I worked with Blaster near Crewe he was blowing tree trunks to smaller pieces, i had to roll them over with my JCB. He then said take off down the field or ill blow your machine to bits.. lovely bloke. 😬😁😁😁
Absolutely love him I have made it my mission in the last couple of years to source the Blaster bates albums and restore them before they are lost to the archives. I did try to get hold of some of the interviews they mentioned such as parkinson and the bbc2 show but i think these have been lost. Your recording is very good and with your permission i would like to restore it. The only one i have been unsuccessful in finding is 1001 gelignites on cassette tape. If anyone could help with this i would be most grateful. The cassettes are the easiest to restore.
As a resident of Sandbach I mis Blaster he lived half a mile away from myself and we would meet up at the local clay shoot from time to time. I last had a conversation with him at the Doctors surgery not long after he was called to sort out a chimney for the big man up stairs.
I’ve always been a fan of the old blaster man, I’ve just found this recording and ironically I live in Stratford upon Avon, sadly the Hilton sold up to Crown Plaza, everything good here has gone. Bring back the good old days.
HOW ON EARTH DID YOU FIND THIS ALBUM? 😮 Blaster and his wife, Maude were friends of our family and I have all his volumes on vinyl signed. I know those albums word for word and they still have me roaring with laughter, yet until i saw this i had no idea it existed.
Hi James. How did I find it?.....hours & hours of foraging thru charity shops, boot fairs and the odd tip off. Now and again you can find some real gems. 100 tons of chaff to 1 grain of wheat!
By the looks of it this was a private pressing commissioned by the company who hired Blaster to give the talk. I would be surprised if there were more than 500 discs made in total.
Imagine Blaster Bates, Fred Dibnah and air-traffic controller Dave Gunson (after-dinner speech "What Goes Up... Might Come Down"). Put them in a room together, ply them with a pint or so. And you'd be in for a hilarious evening. One of the fantasy celebrity evenings that never was. One of BB's funniest stories is one that I heard on a tape that a friend lent me many years ago and which I've never managed to find on UA-cam since. It concerned Santa coming down the chimney to bring presents. In one room he encounters a nubile young woman who tempts him with her body, but he resists several times because he has a lot of work to do and anyway he's a good Santa. However eventually she divests her last bit of clothing and stands before him stark naked. "Sod it. I'll *have* to stay now. I'll never get back up the chimney now, not with this massive stiffy." The way BB told it had me in stitches.
We must not let the work & humour of Blaster and others like him be erased by PC nutters and censors. One of the reasons I started my channel. Thanks for commenting and glad you enjoyed it.
@@foundaudioproject-fap9817 been listening to Blaster from 1970 right up to the present, his vinyl records still reside in my collection, if I ever feel a bit down an hour of Blaster soon cheers me up 🤗
@@jamesrobert4106 Yes that figures. I noticed about Fred's methodology is how he preserved the structual integrity with inserted supports with a extra strength margin. He also regularly tested and measured during the process carefully measuring and calculating margin of stability adequate. Then after he'd cleared the area of everyone he remained close to the base and ensured the supports are being removed evenly by checking the fire is even and full-width. A million times slower!
Belonged to another era like Benny Hill, Alf Garnet, Love Thy Neighbour, Chaucer. Sadly referred to as 'the good old days' by some but best left firmly in the past as we evolve and learn to include others who may not be male, straight and white. And I am quite sure Mr.Bates etc would agree if they were here today because they were not stupid bigots just men of their time. (If anyone finds themselves disagreeing then maybe they need to evolve too?)
Good clean comedy I was introduced to him by my grandad over 30 years ago now in my 50 still find him great to listen to
I worked with Blaster near Crewe he was blowing tree trunks to smaller pieces, i had to roll them over with my JCB. He then said take off down the field or ill blow your machine to bits.. lovely bloke. 😬😁😁😁
Love listening to a bit of Blaster Bates, had so many brilliant stories told with marvellously colourful language
Glad you enjoyed it
I saw Blaster at the Sunderland Empire many many years ago - he was brilliant
Absolutely love him
I have made it my mission in the last couple of years to source the Blaster bates albums and restore them before they are lost to the archives. I did try to get hold of some of the interviews they mentioned such as parkinson and the bbc2 show but i think these have been lost. Your recording is very good and with your permission i would like to restore it. The only one i have been unsuccessful in finding is 1001 gelignites on cassette tape. If anyone could help with this i would be most grateful. The cassettes are the easiest to restore.
As a resident of Sandbach I mis Blaster he lived half a mile away from myself and we would meet up at the local clay shoot from time to time. I last had a conversation with him at the Doctors surgery not long after he was called to sort out a chimney for the big man up stairs.
He may be gone but is certainly not forgotten.
I’ve always been a fan of the old blaster man, I’ve just found this recording and ironically I live in Stratford upon Avon, sadly the Hilton sold up to Crown Plaza, everything good here has gone. Bring back the good old days.
I loved blaster bates.
HOW ON EARTH DID YOU FIND THIS ALBUM? 😮
Blaster and his wife, Maude were friends of our family and I have all his volumes on vinyl signed.
I know those albums word for word and they still have me roaring with laughter, yet until i saw this i had no idea it existed.
Hi James. How did I find it?.....hours & hours of foraging thru charity shops, boot fairs and the odd tip off. Now and again you can find some real gems. 100 tons of chaff to 1 grain of wheat!
By the looks of it this was a private pressing commissioned by the company who hired Blaster to give the talk. I would be surprised if there were more than 500 discs made in total.
Imagine Blaster Bates, Fred Dibnah and air-traffic controller Dave Gunson (after-dinner speech "What Goes Up... Might Come Down"). Put them in a room together, ply them with a pint or so. And you'd be in for a hilarious evening. One of the fantasy celebrity evenings that never was.
One of BB's funniest stories is one that I heard on a tape that a friend lent me many years ago and which I've never managed to find on UA-cam since. It concerned Santa coming down the chimney to bring presents. In one room he encounters a nubile young woman who tempts him with her body, but he resists several times because he has a lot of work to do and anyway he's a good Santa. However eventually she divests her last bit of clothing and stands before him stark naked. "Sod it. I'll *have* to stay now. I'll never get back up the chimney now, not with this massive stiffy." The way BB told it had me in stitches.
That would be epic.
I was listening to that story on vinyl this afternoon 😂
That would be a night down the pub to remember. Is Dave Gunson still alive?
Love a bit of blaster
I and my dad laughed 😅 to tiers listening to blaster. He was so very funny.
So glad you liked it
Loved Shower of S**t over Shropshire, Knicker Brook etc
Now THIS is indeed a memory re-capture; long lost laffs and enjoyment ! 👏🤣
If only I was alive in those days to see him in person.
Hilarious! Wonder how long before UA-cam take it down for "non-PC"? lol
Legend
Starts off at a low volume but stick with it, the audio quality gets better as it goes on.
Good real life fun.
Ahh, old fashioned misogyny and racism - those were the days.
From the days when you could have a good laugh and political correctness hadn't been thought of, RIP Blaster😂😂
Exactly John.
We must not let the work & humour of Blaster and others like him be erased by PC nutters and censors. One of the reasons I started my channel. Thanks for commenting and glad you enjoyed it.
@@foundaudioproject-fap9817 been listening to Blaster from 1970 right up to the present, his vinyl records still reside in my collection, if I ever feel a bit down an hour of Blaster soon cheers me up 🤗
Had Blaster Bates ever met the late Fred Dibnah ?
I hope so. Imagine if they did meet up. They would be chin wagging for hours on end.
They never met. Dibnah with his traditional methods thought he was superior to the men who demolished with explosives.
@@jamesrobert4106 Yes that figures. I noticed about Fred's methodology is how he preserved the structual integrity with inserted supports with a extra strength margin. He also regularly tested and measured during the process carefully measuring and calculating margin of stability adequate. Then after he'd cleared the area of everyone he remained close to the base and ensured the supports are being removed evenly by checking the fire is even and full-width.
A million times slower!
absolutely dreadful
Don't watch it then, simple.
@@lewissmith3896 don't upload even simpler
Belonged to another era like Benny Hill, Alf Garnet, Love Thy Neighbour, Chaucer. Sadly referred to as 'the good old days' by some but best left firmly in the past as we evolve and learn to include others who may not be male, straight and white. And I am quite sure Mr.Bates etc would agree if they were here today because they were not stupid bigots just men of their time. (If anyone finds themselves disagreeing then maybe they need to evolve too?)
@@richardh8082 depends on your definition of evolve, don't confuse it with degeneracy
Cope & Seethe