Yes me too . I’m 50 and an ex hod carrier. Doing ok now but I remember the toil of manual Labour, walking on scaffolds and up ladders with a hod of bricks. Fred was/is a hero to me. A great man..
I am an expatriate "Brit" from Darwen (just 9 miles north of Bolton,) and living in Canada now, for the last half century. Today on UA-cam i learned of Fred Dibnah for the first time, and eagerly looked at all the steeplejacking videos of his that I could find. How wonderful that someone has taken the time and patience to capture his feats on video, what a great man and a tribute to Lancashire grit in general! Thank you for that,. Ed
Watched him climb a chimney once. Heaven’s knows how high. He just went up without stopping. The man was incredibly fit and strong. Looking at him and speaking to him didn’t give you a clue.
@@cdmChase1 Reminds me of the comment. Just think that after you’ve just finished a heavy 2 hour session in the gym a manual labourer is half way through his first shift.
Instead of the Stairway To Heaven, Fred Dibnah climbed his red ladders to Heaven the day he died... and did a repair job on the Pearly Gates whilst he was at it.
I have so much respect for this man I hold him in the highest regard he is a legend and a freaking rock star all generation's should know who and what this man is...it's a crime and a shame to let his museum close down...a fucking crime....God bless
evo4aps yes they say they don't have money to keep it open...all politics and bullshit this man is a legend and an artist and all generation's should know about him for them to close his museum is down right criminal...
That just made me very sad and angry to hear that, I get very nostalgic when I watch Fred Dibnah...I wish I knew him, but I know a few quite like him and they are the most reliable people you could ever meet...solid!
@@leoleebirdevallativa8252 Oh no, didn't know that. I volunteer in a museum down here in Cornwall and last year we had a couple come in from Bolton and I asked them about the Fred Dibnah museum (which I'd like to see). It was open then. They should keep it open, it's a part of our heritage.
Every time I watch Fred climb his ladders, I shit myself with fear! It's almost unbelievable how high he climbs, with his age and the lack of health and safety. You have to hand it to him, a truly clever and brave man, that would have been happier living in the 1880,s, not the 1980,s. 😧
To be fair, workplace safety has resulted in a drastic reduction in workplace injuries in the past few decades. Fred was in a trade where he did not have to rely on many other working along side him so he could afford to take a few risks without risking many others at the same time. Most modern construction sites are so complex that without safety rules and coordination, there would be unacceptable risks for workers - most of which are not nearly as skilled as Fred (not to say that even the lowest skilled construction workers aren't hard workers - most work far harder than any office worker).
@@borntoclimb7116 Yes you are right, of course. We often forget that. I guess Fred chose to work the way he did but having no choice must be horrendous and extremely dangerous. Good point.
@@jfro5867 thats right, fred is a interesting Person. Interesting to, in the past more people in the uk died or getting bad injured and no one cares, those peoples are forgotten
They'd have to use a full scaffold, and not just for safety reasons...listed building consent says that you cannot drive pins or drill into the wall face and damage the ashlar...therefore Fred's laddering system wouldn't work. Sign of the times....
Absolutely brilliant bloke, I'd have given my right arm to have had a few pints with Fred. A bloody great pigeon'll come zooming out and nearly knock you off sort of style!!
My grandpa was ah special bloke, he would walk the top of the smoke stack at 210 like he was at the beach, no man would dear follow him up the ladder on a smoke stack. NEVER
High viz jackets can often give a false sense of security and distract people from the true risks in what they are doing. They are often symptomatic of group think.
The camera work. But especially the audio is brilliant ob these videos. Hearing the footsteps on the rung and his breath as he goes really adds a lot to these videos
This is what you call a MAN doing a real job knowing that if HE fucks up "it's half a day with the undertaker" Fred sir you are a real Legend. If only the kids of today could have had you around now we could learn so much. R.I.P
Yeah....fuck it lets not have any industrial safety because that way you're a man. "Hi honey, only lost a leg today at work but at least I didn't spend half a day with the undertaker because I'm a man!!!!"" "Oh yes dear!!!"
@@karlmeyer9473 The people here in the comments, treating modern safety standards as if they're not a massive improvement for the quality of life for workers, are complete morons. Funny how "Common sense" varies from person to person. I'd not trust my life to these idiots.
@James Smith , What nonsense. The internet is the greatest learning facility since the creation of public libraries. PBS Spacetime - for physics and cosmology DW, France 24, and Al-Jazeera for world events And take a look at my channel for interesting history videos.
I got asked a question at a Mensa event and the question was who did I most admire ? There was only one answer . Fred is up there with the best of them .I'm just an ordinary bricklayer nothing special and I'm ok with that . I've met many people who are classed as genius but non in Fred's league . Fred was a Victorian man in a nuclear age head and shoulders above me
Irony is the camera man used a mechanical working platform to film Fred and didn't risk his life like Fred. Same as everybody else who overtook him professionally and used tech to their advantage. He wasn't that clever. PS nice na mee dropping about mensa ..same comment.
On the contrary, Fred was the last of the moulds from the Victorian era......those guys don’t exist today. A true tradesman, character and gentleman. His hero was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
The man cannot described with words, he is a legend, a true legend. My absolute respect for this man and his performance, this is unbelievable. Regards from Germany
We all know Fred had balls like melons lol but I agree the cameraman is a braver soul than me. On some of his chimney climbs the camera is on a crane, but this one is clearly handheld.
Jordan Wht There’s always that one who either totally doesn’t get the joke or just feels so compelled to teach someone that they have to “correct” them. LOL
Keep your comic book hero’s......There is one and only truly SUPER HERO.....that’s the late and very great Mr Fred Dibnah.May you rest in peace .What a man!!
Customer: What a lovely item, we have been saving for years for this weather-cock, hopefully future generations will marvel at its majesty... Fred: Oh, it’s not very good quality, should last 20 years.
I was hoping to see the old one, lightning and all. It can be fun reading the comments to fill in parts I did not understand. The weather cock represents the Taurid Stream that seems to radiate from the aves of the Pleiades. A reminder of the dinosaurs...
Wonderful man ...I have watched many of these and in one video he was coming out of a pub after a few bevvies and going to climb the chimney opposite...someone remarked that he had drink in him...and Fred replied...’Well would you like to climb that sober’ ....made me laugh..
As the saying goes, ‘Mean what you say and say what you mean.’ Mr Dibnah we salute you; may you rest in peace and may your family, friends and we, the public, remember and cherish your memory.
dragonfitter Fred won’t be paying for the families grocery’s of the man who has a preventable work place accident and can’t work for three years. Shut the fuck up and have respect for worker safety
I'm a stonemason and met Fred when he did a program at York minster...what a great bloke he was...cracking sense of humour. Wore his flat cap under the hard hat we had to supply...he wasn't arsed one bit. He was telling us about his Mrs and she was going mad about a 'shaft' he'd dug in the garden....she says "fill it in or I'm leaving you"....he just said "am I heckers like filling it in" and she left ....good old Fred. A real life legend!!!!!
Fun fact.Salisburys spire is 403 ft above ground level.The tallest in the country.God knows how they built it back in the day.Cathedrals always will amaze me for that reason with equipment they would have had.Even this spire would take some doing.
That's a real man. I'd give a lot just to have a tenth of his know-how and a hundredth of his balls. He climbs up the side of that steeple as if he were only 6 foot off the floor the whole way. What a guy!
Who was the camera man ?! I remember John Noakes climbing up Nelson's column -nobody seems to think about the camera man who had to go up with him ! And they probably got nothing extra for the risk (like John Noakes !!)
I would love to own a couple sections of his ladders for my collection. Even tho I only collect window cleaning gear it would still be awesome and a hell of a story piece when people come by for a beer.
The fact that this guy would do jobs that other men wouldn’t because the pay was low is a great thing. He just wanted to work for his community and make it a better place. He really did enjoy doing that.
well microsoft,stop viewing videos of him then! He eliminated nothing,he demolished chimneys only if he couldnt persuade thier owners for them to be repaired.they were knocked down because if he didnt do it,someone else would have. the 40 years he spent dedicated to steam preservation proves that he was dedicated to preservation,and no "laborer" could restore a traction engine and steam roller,plus design and install a steam workshop,plus restore and rebuild countless steam engines for others.
At 60 I don't have many heros. But one of them's this late, great gentleman right here! RIP Fred.
I am 34 and this guy is also one of my heroes. They don't make them like this anymore. What a guy, RIP Fred
My hero too.... Some man for one man
I am sixty five and I feel the same.
Yes me too . I’m 50 and an ex hod carrier. Doing ok now but I remember the toil of manual Labour, walking on scaffolds and up ladders with a hod of bricks. Fred was/is a hero to me. A great man..
Fred is a rock star
40 odd years later and that weathercock is still up there and doing just fine :)
Wow is that true ,
It’s scary how time has flown by , Fred was some man
Where is this church?
@@fistfulofgamepad St Anne's Church in Turton, Lancashire
"My ideal of Heaven would be somewhere where nobody did any fighting and nobody was hungry" - Well said, Fred.
I am an expatriate "Brit" from Darwen (just 9 miles north of Bolton,) and living in Canada now, for the last half century. Today on UA-cam i learned of Fred Dibnah for the first time, and eagerly looked at all the steeplejacking videos of his that I could find. How wonderful that someone has taken the time and patience to capture his feats on video, what a great man and a tribute to Lancashire grit in general!
Thank you for that,. Ed
Yes, I am; erwootton@gmail.com
Edmund Wootton im from tockholes
Edmund Wootton iiiiiiiii
I'm an American and I think he's pretty bad ass and a stand up guy too!
I'm from Bolton, sadly the old fella's in flat caps long gone, the cotton mills either got demolished or made into apartment blocks.
Watched him climb a chimney once. Heaven’s knows how high. He just went up without stopping. The man was incredibly fit and strong. Looking at him and speaking to him didn’t give you a clue.
really i would of loved to of met him a true legend
Fred has Go muscles not show muscles... 😉
@@cdmChase1 Reminds me of the comment. Just think that after you’ve just finished a heavy 2 hour session in the gym a manual labourer is half way through his first shift.
@@geoffroberts201 whats your point?
@@cdmChase1 Labourers have go muscles that keep working all day not show gym muscles
Every so often it is good to watch a few videos of Fred at work .
"has he got any safety gear?" Says the vicar. "No, none, he might rely on it too much" comes the reply. Bloody brilliant!
I couldn’t make out the reply but that’s a classic
Why are footstep sounds so satisfying from 70s and 80s TV?..
The shoes, hard sole shoes.
Fred is a bolton legend and this church is St Annes in Turton where my Dad is buried and also the great Nat Lofthouse!
Just had a look on Google Earth and that weather cock is still up there! Amazing
If ever there was a man at peace with himself , it’s him. A very rare thing.
I could not disagree
the stamina on this dude is uncanny
D
One of my all time most favourite respected people. Great great man
Fred Dibnah comment sections are my favourite. Genuine and funny like the man himself, even his testicles receive their own compliments. Terrific.
Instead of the Stairway To Heaven, Fred Dibnah climbed his red ladders to Heaven the day he died... and did a repair job on the Pearly Gates whilst he was at it.
What a beautiful image you've just created in my head.. 👍
Wow brought tears to my eyes that ❤️
U're a poet, man.
Nice one. I'll nick that if I may.
you need a "ya know" on the end of that and its perfect
I hope when he reached heaven he got everything he hoped for.
I think he reached it with his Ladders.
Does someone want to tell Bob heaven and religion is the biggest load of bullshit the universe has ever heard? FACT!!!
@@Bulldog1878 behave yourself
@@popejulianis1701 or what dipshit?
@@Bulldog1878 deep problems huh? Get some help bud, it'll get better.
I have so much respect for this man I hold him in the highest regard he is a legend and a freaking rock star all generation's should know who and what this man is...it's a crime and a shame to let his museum close down...a fucking crime....God bless
leoleebird evallativa is his museum closing
evo4aps yes they say they don't have money to keep it open...all politics and bullshit this man is a legend and an artist and all generation's should know about him for them to close his museum is down right criminal...
That just made me very sad and angry to hear that, I get very nostalgic when I watch Fred Dibnah...I wish I knew him, but I know a few quite like him and they are the most reliable people you could ever meet...solid!
@@leoleebirdevallativa8252 Oh no, didn't know that. I volunteer in a museum down here in Cornwall and last year we had a couple come in from Bolton and I asked them about the Fred Dibnah museum (which I'd like to see). It was open then. They should keep it open, it's a part of our heritage.
I didn't even know he had a museum I would of loved to see that. I take it they had his old stem engines? He had some cool hobbys
Fred's idea of heaven is a place of no war, no want, where he can mend steam engines forever, very humbling!
The sheer focus of the man .. No dwelling on the obvious danger, just get the ultimate job, done!
What a mind ..
"Heaven is a big pile of rusty steam engine parts and no one goes hungry". Now that is one humble man.
Something very calming about watching fred work ,a truly great man!
What a wonderful human being! Genuine, decent and honest. Thank you for sharing this pearl of a film. Blessings and peace.
Every time I watch Fred climb his ladders, I shit myself with fear! It's almost unbelievable how high he climbs, with his age and the lack of health and safety. You have to hand it to him, a truly clever and brave man, that would have been happier living in the 1880,s, not the 1980,s. 😧
Fred, repairing ancient relics, forever. Lovely thought. I'll go and watch him from time to time if I may Lord.
"Has he got any climbing support?"
"No, no none at all. You get to rely on it too much"
Never a truer word spoken.
😂😂
Good ole Donald was dead witty too 😂😂😂
To be fair, workplace safety has resulted in a drastic reduction in workplace injuries in the past few decades. Fred was in a trade where he did not have to rely on many other working along side him so he could afford to take a few risks without risking many others at the same time. Most modern construction sites are so complex that without safety rules and coordination, there would be unacceptable risks for workers - most of which are not nearly as skilled as Fred (not to say that even the lowest skilled construction workers aren't hard workers - most work far harder than any office worker).
@@mjstecyk laziness is the main cause of workplace injuries, and common sense brings down that statistic, H&S just slows down the economy.
Utter bollocks I reckon
In today's health and safety riddled everything this is just staggering to watch. What a guy. RIP Fred ❤️
Yeah he's really amazing hes got guts thats for sure.
so many millions work without health in the eastern countrys or in brazil and so many people dying every year, just look quatar.
@@borntoclimb7116 Yes you are right, of course. We often forget that. I guess Fred chose to work the way he did but having no choice must be horrendous and extremely dangerous. Good point.
@@jfro5867 thats right, fred is a interesting Person.
Interesting to, in the past more people in the uk died or getting bad injured and no one cares, those peoples are forgotten
they'd probably scaffold the whole tower nowadays with a ladder going straight to the top....Fred you were and will always be a legend.
They'd have to use a full scaffold, and not just for safety reasons...listed building consent says that you cannot drive pins or drill into the wall face and damage the ashlar...therefore Fred's laddering system wouldn't work. Sign of the times....
Cringe
Absolutely brilliant bloke, I'd have given my right arm to have had a few pints with Fred. A bloody great pigeon'll come zooming out and nearly knock you off sort of style!!
The world needs more Fred Dibnahs.
I’m always amazed at the way Fred seems to lean right back when he’s going up those ladders.
Nah he straight, it’s the ladder being angled
He had skill and bottle most of us can only dream of. RIP Fred.
I pray you're up there restoring those old steam engines fred, top bloke rip 🙏
I love this mans way of thinking! Nerves of steel
Balls of brass
I’m a modern day chimney engineer 🤦♂️and Fred puts me to shame ... what a man
My balls shrunk into my guts watching Fred fearlessly climb that never ending ladder.
My grandpa was ah special bloke, he would walk the top of the smoke stack at 210 like he was at the beach, no man would dear follow him up the ladder on a smoke stack. NEVER
Lol! He doesn't let it bother him.
yes I know what you mean
Nowadays even the weathercock would have to wear a high Viz jacket
You say that like it's a bad thing.
And a hard hat lol.
And watch a yearly refresher video on how not to fall off and who to contact if it does.
High viz jackets can often give a false sense of security and distract people from the true risks in what they are doing. They are often symptomatic of group think.
The camera work. But especially the audio is brilliant ob these videos. Hearing the footsteps on the rung and his breath as he goes really adds a lot to these videos
So why didn't fuckwit Fred just use the hydraulic lift that the cameraman used??
Those sounds are fake.
@@karlmeyer9473 xD lol!!
Brilliant bloke .. Great videos .. Shame he has gone
FOO45 hopefully he got his wish from in this video
FOO45.... and only a young 66. 1938-2004. RIP Fred.
@@simonoconor8149 how did he past away ? During ajob ?
+zeeaars.... no not on the job, to the best of my knowledge it was a form of cancer.
@@simonoconor8149 Yeah, he claimed he got it because of all the chimney smoke he inhaled throughout his career.
Absolutely brilliant. They don’t make humans like Fred anymore? Courage and heart
This is what you call a MAN doing a real job knowing that if HE fucks up "it's half a day with the undertaker" Fred sir you are a real Legend. If only the kids of today could have had you around now we could learn so much. R.I.P
Yeah....fuck it lets not have any industrial safety because that way you're a man.
"Hi honey, only lost a leg today at work but at least I didn't spend half a day with the undertaker because I'm a man!!!!""
"Oh yes dear!!!"
@@karlmeyer9473 The people here in the comments, treating modern safety standards as if they're not a massive improvement for the quality of life for workers, are complete morons. Funny how "Common sense" varies from person to person. I'd not trust my life to these idiots.
@@karlmeyer9473 "Safety first", and goodness last.
@@karlmeyer9473 har har.
Fred has nerves of steel, one of our finest.
Exchanging nerves with balls would be more accurate
I have no idea how I ended up here but this is wholesome and honourable.
How relevant is this today!!! "The few who made everyone else suffer!!" Fred Sir, you are a national hero!!!!
Worlds strongest man. Ever?? Fred dibnah. Fucking legend 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Why use language like that when children might read it ?
@James Smith , What nonsense.
The internet is the greatest learning facility since the creation of public libraries.
PBS Spacetime - for physics and cosmology
DW, France 24, and Al-Jazeera for world events
And take a look at my channel for interesting history videos.
@vinm300 Imagine down playing someones comment just to self advertise your own channel
I got asked a question at a Mensa event and the question was who did I most admire ? There was only one answer . Fred is up there with the best of them .I'm just an ordinary bricklayer nothing special and I'm ok with that . I've met many people who are classed as genius but non in Fred's league . Fred was a Victorian man in a nuclear age head and shoulders above me
No one who is okay with being ordinary feels the need to join Mensa.
Irony is the camera man used a mechanical working platform to film Fred and didn't risk his life like Fred. Same as everybody else who overtook him professionally and used tech to their advantage. He wasn't that clever. PS nice na mee dropping about mensa ..same comment.
@@thespamdance311 yeah, your right. He sounds like an attention seeking baby.
@@karlmeyer9473 you sound bitter about it
👶🏻gee geee gaaa gaaa goo geee 👶🏻
I like how they add foot step sounds for every rung he steps on. It's in every video of him too. He must have microphones on his wooden shoes.
Never thought of that lol
LMFAO!
They broke the mould when they made Fred
On the contrary, Fred was the last of the moulds from the Victorian era......those guys don’t exist today.
A true tradesman, character and gentleman. His hero was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Fred then proceeded to fix the mould.
Let’s take a moment to appreciate the cameraman went up there as well.
The cameraman was usually on a crane .
Huge respect to Fred, I'm dizzy watching this sat down!!
Balls of steel and a gentle cheerful man. Precisely a genuine commando who would have your back on any mission. Wonderful. RIP.
No shit sherlock
His voice has such a calming affect on me
The man cannot described with words, he is a legend, a true legend. My absolute respect for this man and his performance, this is unbelievable.
Regards from Germany
The camera man should get some respect for also climbing up with his camera.
We all know Fred had balls like melons lol but I agree the cameraman is a braver soul than me. On some of his chimney climbs the camera is on a crane, but this one is clearly handheld.
@@triggeringliberals405 this was filmed way before militaries had drones, much less TV studios
Jordan Wht
There’s always that one who either totally doesn’t get the joke or just feels so compelled to teach someone that they have to “correct” them. LOL
@@triggeringliberals405 😂👍
@@triggeringliberals405 Lad
Hats off Fred...hope your in your heavenly shop...plugging away...see ya there.
Memories of a bygone age.......R.I.P. Fred.
he is without doubt a man's man
Fred possessed a mind as fine as any Oxford don.
And a damn sight more free...
Unbelievable! I get sweaty hands every time I watch this video. Nerves of steel! WOW!
Keep your comic book hero’s......There is one and only truly SUPER HERO.....that’s the late and very great Mr Fred Dibnah.May you rest in peace .What a man!!
Just an ordinary man with an extraordinary character, so humble, a true one was Fred
the way the vicar asked where the gold leaf came from was if he thought it was knocked off lol
neons the vicar was probably knocking the choirboys off
0:42 "Gorguyrles"
@Al Morrison no the vicar was getting stuck in to the boys
Yeah reminded me of Only fools and horses the Cheeky git .
Fred was already in heaven when he was alive
That makes no sense..
@@Ethan-xf4or heaven is portrayed to be in the sky. If you cant understand that then you probably sit on the sunshine bus and lick windows.
Cant understand why anybody would dislike this .
Fred Dibnah did for Steeplejacking what Clint Eastwood did for the Western…the latter defined a genre, the former defined a generation…
Fred had no fear of falling , was just the fear of the “ Bloody sudden stop “
Just a down to earth man who has a magnetic personality and a very interesting job.
Salt of thee earth!true working class gentlemen,Britain's finest!
Customer: What a lovely item, we have been saving for years for this weather-cock, hopefully future generations will marvel at its majesty...
Fred: Oh, it’s not very good quality, should last 20 years.
at least he's honest
I was hoping to see the old one, lightning and all. It can be fun reading the comments to fill in parts I did not understand. The weather cock represents the Taurid Stream that seems to radiate from the aves of the Pleiades. A reminder of the dinosaurs...
Not only did Fred have big balls he was a gentleman and a special man 🙏
He's wife said he had big balls too and she didn't mind.😂
@@paulcooper5748 ha ha
@@anthonyward6805 No disrespect to fred the man was awesome.
@@paulcooper5748 I know mate
Don't make them like fred anymore. Great intelligent man.
RIP to a legend and a nice compliment to my farther andrew jordan for sorting the gold leaf for him
Wonderful man ...I have watched many of these and in one video he was coming out of a pub after a few bevvies and going to climb the chimney opposite...someone remarked that he had drink in him...and Fred replied...’Well would you like to climb that sober’ ....made me laugh..
Wat a beautiful man, really humbles me.
As the saying goes, ‘Mean what you say and say what you mean.’ Mr Dibnah we salute you; may you rest in peace and may your family, friends and we, the public, remember and cherish your memory.
RIP fred. an unsung british hero. the realest to ever do it
health and safty would go mad if you did that today the site i work on we are not even allowed step ladders ! fred would of pissed himself laughing
dragonfitter Fred won’t be paying for the families grocery’s of the man who has a preventable work place accident and can’t work for three years. Shut the fuck up and have respect for worker safety
+sma94 haha nations were built off the backs of men with balls like Fred
Can you still say same in nowadays health and safety mad world ?
Methinks not
Not true, a lot of jobs these days require free climbing, Tower Climbing for example.
Don't knock health and safety , if you were around a hundred years ago and saw how many people died at work you would see how important it is.
syd ----- feck off . lol
And it’s still blowing in the wind fabulous.
Rest In Peace Fred.
I’m assisted to these videos Fred is brilliant they don’t make em like him anymore !
Wot a man he was. I have seen many of his jobs. That man got guts of steel...
The most FAMOUS steeple jack in history
This is the best content these days.
Architecture and stonemasonry are wonderful...
I'm a stonemason and met Fred when he did a program at York minster...what a great bloke he was...cracking sense of humour. Wore his flat cap under the hard hat we had to supply...he wasn't arsed one bit. He was telling us about his Mrs and she was going mad about a 'shaft' he'd dug in the garden....she says "fill it in or I'm leaving you"....he just said "am I heckers like filling it in" and she left ....good old Fred. A real life legend!!!!!
"The few that made everybody else suffer"
Good to know that nothing's changed since the Victorian era
What a great hard working bloke
Fun fact.Salisburys spire is 403 ft above ground level.The tallest in the country.God knows how they built it back in the day.Cathedrals always will amaze me for that reason with equipment they would have had.Even this spire would take some doing.
Only learned about this legend a week ago [live in Sweden] RIP
That's a real man. I'd give a lot just to have a tenth of his know-how and a hundredth of his balls. He climbs up the side of that steeple as if he were only 6 foot off the floor the whole way. What a guy!
The ladders were bad enough, but when he steps off onto the brickworks of that old church and reaches for the ropes.....🎇
Who was the camera man ?! I remember John Noakes climbing up Nelson's column -nobody seems to think about the camera man who had to go up with him ! And they probably got nothing extra for the risk (like John Noakes !!)
Laugh is this would have had scaffolding to do this sort of job now i would have thought. Due to health and safety.
Loved it when he said while hes knocking bricks off hes thinking about memnding steam engines. What a guy.
Micky Tandoori I think of that comment when I am out grafting “ my mind wanders to more pleasant things “
I would love to own a couple sections of his ladders for my collection. Even tho I only collect window cleaning gear it would still be awesome and a hell of a story piece when people come by for a beer.
I'm scared of the ground, not heights as it's the ground that kills you if you fall off.
A real Northern hero in my book.
The fact that this guy would do jobs that other men wouldn’t because the pay was low is a great thing. He just wanted to work for his community and make it a better place. He really did enjoy doing that.
Fred has balls of steel, A true hero. RIP Fred. Alas it should be SIR FRED.
im addicted to boom lift vids and high up work. Pretty pist utubes algorithm just showed me this guy this week after 10 years
What an extremely fine person with a very, very dangerous job - and being so modest about it.
Rather Fred than me , scares me just watching him up there ! Sadly missed R.I.P. x
You got rock stars,and then you got fredd,this is his show,and a damn good one.
that makes me dizzy,but i love watching this.Itmakes me wonder how they biult these places-churchs,tall chimneys let alone maintaining them.
well microsoft,stop viewing videos of him then!
He eliminated nothing,he demolished chimneys only if he couldnt persuade thier owners for them to be repaired.they were knocked down because if he didnt do it,someone else would have.
the 40 years he spent dedicated to steam preservation proves that he was dedicated to preservation,and no "laborer" could restore a traction engine and steam roller,plus design and install a steam workshop,plus restore and rebuild countless steam engines for others.