They missed on Chimney Demolition that went a little interesting (Fred mentioned it when chatting to other folk on one of the Later Demolitions when he did the square chimney). He phoned the production crew who were in Scotland but they were not avalible or something
Wonder if Fred had any idea just how popular he would become. He kept the "old world" as he put it alive. Steam engines will always hold a special place for many of us. I'm only 30 but I adore what Fred brought to the screens.
I met Fred at Nottingham Theatre Royal just before he passed. I remember an outstretched hand with a firm grip and a Guinness on side. He signed my flyer and said ‘there you go lad, go and get that made up at the chemist.’ I liked Fred because he reminded me of my own uncle who sadly died just before Fred. A man who reminds me to celebrate my passions and made a real contribution to the world. Thanks, Fred you were a real mate to us all.
It was a sad day when we lost Fred, it was a great loss to myself and to many other folk worldwide who liked the mans style and hard work ethic and who still support the old ways of manual work and the industrial culture of the late Victorian and post Victorian era of steam power and general mechanisation. I love Fred's catchphrase - 'did y' like that?'
Other than these videos on UA-cam, all of that knowledge and enthusiasm that Fred exuded is now gone...He died in 2004 from bladder cancer...he was only 66.... RIP Fred
I always thought he died in 2009, but apparently he didn't. I do wonder how he was able to do those 3 BBC TV series (shown after his death) before he died considering he would've been in serious declining health. He looked older than 66 to me even during his last TV shows which was made sometime before he died I would assume.
Johnny Solipsis well sadly as devoted a man as he was, his home life was a different story, he was a poor father and not a great husband, his projects were always a number 1 priority and he was very selfish in that way often the household went without to pay for parts.... none of us are perfect
I think its probably easy for you fellas to dismiss him as a dedicated engineer, but he didnt see his own daughters for years and years and his son hated him for the beatings he was given growing up. Ignorance is bliss, im just explaining that he isnt the legend and all round hero you lot think he is. I work hard at my line of work and im in my workshop most evenings but my kids all adore me and choose to spend time with me when ever they can.. his kids didnt or couldnt
Breaks my heart to think of his yard falling in to disrepair I remember sitting on my grandad shoulder as a young boy waving at Fred as he steamed passed.
Mr. Dibnah was an honest, plain speaking, down to earth, hard working mechanical genius who enriched our lives with his many tv shows . They were informative as well as entertaining and my world was just that little bit better because of his existance . May he rest in peace .
@@robbieedward8773 Problem is he got an MBE, why? so much for a working class hero. My idea of working class heroes are those who don't kiss the royal families backsides.
@@Embracing01 some people make things with their own hands. Understand how things work and are appreciative to those who made or improved them. This can be seen when he continuously mentions their contributions. He accepted the MBE for outstanding achievement and service to his community. He didn't buy it.....he earned it. You have no idea how much time, labor, or monies he donated during his lifetime. Some people have channels on UA-cam that simply presents talented producers of the clips showcasing incredibly talented people. When those people begin to be bestowed National Honors that's when we know we're done for.
Worked as a union boilermaker as a young man. Fred reminds me of some of the hands I worked with while at Chicago Bridge & Iron and Pittsburgh -Des Moines Steel. Worked hard, played hard and lived hard. Sadly we don't have many of those types of men in the USA anymore. You were a kindred spirit Fred!!
the truth from The Independent. JOHNSON TO PISS IN YOUR CORNFLAKES AND TELL YOU IT'S RAINING The government has given polluters the green light to dump raw sewage into rivers and the sea as Brexit disrupts normal water treatment. Brexit has disrupted imports of water treatment chemicals Some businesses have found it more difficult to get hold of water treatment chemicals because of supply chain disruption at ports blamed primarily on Britain's departure from the EU. The Environment Agency this week said companies struggling to get hold of the treatment chemicals would be allowed to "discharge effluent without meeting the conditions" of their permits, which normally require water to be treated. Rolling shortages have hit different parts of the UK economy since the government took the country out of EU's customs union and single market - imposing new border bureaucracy on importers and exporters. The ending of free movement and the creation of new red tape on doing business with Britain's largest trading partner has also exacerbated a shortage of lorry drivers, with the logistical nightmare compounded by the department of transport mismanagement. Water treatment is the latest sector to be hit, following concerns last week about a blood tube shortage hitting the NHS and reports of intermittent shortages in supermarkets across the country. In a statement released on Monday, the Environment Agency said: "Normally, you need a permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 to discharge treated effluent from a waste water treatment works (WwTW) to surface water or groundwater. Permits contain conditions that control the quality of the effluent you can discharge and in who's river you can dump the shit. "You may not be able to comply with your permit if you cannot get the chemicals you use to treat the effluent you discharge because of the UK’s new relationship with the EU, other unavoidable supply chain failures, for example the failure of a treatment chemical supplier. "If you follow the conditions in this regulatory position statement (RPS) you can discharge effluent without meeting the conditions in your permit, but only in working class areas. You must get written agreement from your Environment Agency water company account manager before you use this RPS." Companies should "resume use of chemicals to treat effluent as soon as is practicable", the agency said. The regulatory relaxation will last until at least the end of next year, with an extension possible. All three grades of waste water, low risk, medium and high risk will be allowed to be dumped into rivers and seas and into the working class food chain. Amelia Womack, deputy leader of the Greens told The Independent: "Our rivers are already appallingly polluted almost as much as our parliament: water companies discharged raw sewage into UK rivers no fewer than 400,000 times last year, all in working class areas where the smell is less noticeable. "The public were rightly horrified by this failure of the Environment Agency to take action and clean up our waterways” “This is a failure of their understanding on how our country’s most basic infrastructure works and using our environment as a dumping ground rather than addressing the root causes of the problem. "To prevent further Brexit chaos and undermining of environmental protections, the government must work to mend supply chains and work to cooperate rather than trying to look 'tough'." A spokesperson for the Department of the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, who is paid to lie for the government, said the change was “strictly time-limited and there are robust conditions in place to mitigate risks to the environment”. The spokesperson said that the “most sensitive and high-risk watercourses will not be affected and any company planning to make use of this short-term measure must first agree its use with the understaffed Environment Agency, and select rivers near to working class council estates.
@@mommymilestones And yet I’m living a great retirement on a beautiful farm with every toy an adult could wish for, a fully funded pension and don’t have to ask for donations to a PayPal account or sell crap on Etsy to pay my bills. And I put every one of MY children through university to graduation WITHOUT any student loan debts. All because of my union affiliation. So who is the fool?
@@briangarrow448 I wouldn’t let dicks like him rile you up fella, he’s obviously got some kind of chip on his shoulder, may of been blown out or something.
I remember in 2003 when i was six going to the bluebell rly and meeting on the footplate and asked if i wanted a ride on the footplate from sp to hk and i was like am i allowed to and Fred said to me "You young enthusiasts are the future...railway men you know so you HAVE to come on board knowing what you in for". After seeing him that day I can see why he was so respected
Thank you so much for this. It saddens me that there are fewer and fewer people around like Fred anymore, Simpler times where wonderment and innocence still meant something.
The Man no Myths all Legendary. Without an ego to waste his time between the cradle and the grave, his life is spent unknowingly bringing the world along with his passion. Never to humble nor pretends to be what others would want or how they perceive the world should be. Simple men just being themselves is a wealth lost on most everyday. None of us can place just the benefit a human life will provide until they are no longer for us to mine for the riches we lack ourselves.
Just brilliant! My Grandfather worked at the collieries and lived in Haydock. We'd hear the miners boots passing the house as they went to work. What a tough, great era.
This fellow has passed on a wealth to Great Britain. We are very fortunate here in Coal Harbour, BC Canada to be the guardian of the Hornsby Steam Chain Tractor !
I remember seeing that sort of machinery when it was used on an everyday basis. Remarkable stuff; the British Railway steamengines are among the world's most elegantly designed and were not slow. Steam power; invented the modern world.
The theory says; man learns 80% by models. So to inspire the next generations to keep heritage stuff fine, we need to do it as long as we are. I think Fred became such a Model.... for certain aspects of life.
Wonderful video. Thank you all so much for posting it. As a 'live steamer' myself, I can fully appreciate this gentleman's enthusiasm. Sincerely, Bruce Raykiewicz(papasmurf7597)
I love Fred and I love steam. But those British and Continental European whistles just make my skin crawl. Give me a UP 4-8-8-4 sounding whistle and I’ll be a happy man 😊
Hats off to the miners of this country they were the best in the world... Mining was such a tough hard and dangerous job... I'm still pretty optimistic this industry will be back one day... There is still a lot of coal down there and one day it will be worth getting it out again... :)
Where I grew up in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) our small city on the border of Mozambique had a railway shunting yard and workshops, I did spend quite a lot of time there, I got to know some of the engine drivers who knew my Dad, it was amazing being able to go up and down the lines in a living breathing machine, I can still remember the sounds the heat and the smell of the steam engines that did the shunting of the freight cars or shunting around the passenger carriages getting them ready for the main line train. The device that turns the carriages or freight cars around called the turn table was a lot of fun too. It was always great watching Fred Dibnah with his strong passion for all steam and anything mechanical, which brings back loads of very fond memories, Thanks Fred Rest In Peace.
I think that men as Fred make the difference between Britain and other european country. I am sorry that in Italy I hadn't an amazing example as Dibnah when I was a child. Apart from all those cigarettes
Remember watching these at the turn of the century Fred was a very good presenter It wasn't that long ago the BBC made good quality programming Only thing I watch in the beeb these days is the challenge cup
If you've never been to a traction engine rally, or on a steam train, I urge you to find one & try it. The traction engines are incredible machines, beautiful power with a smell you'll always want again. & for those craving more romance - being with your partner in a compartment carriage of a steam locomotive is dreamy steamy!
having lived through the influence, and known of the both... he'd either have t' holler bloody loudly, or write it down in northern flecked copperplate script, an' tie it round that brick he's cobbin down the deepest ever dug mineshaft ,coz safest ever bet i could ever stick me hard earned on in everyones minds ,and etheiriel repose....those two are in altogether different places. I take comfort in the belief that ,thats Freds reward having lived his life....... and her punishment having lived hers.
looking at this one realizes that modern-day health and safety laws would have stopped the development during the Victorian age right in its tracks, and the size of person's horse would have been the measure of wealth wouldn't it? And the men of this measure are becoming really spars these days. I like Fred!
After Fred died the vandals had their way with his workshop and engines. Fred would have been breathing fire and spewing white-hot curses. Fred was surely born at least 100 years too late. His heroes were Isambard Kingdom Brunel, James Watt and so on. When Fred talked about something he liked to make a 'demonstaration' of it if he could. Far better than a academic talking about what's happening in an old engraving.
its was horrible how vandals and possibly people who steal scrap metal broke into Fred's back garden and stole stuff from his steam powered workshop not to mention his steam roller Betsy that Fred spent 14 years restoring to working order and the traction engine that he had just finished restoring
Genius. Upsets me how we live now. Whyse were king of steam. For what we gave it away and his passion was worth nothing.england stomped him his views and ideas. Only true northern man I had as a hero. But his views our views were stolen from us . No enthusiasm about it now unless you have millions . Sad how shite turned out
Very nice to be able to see & enjoy the old Fred as an elder statesman with his gang of enthusiast friends … we’re as a younger viral man he could be a bit too much …
I see they mentioned the Ryhope pumping station near Sunderland. I wonder if they have fixed their wrought iron Victorian fence? I knocked a considerable length of it down years ago while driving my Lotus Cortina from Sunderland to Durham one winter night. on the dead straight road, I hit black ice, invisible at night, going about 90 mph! That total loss of tyre-grip spun me around instantly and the car went backwards at considerable velocity up the embankment and tore out about 30 yards of the fence. The rear of the car was bent of course but it still ran so I left in haste!
Excellent documentary and full of admiration for Fred, but you don't need misrepresentation to justify this awesome engineering. Dismissing electric motors by doubting their ability to last more than ten years ignores the fact there are a great many working motors already orders of magnitude older than that. We can and should celebrate great engineering, old and new. With any luck, in another 150 years there'll be someone like Fred celebrating today's technology.
Does anyone else think that Fred Dibnah only died as late as 2008/2009?. I always assumed he died around that year, but as it turned out he actually died a few years earlier in 2004. No idea why I thought this, but my guess is because they had been showing all the Fred Dibnah BBC TV series after his death and I just assumed he was still alive. So when exactly where all those TV series made, as surely he would've been too ill to do anything like that prior to his death? and why were they only shown after he had died and not before?. There were about 4 separate series shown which had never been shown before, and it seems like a huge amount of work for someone who was in declining health, or where those series basically just stuff he had done in his earlier series, re-edited and made into separate shows?.
I adored Fred. Not impressed at the Merry Widow being on here. She may say the nice things as it pays well. She tours, doing talks and writes books about him. He wrote her out of his will in the last weeks of his life as she kept gadding off whilst he was so ill and his steam buddies would visit to find him lonely, in bed and hungry. She had already cut off lots of his friends but the ones who defied her and still visited got slated by her to Fred. She called them his cronies. She said THEY were turning Fred against her because when she came back from trotting off, Fred would be upset at being left alone (and rightly so) but she says his 'cronies got at him' . After Fred died, leaving her nowt she decided to contest the will. Just 3 days after he died, she was told to leave the house but she still owned a house in Blackpool so wasn't homeless but claimed for 'reasonable provision'. Sickeningly she sat back and allowed his kids to sell the steam roller to pay her off! Any decent person would have known its importance. Fred owned it from being a young man, still living with his mother. Anyone who contests a will is disgusting in my book. Fred had every good reason to cut her out. By that time he was in the hospice so wasn't reliant on her for help and food. The Widows mother even said it wasn't surprising he cut her out of his will!! His five children deserved everything, not that dolly bird wrinkly floozy with her Rapunzel hair (how inappropriate is that hideous hair on a woman of her advancing years?) the first two wives were good and kind to Fred but number three was just a gold digger. She even expected her own son should have some of Fred's money ffs. Said he saw Fred as a father figure, pah! Stepsons don't cut the mustard when one has their own sons and daughters; Fred only married her because he didn't like being alone. He thought she was quite a 'glamour puss' and she was quite full on with the message she left in his visitor book after stalking him out and visiting his garden saying she was 'obsessed with spanners'. Weird woman didn't like anything oily that would dirty her manicure or hair. She even stopped him having beer and he had to have wine instead, and vegetarian food ffs! I just wish he had lived long enough to have seen what she was like when he was so ill, if he'd recovered long enough to divorce her so she wasn't waltzing around the country STILL making her money from being Lady Muck, the Merry Widow with her pathetic anecdotes. She should tell the truth about what she put Fred through or just shut up. Best time he had was his last trip with Alf and the lads cos he was away from her. I just hope one day the lads can buy the steam roller back and I hope karma catches up with Sheila Grundy! RIP FRED ❤️
A huge well done to the man that decided to film Fred over all those years. He is preserved forever
He was as good five hundred foot up a two foot chimney as he was five hundred foot down in a two foot pit. Our Fred.
They missed on Chimney Demolition that went a little interesting (Fred mentioned it when chatting to other folk on one of the Later Demolitions when he did the square chimney). He phoned the production crew who were in Scotland but they were not avalible or something
Wonder if Fred had any idea just how popular he would become. He kept the "old world" as he put it alive. Steam engines will always hold a special place for many of us. I'm only 30 but I adore what Fred brought to the screens.
Agree with you
I met Fred at Nottingham Theatre Royal just before he passed. I remember an outstretched hand with a firm grip and a Guinness on side. He signed my flyer and said ‘there you go lad, go and get that made up at the chemist.’
I liked Fred because he reminded me of my own uncle who sadly died just before Fred. A man who reminds me to celebrate my passions and made a real contribution to the world. Thanks, Fred you were a real mate to us all.
He's the very image of me own Grandad Bill Neale, Miner and RAF 1921-2005.
And when look at the know all's today and what they have done worldwide,the Greenies of every country should be charged with treason
This mans a British legend.
It was a sad day when we lost Fred, it was a great loss to myself and to many other folk worldwide who liked the mans style and hard work ethic and who still support the old ways of manual work and the industrial culture of the late Victorian and post Victorian era of steam power and general mechanisation. I love Fred's catchphrase - 'did y' like that?'
Today in places in USA ...if a child wants an old wild West train set,,,there told no...it's not diverse enough... God bless Fred Dibnah
I could learn more from this man. Than I could ever learn at school
The UK has always done an awesome job with their steam preservation.
A lovely Englishman Oh how I yearn for old England
Those young fellahs would be in their mid 30's now. How time flies ...
Other than these videos on UA-cam, all of that knowledge and enthusiasm that Fred exuded is now gone...He died in 2004 from bladder cancer...he was only 66.... RIP Fred
I always thought he died in 2009, but apparently he didn't. I do wonder how he was able to do those 3 BBC TV series (shown after his death) before he died considering he would've been in serious declining health. He looked older than 66 to me even during his last TV shows which was made sometime before he died I would assume.
Fred is my hero.
Fred Dibnah. The man liked a smoke, a drink and working with his hands. What's not to love?
Johnny Solipsis well sadly as devoted a man as he was, his home life was a different story, he was a poor father and not a great husband, his projects were always a number 1 priority and he was very selfish in that way often the household went without to pay for parts.... none of us are perfect
Real working class
I think its probably easy for you fellas to dismiss him as a dedicated engineer, but he didnt see his own daughters for years and years and his son hated him for the beatings he was given growing up. Ignorance is bliss, im just explaining that he isnt the legend and all round hero you lot think he is. I work hard at my line of work and im in my workshop most evenings but my kids all adore me and choose to spend time with me when ever they can.. his kids didnt or couldnt
@@missionDan this is the first I've heard about him beating his kids. Where did you hear that?
neons his son was on a forum from 00’s probably car related knowing me at the time, he had said a lot of stuff about growing up
Breaks my heart to think of his yard falling in to disrepair
I remember sitting on my grandad shoulder as a young boy waving at Fred as he steamed passed.
Fred made a very natural presenter, and his passion was/is addictive.
I'll bet Neil remembers that day fondly. I know Fred enjoyed it.
Mr. Dibnah was an honest, plain speaking, down to earth, hard working mechanical genius who enriched our lives with his many tv shows . They were informative as well as entertaining and my world was just that little bit better because of his existance . May he rest in peace .
Beautifully put Steve and I am sure the vast majority of us are in full agreement. His passion for the Great Britain of the past is energizing.
yes he was lovely interesting man. liked seeing him go on journeys and stop off at the pubs. for drink a chat
@@robbieedward8773 Problem is he got an MBE, why? so much for a working class hero. My idea of working class heroes are those who don't kiss the royal families backsides.
@@Embracing01 some people make things with their own hands. Understand how things work and are appreciative to those who made or improved them. This can be seen when he continuously mentions their contributions. He accepted the MBE for outstanding achievement and service to his community. He didn't buy it.....he earned it. You have no idea how much time, labor, or monies he donated during his lifetime. Some people have channels on UA-cam that simply presents talented producers of the clips showcasing incredibly talented people. When those people begin to be bestowed National Honors that's when we know we're done for.
Worked as a union boilermaker as a young man. Fred reminds me of some of the hands I worked with while at Chicago Bridge & Iron and Pittsburgh -Des Moines Steel. Worked hard, played hard and lived hard. Sadly we don't have many of those types of men in the USA anymore. You were a kindred spirit Fred!!
the truth from The Independent.
JOHNSON TO PISS IN YOUR CORNFLAKES AND TELL YOU IT'S RAINING
The government has given polluters the green light to dump raw sewage into rivers and the sea as Brexit disrupts normal water treatment.
Brexit has disrupted imports of water treatment chemicals
Some businesses have found it more difficult to get hold of water treatment chemicals because of supply chain disruption at ports blamed primarily on Britain's departure from the EU.
The Environment Agency this week said companies struggling to get hold of the treatment chemicals would be allowed to "discharge effluent without meeting the conditions" of their permits, which normally require water to be treated.
Rolling shortages have hit different parts of the UK economy since the government took the country out of EU's customs union and single market - imposing new border bureaucracy on importers and exporters.
The ending of free movement and the creation of new red tape on doing business with Britain's largest trading partner has also exacerbated a shortage of lorry drivers, with the logistical nightmare compounded by the department of transport mismanagement.
Water treatment is the latest sector to be hit, following concerns last week about a blood tube shortage hitting the NHS and reports of intermittent shortages in supermarkets across the country.
In a statement released on Monday, the Environment Agency said: "Normally, you need a permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 to discharge treated effluent from a waste water treatment works (WwTW) to surface water or groundwater. Permits contain conditions that control the quality of the effluent you can discharge and in who's river you can dump the shit.
"You may not be able to comply with your permit if you cannot get the chemicals you use to treat the effluent you discharge because of the UK’s new relationship with the EU, other unavoidable supply chain failures, for example the failure of a treatment chemical supplier.
"If you follow the conditions in this regulatory position statement (RPS) you can discharge effluent without meeting the conditions in your permit, but only in working class areas. You must get written agreement from your Environment Agency water company account manager before you use this RPS."
Companies should "resume use of chemicals to treat effluent as soon as is practicable", the agency said. The regulatory relaxation will last until at least the end of next year, with an extension possible.
All three grades of waste water, low risk, medium and high risk will be allowed to be dumped into rivers and seas and into the working class food chain.
Amelia Womack, deputy leader of the Greens told The Independent: "Our rivers are already appallingly polluted almost as much as our parliament: water companies discharged raw sewage into UK rivers no fewer than 400,000 times last year, all in working class areas where the smell is less noticeable.
"The public were rightly horrified by this failure of the Environment Agency to take action and clean up our waterways”
“This is a failure of their understanding on how our country’s most basic infrastructure works and using our environment as a dumping ground rather than addressing the root causes of the problem.
"To prevent further Brexit chaos and undermining of environmental protections, the government must work to mend supply chains and work to cooperate rather than trying to look 'tough'."
A spokesperson for the Department of the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, who is paid to lie for the government, said the change was “strictly time-limited and there are robust conditions in place to mitigate risks to the environment”.
The spokesperson said that the “most sensitive and high-risk watercourses will not be affected and any company planning to make use of this short-term measure must first agree its use with the understaffed Environment Agency, and select rivers near to working class council estates.
@@mommymilestones And yet I’m living a great retirement on a beautiful farm with every toy an adult could wish for, a fully funded pension and don’t have to ask for donations to a PayPal account or sell crap on Etsy to pay my bills. And I put every one of MY children through university to graduation WITHOUT any student loan debts. All because of my union affiliation.
So who is the fool?
@@briangarrow448 Unions are a must.
@@briangarrow448 I wouldn’t let dicks like him rile you up fella, he’s obviously got some kind of chip on his shoulder, may of been blown out or something.
Who has disliked this if you know what it is your clearly a fan if you don’t know why click it then dislike it , the guy was a legend
I remember in 2003 when i was six going to the bluebell rly and meeting on the footplate and asked if i wanted a ride on the footplate from sp to hk and i was like am i allowed to and Fred said to me "You young enthusiasts are the future...railway men you know so you HAVE to come on board knowing what you in for".
After seeing him that day I can see why he was so respected
Thank you so much for this. It saddens me that there are fewer and fewer people around like Fred anymore, Simpler times where wonderment and innocence still meant something.
I wish he was still alive ,I would go an meet him ,,see the energy he hase ,how sprie ,he a strong man ,made of iron
If you can’t find something to like about Fred Dibnah, well...you’re probably not someone I care to know.
The Man no Myths all Legendary. Without an ego to waste his time between the cradle and the grave, his life is spent unknowingly bringing the world along with his passion.
Never to humble nor pretends to be what others would want or how they perceive the world should be.
Simple men just being themselves is a wealth lost on most everyday. None of us can place just the benefit a human life will provide until they are no longer for us to mine for the riches we lack ourselves.
Just brilliant!
My Grandfather worked at the collieries and lived in Haydock.
We'd hear the miners boots passing the house as they went to work.
What a tough, great era.
RIP Fred What a gentleman.
I lived very near to Fred, his accent is my accent, he was a grand chap was Fred, R.I.P.
This fellow has passed on a wealth to Great Britain. We are very fortunate here in Coal Harbour, BC Canada to be the guardian of the Hornsby Steam Chain Tractor !
having met fred many years since i have nothing but pride and admiration for him sad loss when he left us.
Miss you Fred.
The most Interesting man of steam ever.
An engineer to the very end - the bow and arrow idea just highlights his can do pragmatism in a delightful way.
I remember seeing that sort of machinery when it was used on an everyday basis. Remarkable stuff; the British Railway steamengines are among the world's most elegantly designed and were not slow. Steam power; invented the modern world.
The theory says; man learns 80% by models. So to inspire the next generations to keep heritage stuff fine, we need to do it as long as we are. I think Fred became such a Model.... for certain aspects of life.
Wonderful video. Thank you all so much for posting it. As a 'live steamer' myself, I can fully appreciate this gentleman's enthusiasm. Sincerely, Bruce Raykiewicz(papasmurf7597)
I'm absolutely gutted I never made a visit to his museum before it closed.
Fred dibnah the original steam punk.
Incredible pieces of engineering at its finest
Don't forget to give a like for Fred.
I love Fred and I love steam. But those British and Continental European whistles just make my skin crawl. Give me a UP 4-8-8-4 sounding whistle and I’ll be a happy man 😊
See if you can find Fred’s technical drawings for projects, also calligraphy, guy was a genius.
Fred was a legend, both in his daily toil and legacy
bob
Man I love Fred he always is so cheerful and passionate about steam
Fred will always be my hero and roll model
Brilliant man
Fantastic I wish I had met Fred. A natural TV presenter and so down to earth. You have to love the brass band. Makes me proud to be a pommy.
Respect for this man!
I hated steam trains ...
But watching this with Fred really made it very interesting to watch
Great watch and thx ...x
myhometown hero, Fred was one of a kind, nexttime I'm home i will visit his house!
Love this bloke reminds me of my dad
Hats off to the miners of this country they were the best in the world... Mining was such a tough hard and dangerous job... I'm still pretty optimistic this industry will be back one day... There is still a lot of coal down there and one day it will be worth getting it out again... :)
Not with Greta and the green gang
@@retrorambles517 Not with the planet all fxxxxx up! Looked in the news lately? Jeeeesus!
Amen one can only hope common sense prevails.
Simply fantastic! Thank you so much for uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health to you.
Thank you fred 🌻
What a treat I ain't seen this vid before rip mr Dibna sir so very sadly missed
Where I grew up in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) our small city on the border of Mozambique had a railway shunting yard and workshops, I did spend quite a lot of time there, I got to know some of the engine drivers who knew my Dad, it was amazing being able to go up and down the lines in a living breathing machine, I can still remember the sounds the heat and the smell of the steam engines that did the shunting of the freight cars or shunting around the passenger carriages getting them ready for the main line train. The device that turns the carriages or freight cars around called the turn table was a lot of fun too.
It was always great watching Fred Dibnah with his strong passion for all steam and anything mechanical, which brings back loads of very fond memories, Thanks Fred Rest In Peace.
Watching this reminds of the Old movie, "Iron Maiden."
That was one of the funniest programs but he got it right as usual well done fred
Guy Martin would be proud 🇬🇧💯👏🏼
im going for a pint -Fred Dibnah
i bought a 8"mackerel off the fella , nice chap , nice fish.
The second half reminded me of the copper and iron mines in Northern Michigan. Or rather what's left of them.
My late grandad worked for the LMS as a fireman on the footplate, and my cousins grandad also worked as a fireman on the valley lines.
I think that men as Fred make the difference between Britain and other european country. I am sorry that in Italy I hadn't an amazing example as Dibnah when I was a child. Apart from all those cigarettes
ah ah
What a lovely guy he was.
Remember watching these at the turn of the century
Fred was a very good presenter
It wasn't that long ago the BBC made good quality programming
Only thing I watch in the beeb these days is the challenge cup
Fred Dibnah IS the last of the good old fashioned steam powered trains
RIP Fred Lad
The Strangeways pub sadly no longer there - the land sold for new housing, i had tea with him one afternoon - Magic!
thanks for the english dub, its like watching a bruce lee movie
Fred's steam engine reminds me of my freelander with all that smoke blowing out...
Fred slowly transformed into Churchill as he aged.
Fred is sadley missed today a man of such knowledge for a back street machanic.
Never to be seen again. The younger generations have no idea what has been lost😕
A real man and a lovely English man. Rip from a 51 year old paddy.
If you've never been to a traction engine rally, or on a steam train, I urge you to find one & try it. The traction engines are incredible machines, beautiful power with a smell you'll always want again. & for those craving more romance - being with your partner in a compartment carriage of a steam locomotive is dreamy steamy!
There was Lancashire man in Bolton long ago he was big and strong eyes flaming glow he was the steeplejack
Steam roller and a pug, happy days!
i would love to be a fly on the wall when fred is talking to margaret thatcher.
having lived through the influence, and known of the both... he'd either have t' holler bloody loudly, or write it down in northern flecked copperplate script, an' tie it round that brick he's cobbin down the deepest ever dug mineshaft ,coz safest ever bet i could ever stick me hard earned on in everyones minds ,and etheiriel repose....those two are in altogether different places. I take comfort in the belief that ,thats Freds reward having lived his life....... and her punishment having lived hers.
looking at this one realizes that modern-day health and safety laws would have stopped the development during the Victorian age right in its tracks, and the size of person's horse would have been the measure of wealth wouldn't it?
And the men of this measure are becoming really spars these days. I like Fred!
I proper love this guy makes me smile all time
It's interesting to see that he considered his traction engine more important than people.
The days when men we're real men
Now the so called men are all muzzled up with their face masks on.
After Fred died the vandals had their way with his workshop and engines. Fred would have been breathing fire and spewing white-hot curses.
Fred was surely born at least 100 years too late. His heroes were Isambard Kingdom Brunel, James Watt and so on.
When Fred talked about something he liked to make a 'demonstaration' of it if he could. Far better than a academic talking about what's happening in an old engraving.
its was horrible how vandals and possibly people who steal scrap metal broke into Fred's back garden and stole stuff from his steam powered workshop not to mention his steam roller Betsy that Fred spent 14 years restoring to working order and the traction engine that he had just finished restoring
People thinking the world just exists, it was built!
He reminds me of my Uncle
Awesome!
Genius. Upsets me how we live now. Whyse were king of steam. For what we gave it away and his passion was worth nothing.england stomped him his views and ideas. Only true northern man I had as a hero. But his views our views were stolen from us . No enthusiasm about it now unless you have millions . Sad how shite turned out
When men were really men😊 rip Fred
FRED,WEVE GOT TO MOVE ON PROGRESS YOU KNOW.
Very nice to be able to see & enjoy the old Fred as an elder statesman with his gang
of enthusiast friends … we’re as a younger viral man he could be a bit too much …
I see they mentioned the Ryhope pumping station near Sunderland. I wonder if they have fixed their wrought iron Victorian fence? I knocked a considerable length of it down years ago while driving my Lotus Cortina from Sunderland to Durham one winter night. on the dead straight road, I hit black ice, invisible at night, going about 90 mph! That total loss of tyre-grip spun me around instantly and the car went backwards at considerable velocity up the embankment and tore out about 30 yards of the fence. The rear of the car was bent of course but it still ran so I left in haste!
coward hit and run in the USA thats why insurance is so high you probably had 10 pints also huh?
@@lindabingham394 Can you not read? And what has the USA to so with anything?
16 pints a day whilst operating a traction engine? LEGEND
and most of that was gratis!
I bet the Gypos have nicked those boilers by now
Dead on....dirty gypos
So, there are people who know alternative energy. I like steam also. This video gives me ideas. Thanks
Excellent documentary and full of admiration for Fred, but you don't need misrepresentation to justify this awesome engineering. Dismissing electric motors by doubting their ability to last more than ten years ignores the fact there are a great many working motors already orders of magnitude older than that.
We can and should celebrate great engineering, old and new. With any luck, in another 150 years there'll be someone like Fred celebrating today's technology.
Sound track is a bit out...but for all that, very interesting how Fred tells the story.
Does anyone else think that Fred Dibnah only died as late as 2008/2009?. I always assumed he died around that year, but as it turned out he actually died a few years earlier in 2004. No idea why I thought this, but my guess is because they had been showing all the Fred Dibnah BBC TV series after his death and I just assumed he was still alive. So when exactly where all those TV series made, as surely he would've been too ill to do anything like that prior to his death? and why were they only shown after he had died and not before?. There were about 4 separate series shown which had never been shown before, and it seems like a huge amount of work for someone who was in declining health, or where those series basically just stuff he had done in his earlier series, re-edited and made into separate shows?.
Yes thanks
A national thresher
I adored Fred. Not impressed at the Merry Widow being on here. She may say the nice things as it pays well. She tours, doing talks and writes books about him. He wrote her out of his will in the last weeks of his life as she kept gadding off whilst he was so ill and his steam buddies would visit to find him lonely, in bed and hungry. She had already cut off lots of his friends but the ones who defied her and still visited got slated by her to Fred. She called them his cronies. She said THEY were turning Fred against her because when she came back from trotting off, Fred would be upset at being left alone (and rightly so) but she says his 'cronies got at him' . After Fred died, leaving her nowt she decided to contest the will. Just 3 days after he died, she was told to leave the house but she still owned a house in Blackpool so wasn't homeless but claimed for 'reasonable provision'. Sickeningly she sat back and allowed his kids to sell the steam roller to pay her off! Any decent person would have known its importance. Fred owned it from being a young man, still living with his mother. Anyone who contests a will is disgusting in my book. Fred had every good reason to cut her out. By that time he was in the hospice so wasn't reliant on her for help and food. The Widows mother even said it wasn't surprising he cut her out of his will!! His five children deserved everything, not that dolly bird wrinkly floozy with her Rapunzel hair (how inappropriate is that hideous hair on a woman of her advancing years?) the first two wives were good and kind to Fred but number three was just a gold digger. She even expected her own son should have some of Fred's money ffs. Said he saw Fred as a father figure, pah! Stepsons don't cut the mustard when one has their own sons and daughters; Fred only married her because he didn't like being alone. He thought she was quite a 'glamour puss' and she was quite full on with the message she left in his visitor book after stalking him out and visiting his garden saying she was 'obsessed with spanners'. Weird woman didn't like anything oily that would dirty her manicure or hair. She even stopped him having beer and he had to have wine instead, and vegetarian food ffs! I just wish he had lived long enough to have seen what she was like when he was so ill, if he'd recovered long enough to divorce her so she wasn't waltzing around the country STILL making her money from being Lady Muck, the Merry Widow with her pathetic anecdotes. She should tell the truth about what she put Fred through or just shut up. Best time he had was his last trip with Alf and the lads cos he was away from her. I just hope one day the lads can buy the steam roller back and I hope karma catches up with Sheila Grundy! RIP FRED ❤️