with shit life, you're sitting in front of computer now instead of damp cave with furs as clothing. What an idiotic statement.
@thomasladdy8270
2 жыл бұрын
@@davebryant6905 My woman nags at me but she sees things in a different light to me, when I am too obsessed with work or generally drinking too much she will tell me and I completely appreciate it. Fred probably worked too much and never listened to his women and maybe didn't appreciate what any of them had to say, perhaps that would explain why he had no hate for his former partners, only some distaste that he couldn't see his son Jack so much.
@zammomaguire3835
Жыл бұрын
He speaks to the stone to get through the end of the climb! Love it
@steppets25
Жыл бұрын
Fred is true Superstar ❤👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😍👍🏼🇬🇧❤️🙏🏼 What a Legend!
@andrewg.carvill4596
3 жыл бұрын
"If you make a mistake here, it's definitely half a day out with the undertaker" - the core wisdom that made Fred last hundreds if not thousands of jobs.
@springy-2112
5 жыл бұрын
As a 50 year old scaffolder I have huge respect for Fred !! What a legend... I would go up there in an instant , but I would have to use my harness !!! ☮❤
@blindness2sight119
7 ай бұрын
My stomach is in a total knot watching these. I'm just amazed at how height is no concern to him. God Bless his soul.
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