''I've never fallen of a big chimney, you only fall of them once🤣🤣
@mr.evasion
3 жыл бұрын
Eye, just like end of world.
@borntoclimb7116
2 жыл бұрын
In some cases, you can fall from a 300 meter chimney, fall from the 5 meter zone:)
@loveistheanswer8137
2 жыл бұрын
It’ll be half a day with the undertaker
@paulbuxton1326
Жыл бұрын
Off to 🇬🇧
@borntoclimb7116
Жыл бұрын
@@loveistheanswer8137 same with Lattice Climbing, no cance with electricity
@JamiefromHali
5 ай бұрын
Human physical and mental hardness is on well display with this man. To have that, along with such a casual attitude towards his extremely dangerous job, is awe inspiring to me. Another tragic victim of cancer. Possibly due to the toxic chemicals he was exposed to with the destruction of these textile mills which notoriously generated carcinogens.
@Yaketyyak21
3 жыл бұрын
Climbs down for a cup of tea and a sandwich and then back up again,what a man he was.
@garibaldi54
Жыл бұрын
Eating white bread with black hands.
@SamMC08
Жыл бұрын
@@garibaldi54 Adds to the flavour
@markthomas919
Жыл бұрын
Imagine today he could order a cup of tea and a cheese butty on deliveroo! But knowing Fred he wouldn't want anything other than what his misses made in the morning
@jamiew1664
9 ай бұрын
they could deliver it by drone too!@@markthomas919
@desdarragh4249
6 ай бұрын
Few pints as well.
@pigeonworldforum3869
2 жыл бұрын
£7,000 to knock the Chimney down, I wouldn't climb up there and knock it down for £7m ..........What a Man Fred was .
@thetruth1862
5 ай бұрын
This man is my hero much love from a Southern American man , wishing things where as simple as way back when 😢
@thecommodoredecker
3 ай бұрын
One of the few who got a glimpse of heaven before he got there. R.I.P. Fred from across the pond!
@tag6tag
3 жыл бұрын
I watched this on tv in 1979 .i just started work in the construction industry. When ever i looked to an example to aspire to it was always him, even to this day and for always this bloke is my hero.
@Durgesuth
3 жыл бұрын
I’m the same... though being honest ... I could never climb those ladders like him... that takes a special sort
@Happy-jk6qh
2 жыл бұрын
Example to aspire to - very good, I see what you did there
@lakerfan82k3
2 жыл бұрын
Does it change your mind that this bloke went to prison for rape of child?
@honesttroll3463
2 жыл бұрын
@@lakerfan82k3 no he didn’t you rat!
@JJ-sj3ke
2 жыл бұрын
I work in construction myself as a shuttering carpenter. What and how much were you earning?
@forearthbelow
2 жыл бұрын
Who else, in the comfort of their chair in front of their computer screen safe and secure in their home, felt their anal sphincter go into spasm when the inimitable Fred climbed that last ladder on to to top of the chimney. The man was and still remains a national treasure.
@timothydraper6626
9 ай бұрын
Yes, the steeplejack trade has become safer for a reason.
@teamdrummond6915
Жыл бұрын
That's one hell of a man!! You've gotten my highest respect!!
@thehappycarpenter9422
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine getting up there and forgetting your hammer
@davidskiffington7039
8 ай бұрын
An heroic figure. Just a legendary level of nonchalance.
@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826
3 жыл бұрын
Fred was a great bloke,a proper working class British man with a big personality and a big heart.☺️
@maxreeferr
2 жыл бұрын
You don’t see working men like this anymore. Mild concern for the environment, whether it be snow, rain, sleet, or shine, it’s all just a concern of remark because the work gets done regardless. I try to emulate it as a young lad in the year 2022. We need people like this.
@tomrandom84
3 жыл бұрын
what an absolute legend
@WILLIAM1690WALES
6 ай бұрын
When they talk about bravery and stoicism and British patriotism, I look up to Fred and in my humble opinion whoever you are wherever you are it is absolutely amazing.🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧
@thetruth1862
5 ай бұрын
Cheers mate
@christopherh5672
2 жыл бұрын
The award for BIGGESTBALLSEVER goes to Fred. Jesus Christ ha
@Steve-bo6ht
3 жыл бұрын
£7000 to take a chimney down by hammer and chisel just mind boggling
@myluckysuperegg8989
3 жыл бұрын
Well to be fair it is $45, 211.73 (£32, 603.45) in today’s money soo..
@omegadecisive
3 жыл бұрын
@@myluckysuperegg8989 more like to be around £51,880.00 labour project worth
@myluckysuperegg8989
3 жыл бұрын
@@omegadecisive well i just converted the money into what the amount would be today fyi
@duggiebader1798
2 жыл бұрын
My folks bought our family home, a run down four bed detached house, for 3k in 1975.
@user-es5us5vr7t
3 жыл бұрын
The days before safety regulations . Remember this when I was only 9 , brilliant to see it again . Can’t believe I found this . No harness , how things have changed . Can’t help that think we’ve lost our best people along the way .
@padvinder8
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe or the bad ones survived more ;)
@borntoclimb7116
2 жыл бұрын
Today, china, india, pakistan, bangladesh, quatar and more countrys are a lot worser
@steve-2208
2 жыл бұрын
No 'Health & Safety' regs for Fred ... His idea of 'safety' was wrapping a leg around the top of a ladder 200+ feet off the ground ... Met him when I was a kid, he was putting new lightning rods on top of the chimney of the pit I lived across from. He put all the ladders up himself, then came down & went to the pub next food for a bite ... Wined n dined, up he went lol ... Insane bloke !!!
@alexandrawordsworth9639
2 жыл бұрын
A good hard working fella! He is matter of fact guy, no mucking about here. Have a big plate of steak and chips after a day! Love the accent.
@shauncorless8965
Жыл бұрын
Seen them laddering abig chimney here in Scotland and there was 6, of em ,, 😳 Fred did it with just him and an older guy 👍,
@colin3546
2 жыл бұрын
RIP Fred...legend
@paddymccune8512
2 жыл бұрын
My uncle Patrick was one of these Heros, back in the late fiftys, sixtys.
@johnbhoy007
2 жыл бұрын
That statement was brilliant if you fall it’s half a day out with the undertaker. More like a council guy turns up with a hose, scraper and a bin bag. he’s takes about 30 seconds to wash you away. Health and safety wasn’t even a thing in 79. My biggest fear is heights so my respect for these type of workers is so high. No joke intended
@dazsalomon529
3 жыл бұрын
Cheese butties again 👍
@lee2217
3 жыл бұрын
My uncle used to have cheese every day about an inch thick on a plain or Scottish loaf and he used to tell his workmates his wife made it and he hated chrese
@halcyon289
3 жыл бұрын
£7000 today is just under £25,000 . Fred earned every penny.
@garibaldi54
Жыл бұрын
How long did it take?
@baase89
5 ай бұрын
I thought it would be a lot more than that.
@halcyon289
5 ай бұрын
@@baase89 I couldn't have done it no matter how much i was offered .
@frederickbowdler8169
3 ай бұрын
Fred once dropped a sandwich and when he came down it was toast 😅😅😊
@richardmaddison5988
3 жыл бұрын
Health & safety now a days would have a heart attack at him at 2.50 😂😂
@sarahdalhousie1813
3 жыл бұрын
He makes a mockery of health and safety 😋
@jogmas12
3 жыл бұрын
Well, you only fall off once. OSHA wants to make sure that never happens to anyone
@LarsAndersenFrihed
2 жыл бұрын
I nearly had a heart attack myself.
@tomwatson8268
2 жыл бұрын
This man literally moves mountains
@johnsimpson5379
4 жыл бұрын
What a man - Fred RIP
@soulman1419
3 жыл бұрын
Even if the sun was shining and 30 degrees Fred I am not going up there😂r.I.p Fred your a star💫
@cadge
Жыл бұрын
Probably earned about a tenth or less of a city trader, but was 20 times the man of one.
@jay-lm4we
4 ай бұрын
200 times
@jefflo4460
10 ай бұрын
Thanks Jan&Olli
@agentolshki1690
2 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't climb that thing even if you offered me £100m
@eedobee
Жыл бұрын
£7000 in 1979 is £41,000 in 2022. This is about $50k American and $70k Australian.
@mickpearson6184
2 жыл бұрын
The last of the great Britons. One of a kind
@Richard0292
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading these. Myself and friends have enjoyed these.
@paulmckie6350
2 жыл бұрын
what a lovely man Fred was with his love and respect for all his work. many blessings and love from all. God bless you 🙏
@astrocomical7159
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing man and in those daze they didn't even use safety lines. You should see how he put those ladders up one by one. Just unbelieveable! And what shocked me he even leans backwards to go around obstacles. Blew my mind! I get dizzy just going up a step ladder.
@kenniththomas2167
3 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't get me up there for all the money in the world. Fred Dinner was a rare breed with nerves of steel .
@alisonmez6713
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome amazing beautiful people amazing beautiful places
@Rollers123a
3 жыл бұрын
Bless him and all his mates.
@blacklivesmatter2083
2 жыл бұрын
No no, bless all the mandem and roadmen selling weed
@user-fi6td5xj9x
2 жыл бұрын
@@blacklivesmatter2083 ??
@terrymckenna3382
3 жыл бұрын
The way he throws his bifter down pmsl
@iammorphyesiam
3 жыл бұрын
I miss this legend ❤❤❤❤
@linoservello503
3 жыл бұрын
NO WORKING FROM HOME HERE.
@peckelhaze6934
3 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhh! The staging is attached to the chimney he is knocking down, One brick too many and the lot might fall down. All the cracks in the chimney on the way up. Ahhhhh! I wouldn't do it for £7, 000,000.
@guxyguy7909
2 жыл бұрын
Fred dibnah British legend 🇬🇧🇬🇧💪💪❤❤
@scottschoppert9149
2 жыл бұрын
I watch this before I climb up my on my roof
@mickc8632
2 жыл бұрын
'A brick at once'. For those that don't speak Lancastrian that's one brick at a time. Cheese and brick dust sandwiches, no washing your hands.
@BillLowenburg
3 жыл бұрын
Fred goes about his business as if it was all taking place on the ground. No tether, no gloves, scrambles onto the scaffold, then casually back on down for a cup of tea at break time. As he said, gets a bit lonely up there, but once in a while one of his mates comes round for a chat. I assume he means the mate climbs up too, just to have a look round and have a chat. These blokes were a different breed, whose DNA runs deep in the British bloodlines. No wonder Hitler and the Nazis couldn't get Britain to surrender during the Blitz. The whole world could use a bit of that resolution these days. Let's carry on and not give in.
@shabbos-goy9407
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I'm sickened to observe the UK now and the spineless vermin who inhabit it..
@irishninja2009
2 жыл бұрын
@@shabbos-goy9407 Ireland gone the same way. Sold out by our leaders
@shabbos-goy9407
2 жыл бұрын
@@irishninja2009 All is lost unfortunately....
@CurtisGabrielMusic
2 жыл бұрын
Someone once asked Donald (His man at the bottom) Has Fred ever fallen off, and he said "Yeah but I caught him"
@petermartin8232
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing he could climb that ladder with balls that heavy (made of steel). What a legend!
@davidrobertwelshesquire8888
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant idea 💡 cup off tea
@simonlunt353
10 ай бұрын
I wish we could have seen Fred finishing this job l bet Fred was happy after he finished this job 😊
@markshaggy7914
4 жыл бұрын
Did he come down for lunch & then climb back up again? If so, what a hard man.
@markshaggy7914
4 жыл бұрын
billycromwell1690 - that’s just ridiculous isn’t it?? Coming down for lunch??
@markshaggy7914
4 жыл бұрын
billycromwell1690 - the bit at the very top where he has to kind of climb onto the planks - I would shit myself if I made it that far... craziness
@markshaggy7914
4 жыл бұрын
billycromwell1690 - absolutely.. the guy was incredible. To erect scaffolding that high is just amazing.. especially on your own.
@rapskallion
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe he needed to use the restroom as well.
@internetguy692
3 жыл бұрын
@@rapskallion he can piss from the top of the world
@fredcatcreedy980
3 жыл бұрын
This chap literary invented what the kids do today call rooftopping, but got paid for it! For his age he must have been strong both in body and mind!
@cryfargamingnanan4772
8 ай бұрын
no one called it that
@fredcatcreedy980
7 ай бұрын
@@cryfargamingnanan4772 are you Welsh?
@Wooley689
2 жыл бұрын
Incredible to watch. I came here from The doghouse.
@Eirehunter22
2 жыл бұрын
Legend 👌🏻
@mattbeondi1186
7 ай бұрын
I love this guy🎉🎉🎉
@ryanjones9498
7 ай бұрын
I just looked it up. 7000 pounds in 1979 is the same as 44,000 pounds today.
@dixiemw123
Жыл бұрын
Brave man - RIP Fred
@borntoclimb7116
Жыл бұрын
As a Lattice Climber, love it to watch it.
@Flanneryshanedward
4 жыл бұрын
At 3.00 minutes. Omfg. I probably would have gone head first down the middle of the chimney.
@thewholls7176
2 жыл бұрын
What a champion…..!!!!
@MichaelFollan
3 жыл бұрын
God bless the true Mate.
@BarefootBillPacer
Жыл бұрын
This is amazing story. However, I am also amazed by the work of an unnamed person. Who filmed Fred at the top? Don't think there were mini-cams in those days.
@Showsni
9 ай бұрын
It looks like the cameraman for the chimney-top shots was Martin Lightening - who'd climb the same ladders as Fred whilst carrying his 16mm Arriflex camera! The sound recorderist also apparently climbed up with his equipment. Another site lists camerman Arthur Smith too (assisted by his son Howard or by Dave Horsfield), and mentions the sound recorderist's name as Jack Wilson.
@eunicellen9600
11 ай бұрын
What a guy!
@mdmafuzmdmafuz465
Жыл бұрын
Mad
@caribouwho
3 жыл бұрын
discovered this on tiktok. amazing.
@buddyisreal1408
3 жыл бұрын
You need a smack of Fred's hammer, tiktok for fuck sake will you man up
@christophercrowle9753
9 ай бұрын
What a guy ya knaw, climb up chimney ya knaw don't forget hammer ya knaw and dawnt fall down ya knaw. Tis bledy windy ya knaw.
@megadave1197
2 жыл бұрын
The bit when he gets to top.
@chrislewis1753
3 жыл бұрын
He got balls old Fred believe it
@wondon2992
Жыл бұрын
He would be famous today 🎉
@davidrobertwelshesquire8888
2 жыл бұрын
The one he takes Down with the wooden logs at the bottom off it sets then on fire lol
@strongbow310
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic imagine what the health and safety executive would say now
@basedaf5580
3 жыл бұрын
Holy Shit.
@Danny-ib6ew
8 ай бұрын
He's 200 foot in the air, but his bollocks are still dragging on the tarmac below.
@garywatt4546
3 жыл бұрын
After watching this I’m intrigued as to how the guys who built these chimneys did it. How did they carry all those bricks and mortar up there? How long did it take to build them? Intriguing!
@johnathanryan2117
2 жыл бұрын
Floor up Gary inside a portable wooden scaffold. Took forever tbh
@Austiin_vdw
2 жыл бұрын
@@johnathanryan2117its good to know all of that hard work has mostly been deconstructed, ugly things they are
@johnathanryan2117
2 жыл бұрын
@@Austiin_vdw perhaps from our point of view, but cant deny they were built for a specific purpose and it took some skill to build one.
@Austiin_vdw
2 жыл бұрын
@@johnathanryan2117 fair point, i am just glad most of them are gone now. even if the industrialism has only been outsourced to asia and america
@number1cherfan
2 жыл бұрын
@@Austiin_vdw just because it's an eyesore or any other reasons?
@stevenwebb3634
Жыл бұрын
Back when Work Heath and Safety didn't exist
@Sweptundertherug
10 ай бұрын
WOW, WOW ,WOW. I'd want 7000 pound just to climb up... Champion Fred👍
@robertdonnelly385
Жыл бұрын
when men where men as my dad used to say,fred was health an safety mans wet dream 😂😂
@TheTerminator423
3 жыл бұрын
Proper grafters this generation, different breed👏🏻👊
@Warriorpoet79
11 ай бұрын
Does anyone know how they got the cameras to the top of the chimney? And how they mic’d him up for the climb?
@droog79
6 ай бұрын
I think Donald's got the right idea
@michaelsnow7252
2 жыл бұрын
Brick by brick.... Sounds like torture
@thefly5961
2 жыл бұрын
Is there a full program, did he ever get it all knocked down?.
@chippy0117
Жыл бұрын
Yeah he did get the job finished. Took him five months. A bridge between the two mills where the chimney once stood is there now.
@drb0mb
2 жыл бұрын
i was just thinking "there's no way you can drink at all doing a job like this", even on your free time, and then he confirms it around 7:10
@megadave1197
2 жыл бұрын
Who was his camera man? I’m suprised he could get up there with all his equipment and the size of his bollox
@richlee509
4 жыл бұрын
Bolton Born and Bred
@jkc2169
3 жыл бұрын
What a great generation! What’s gone wrong 😑
@adamquirke6024
2 жыл бұрын
Well do we need steeple jacks anymore?
@davidrobertwelshesquire8888
2 жыл бұрын
Great guy don't know how this wife put up with him they had a long marriage great at his job
@speedysteve9121
3 жыл бұрын
Safety cloth cap and safety Woodbine and bugger the harness.
@srowanmp59
9 ай бұрын
They don’t make men like Fred anymore unfortunately 🙏🏻
@balzstadler5850
3 жыл бұрын
His car.Landrover 88 Serial 2.👍
@user-py5qq4ht8l
2 жыл бұрын
if anyone has the 1 hour long full version of this movie I would love to come into contact with you.
@ndh641
3 жыл бұрын
5:44 adios to the gasper
@davidrobertwelshesquire8888
2 жыл бұрын
You would only fall once
@jordanjudas441
7 ай бұрын
How long did it take him finish? What a daunting task with hammer and chisel.
@mhazevedo
5 ай бұрын
I read somewhere that it took him five months
@joebyrne5277
2 жыл бұрын
I can't get up a stepladder into the attic, watching Fred nearly makes me faint 🤢🤢
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