I'll tell you what i like about these videos: The film cameras are standing still, there are more than 20 second dialogues, it's not rushing from one scene to another in 1-2 second clips like todays editing is like. You can actually watch this without getting a seizure.
I almost didn't find this great show. I saw a smokestack fall on the excavator knocking it down in one of those Idiots at Work videos. One of the comments said "Fred Dibnah would never have done that!" I got curious and searched him out. Now I'm hooked.
Yeah, and the arrangement he had with said undertaker was that he wouldn't pay for the mornings work. So undertaker did other people while our hero got to live another day.. RIP Fred Dibnah
Fred is way way up there now , looking down on us with our phones and plastic junk , and saying to himself " I am glad I'm up here mate , with all these streets of gold and beautiful architecture 😊
I did the Fred Dibnah tour while it was still running and had tea in Fred's house. I was alone in his house for five minutes at the end of the tour. I raised a cup of tea to the great man's memory.
At least in the "bad old days" if a person showed aptitude and interest they could get on. Companies such as M&S would recrute managerial staff from the shop floor. These days a degree is a must. I'm 78 having completed a tool making apprenticeship in the 50/60s along with a City and Guilds certificate. It's assumed that having a degree means a person is smart as well as clever when in fact being clever and having a degree does not necessarily mean that person is also smart or very intelligent.
Yes! And it goes the other way too - just because someone didn’t go to uni, doesn’t mean they’re thick. I left school at 16 because I needed to work and earn money. By the time I was 21 I had worked my way up the ranks and was the only non-graduate in my office. Just because university is pushed on young people as the only route to a good life doesn’t make it true.
Number of years in a role doesn't mean much either I feel. The amount people saying "Do you know how long I've been doing this? Before you were born" I've known several people over the years who've been in roles for years but were shit for years and just got away with being shit.
Harold Pearson when you have job vacancy and several applicants who are suitable for the position you will find the manager taking the person with a degree first before anyone else so if he chooses the wrong person he’s able to cover himself by saying the guy had a degree.
Discovered Fred Dibnah by sheer luck! What a wonderful person he seemed to be! I sure hope Fred found Heaven just as he hoped it would be, with plenty of old steam-engines for him to mend throughout Eternity!
You can't ever beat Fred but some come close check out Blaster bates the naming of knickers brook He's the Fred of the blasting world but salt of the earth kinda fella And 50% comic Very funny man This explains how oulton park race track named one of its corners and why when this story can out the BBC stopped using its name and moves there broadcasting tower to another bend
I’m from Bangladesh, live in London age 37 came to uk 1990 when I was 4 but watching Fred story , I respect him from my heart and ask god to bless him , he is a real hard worker . Not like them crooks nowadays. we all should learn from his life. R.I.P. Fred Dibnah
They still film some entertaining shows! Maybe not as good as the old originals but definitely not trash. They have been focusing alot on nature documentaries tho...
24:52 "It could very easily turn, like, a wedding into a funeral." The Brits have the BEST sense of humor. As an American, I confess our humor is nowhere near as witty or sharp. RIP Mr. Dibnah. Enjoy that endless lot of broken steam engines. 🚂
I do work for my city similar to some of the work he does. I’m frequently at great heights and am in precarious positions, but the fact he does his work with just him and one other guy is AMAZING! Hats off to Fred Dibnah! I concur that being up high and doing manual labor is something almost spiritual and peaceful! It’s a shame that so many people look down on hard manual labor. That kind of work is important and can be quite fulfilling!
I could never do what you (and Fred) do as I’m terrified of heights, but the views from the top look incredible. I can see why you would describe it as peaceful up there.
You don’t climb 200ft brick chimneys with just wooden ladders, bits of rope & iron stakes. Don’t even compare yourself to Fred. Fred is a legend. The BBC thought his work was outstanding & decided to show the world who Fred was. Don’t compare yourself to Fred, how vain of you. Can’t believe you got all those thumbs up. There will NEVER be another Fred dibner
I burst in to tears when I hear this man talk he is the earth and everything good about humanity and absolutely nothing about the worse of mankind,we are what we are and he hid nothing ,God bless you Fred and thankyou.
A wise and skilful lad was Fred Dibnah. The original steam punk. If your born after year 2000 and you’ve found Fred Dibnah..well done 👍here is a real working class superhero of the likes that built all around you. Bless ya Fred spot on bloke.
A recent finder of these gems into a mans passions and livelihood. When you watch these shows and see Fred in his prime, it’s a reality check of our mortality. He’s so alive in this clip and all of what makes him Fred. Seeing the shows after his first divorce, he seems like a different man, older yes but lost a bit of the drive and passion. Of course his newer produced and polished shows are just a ghost of who he was. Such great content her, fantastic guy.
He's so right my great grand pa worked at the docks and they drank quarts of beer during the day to dull the pain. He had to work into his early 80's at the gate, no old age pension back then just the poor house. During the war they'd shape plate steel for the ships with sledge hammers and hot rivet it all together 6 1/2 days a week 12 hour days.
Its always cool to see old scrap yards... Heartbreaking to see such fine machines just discarded like this, people really don't appreciate anything anymore.
@@wadewilson6628 Oh blessed are the job providers for graciously allowing those lowly plebeians to perform all the productive labour that generates their income.
There is a very interesting statement in this episode, the vicar asks Fred's labourer if he has any kind of support whilst climbing up, and the labourer replies no none at all, because you get too reliant on it. An interesting thought experiment, a bit like the theory that car drivers would be in a lot less accidents if there was a giant spike sticking out of the steering wheel, because people would take much greater care and appreciate the danger. I don't know if it's true but the contrast in the thinking between then and now is very thought provoking.
Yeah, because it took so much effort to make, it was made to last. Now most things are effortless to make, so are cheap and valueless. (Caveat, sweatshop clothing manufacturing where hard labour is valueless)
There will never be another man like Fred. A down to earth working man, who was very skilled in the work he did. A very knowledgable and entertaining man too. RIP.
From my experience, it's not just the accent (which I love) but the way people from Lancashire/Bolton/- the North generally- engage in conversation. Very straight talking and friendly.
@Yoda B.at1 We tell it how it is without trying to confuse anyone. Hard working, immensely intelligent and very unappreciated. Proud without arrogance and always ready to help the rest of the country.
I’m surprised how how similar a drunk American logger, or factory worker sounds to Fred. Obv not exact. But more similar than white collar Brit’s and Americans.
Good old Fred, a man after my own heart. I remember getting his autobiography out of the library when I was 12! Walked past his old house without realising it a year or so back. Great to see these older series as I was only a baby when they originally aired.
Am in my early 30s and I absolutely love this videos. Fred Dibnah what a guy. He just comes across as a hard working man that absolutely nothing bothered him.
I gotta say - his family didn't seem real happy to be riding around town on that thing. It would be very interesting to see and hear their stories today.
Engines like this need reviving.. They can Power a Workshop and it's Tools. Create Electricity PUMP water Heat your Home. Transport themselves a AND a Mobile Home for Miles and Miles.
What a legend!...I must say I have known a few blokes like Fred over the years - but none come close to the scale of Freds work!....the likes of which we'll never see again....Tops Top Totter!
Did you like that ! What a top chap. No one around like him anymore. Welcome to broken Britain Never met the bloke wish I would of though. Will go visit his grave with bunch of flowers and pay my respect.
Life really was almost impossibly difficult even in the early 1900s, for the vast majority of the population. We really are very fortunate, the irony being; we have it "so easy" it's empty, unfulfilling and ultimately depressing. The 1990s were the "pinnacle" of the modern-era, now this world is under Judgement.
Loved watching Fred on telly as a kid. Re runs of this series and then the other series, age of steam, made in Britain etc. What a wonderful human being.
This remarkable man had such admiration for the common man workers who came before him and their handmade machinery and construction. So much that he honored them by using hand tools and steam tools to do his projects. He took down factory chimneys by hand as they were built and marveled at the craftsmanship shown in their construction. Fred’s life was a living tribute to the past. Ironically after doing such dangerous work it was the cigarettes that killed him way too soon. Rest In Peace Fred. You are a great and patriotic Brit and we honor you in America by enjoying your videos to this day.
As a Brit living in Oz, I wonder how Fred would feel about us producing nowt and importing tonnes of shite from China. I remember this from my childhood, but I'm feeling somewhat embarrassed.
Mate I am exactly the same just look at manufacturing her in Australia, its gone. real shame I worked in heavy engineering back in England, it was good to see you made stuff, not any more!
Thanks for posting, and good luck to your football team. Peter Reid and Sam Allardyce would have been doing the business for you when Fred was knocking those chimneys down.
100% agree with you mate. Unfortunately a lot of the “higher-ups” who do the “hiring” at most large companies (who, more often than not, tend to pay better) would 100% disagree with us…
Lovely idea of heaven. No fighting, nobody hungry and be left to work on steam engines forever. Hope he got what he was looking for.
Steam engines are a bit too heavy for up in the clouds......☝🏻👼🏻
PaulLonden what do you think makes those clouds?
Sean JOys aluminium alloys
@@jayjay178 yes the spraying of heavy metals that's why there's been clouds for millions of years
I realize it's kinda off topic but do anyone know a good site to watch newly released series online ?
I'll tell you what i like about these videos: The film cameras are standing still, there are more than 20 second dialogues, it's not rushing from one scene to another in 1-2 second clips like todays editing is like. You can actually watch this without getting a seizure.
@Randy Bingham Good points too. Sounds volume is steady and consistent.
Precisely!! You can take in the atmosfhere better times for sure.
I almost didn't find this great show. I saw a smokestack fall on the excavator knocking it down in one of those Idiots at Work videos. One of the comments said "Fred Dibnah would never have done that!" I got curious and searched him out. Now I'm hooked.
Loved Fred. A truly genuine man. More of a national treasure than the royal family. Rip Sir.
Yes, I agree!
Exactly
Here Here 😊
Spot on
Much more
"It's like half a day out with the undertaker". He loves dropping that line does Fred!
Can't blame him it's gold
Yeah, and the arrangement he had with said undertaker was that he wouldn't pay for the mornings work. So undertaker did other people while our hero got to live another day..
RIP Fred Dibnah
Aye indeed he does
“That bloody clock face I could pull it off if I wanted....got any cigs”. 🤣
"Give us a bit of slack, Donald", just let's go of the rope 25:06 . I love Fred.
Fred is way way up there now , looking down on us with our phones and plastic junk , and saying to himself " I am glad I'm up here mate , with all these streets of gold and beautiful architecture 😊
I did the Fred Dibnah tour while it was still running and had tea in Fred's house. I was alone in his house for five minutes at the end of the tour. I raised a cup of tea to the great man's memory.
You utter Ponce.
Had his house changed much in the time between his passing and your visit?
At least in the "bad old days" if a person showed aptitude and interest they could get on. Companies such as M&S would recrute managerial staff from the shop floor. These days a degree is a must. I'm 78 having completed a tool making apprenticeship in the 50/60s along with a City and Guilds certificate. It's assumed that having a degree means a person is smart as well as clever when in fact being clever and having a degree does not necessarily mean that person is also smart or very intelligent.
Yes! And it goes the other way too - just because someone didn’t go to uni, doesn’t mean they’re thick. I left school at 16 because I needed to work and earn money. By the time I was 21 I had worked my way up the ranks and was the only non-graduate in my office. Just because university is pushed on young people as the only route to a good life doesn’t make it true.
Number of years in a role doesn't mean much either I feel. The amount people saying "Do you know how long I've been doing this? Before you were born" I've known several people over the years who've been in roles for years but were shit for years and just got away with being shit.
University graduates think they're superior to everyone else and have zero inter-personal skills
Harold Pearson sorry can ask did your City & Guilds help you on life I have my City & Guild in Motor Vehicle Mechanics early 70’s.
Harold Pearson when you have job vacancy and several applicants who are suitable for the position you will find the manager taking the person with a degree first before anyone else so if he chooses the wrong person he’s able to cover himself by saying the guy had a degree.
Discovered Fred Dibnah by sheer luck! What a wonderful person he seemed to be!
I sure hope Fred found Heaven just as he hoped it would be, with plenty of old steam-engines for him to mend throughout Eternity!
You can't ever beat Fred but some come close check out
Blaster bates the naming of knickers brook
He's the Fred of the blasting world but salt of the earth kinda fella
And 50% comic
Very funny man
This explains how oulton park race track named one of its corners and why when this story can out the BBC stopped using its name and moves there broadcasting tower to another bend
I’m from Bangladesh, live in London age 37 came to uk 1990 when I was 4 but watching Fred story , I respect him from my heart and ask god to bless him , he is a real hard worker . Not like them crooks nowadays. we all should learn from his life. R.I.P. Fred Dibnah
Fred was a gent! He worked hard and loved his steam engine. ❤
@@roymcneil6026 proper man’s man was our Fred the way men used to be not like the clowns around today
Whoever got the idea to film him was ingenious, he's a one off..you got to love Fred, his own man..
A time when the BBC made some great programs,not like now
They still film some entertaining shows! Maybe not as good as the old originals but definitely not trash. They have been focusing alot on nature documentaries tho...
The days that a tv licence was worth the money
now they make tory propaganda
@@TarmanTheChampion It is just Social justice crap now!
Yeah I pay tv license and don't even watch the fooking tele😖
24:52 "It could very easily turn, like, a wedding into a funeral."
The Brits have the BEST sense of humor. As an American, I confess our humor is nowhere near as witty or sharp. RIP Mr. Dibnah. Enjoy that endless lot of broken steam engines. 🚂
I do work for my city similar to some of the work he does. I’m frequently at great heights and am in precarious positions, but the fact he does his work with just him and one other guy is AMAZING! Hats off to Fred Dibnah! I concur that being up high and doing manual labor is something almost spiritual and peaceful! It’s a shame that so many people look down on hard manual labor. That kind of work is important and can be quite fulfilling!
I could never do what you (and Fred) do as I’m terrified of heights, but the views from the top look incredible. I can see why you would describe it as peaceful up there.
I bet you’re more health and safety conscious than Fred ever was though?!
Without hard manual labor our world as it Is today wouldn't exist
This is true sad, the most dont care about this work or all the injury or death guys in the past, they are forgotten...
You don’t climb 200ft brick chimneys with just wooden ladders, bits of rope & iron stakes.
Don’t even compare yourself to Fred. Fred is a legend. The BBC thought his work was outstanding & decided to show the world who Fred was.
Don’t compare yourself to Fred, how vain of you.
Can’t believe you got all those thumbs up. There will NEVER be another Fred dibner
I burst in to tears when I hear this man talk he is the earth and everything good about humanity and absolutely nothing about the worse of mankind,we are what we are and he hid nothing ,God bless you Fred and thankyou.
I'm absorbed in these films of Fred Dibnah. What a legend.
This man is the definition of “top bloke”
This is the greatest series ive seen for a long long time. There are no more Freds in this world, it's gone soft and boring.
Darkcustom xxx I just told my buddy the same thing today after watching two episodes
You are right 100 %. Nothing on the telly but whingers and filth now. Nothing interesting like this.
The discovery channel is a prime example, it’s absolutely shocking made up crap. No non fiction documentaries anymore all made up s#it
Guy Martin reminds me of fred
@@samgrady5614 that’s true
Fred: give us a bit of slack donald.
Donald: lets go of rope all together 😂😂😂
That was comedy Gold.
Sounds like me and my old boss lol
"Let's go of rope!"
Proper telly back in the day,...you can give me these old gritty tv shows everyday of the week, and Fred was a proper character,
Fred speaks so much logic and sense. And he is practically self taught, that says it all.
Perhaps the most interesting person I have seen in a while.
My old Painter and Decorator boss use to say “ it’s not the falling that hurts, it’s the landing” when I use to say what if I fall..🤣🤣🤣
The sudden stop 🥸
We were blessed to be able to see a character like fred,made in Britain.never bored to watch his programmes
A wise and skilful lad was Fred Dibnah. The original steam punk. If your born after year 2000 and you’ve found Fred Dibnah..well done 👍here is a real working class superhero of the likes that built all around you. Bless ya Fred spot on bloke.
A proper Northern bloke. Gets the job done, right, eventually 😊
Really miss this type of no nonsense approach to work.
Give it up for the great camera work also. At the top of the chimney in the morning, even before Fred.
A recent finder of these gems into a mans passions and livelihood. When you watch these shows and see Fred in his prime, it’s a reality check of our mortality. He’s so alive in this clip and all of what makes him Fred. Seeing the shows after his first divorce, he seems like a different man, older yes but lost a bit of the drive and passion. Of course his newer produced and polished shows are just a ghost of who he was. Such great content her, fantastic guy.
He's so right my great grand pa worked at the docks and they drank quarts of beer during the day to dull the pain. He had to work into his early 80's at the gate, no old age pension back then just the poor house. During the war they'd shape plate steel for the ships with sledge hammers and hot rivet it all together 6 1/2 days a week 12 hour days.
Its always cool to see old scrap yards... Heartbreaking to see such fine machines just discarded like this, people really don't appreciate anything anymore.
Hardley any decent scrap about like there was then
Fred was an amazing steeplejack! The skills needed as well as stamina and courage is phenomenal!
Just spit my tea out when he said the wife would end up with two rings 😂
Most wives have two rings, and a gob lol.
"they lived on other peoples' misery"
what an astute remark from an enlightened person
@@wadewilson6628 Oh blessed are the job providers for graciously allowing those lowly plebeians to perform all the productive labour that generates their income.
What gets me is Fred's respect for past generations doing it harder!!. As if he had it easy. Absolute respect. I'll keep watching. Gen x here
Hope you found your heaven fred.....
There is a very interesting statement in this episode, the vicar asks Fred's labourer if he has any kind of support whilst climbing up, and the labourer replies no none at all, because you get too reliant on it. An interesting thought experiment, a bit like the theory that car drivers would be in a lot less accidents if there was a giant spike sticking out of the steering wheel, because people would take much greater care and appreciate the danger. I don't know if it's true but the contrast in the thinking between then and now is very thought provoking.
That moment really stuck with me too.
He's absolutely right about Victorian engineering and architecture. Back then things were made and built to LAST!
Yeah, because it took so much effort to make, it was made to last. Now most things are effortless to make, so are cheap and valueless.
(Caveat, sweatshop clothing manufacturing where hard labour is valueless)
God bless him. What a great man he was. Sadly missed 🙏🏻😇
If i fall.. It's like that's the end of me.. And half a day out with the undertaker.. Priceless....
Wow I’ve finally found something of Fred’s I’ve never watched, thanks for posting these up
I have just discovered Fred all I can say is WoW just WoW
I love watching these videos every chance i get when having a drink in front of the computer,haha
World of Warcraft?
There will never be another man like Fred. A down to earth working man, who was very skilled in the work he did. A very knowledgable and entertaining man too. RIP.
These videos are my happy place. Being from Lancashire myself I'm still impressed by accents around here!
From my experience, it's not just the accent (which I love) but the way people from Lancashire/Bolton/- the North generally- engage in conversation. Very straight talking and friendly.
@Yoda B.at1 We tell it how it is without trying to confuse anyone. Hard working, immensely intelligent and very unappreciated. Proud without arrogance and always ready to help the rest of the country.
I’m surprised how how similar a drunk American logger, or factory worker sounds to Fred. Obv not exact. But more similar than white collar Brit’s and Americans.
A absolute legend RIP Fred 🙏
Good old Fred, a man after my own heart. I remember getting his autobiography out of the library when I was 12! Walked past his old house without realising it a year or so back. Great to see these older series as I was only a baby when they originally aired.
25:06
Unintentional comedy gold
DJ C I’m literally crying 😭
Woof
Am in my early 30s and I absolutely love this videos. Fred Dibnah what a guy. He just comes across as a hard working man that absolutely nothing bothered him.
Was one in a million was our Fred.
Never copied. Brilliant man and working class as they come. Sadly missed. Thanks for the memories Fred.
I gotta say - his family didn't seem real happy to be riding around town on that thing. It would be very interesting to see and hear their stories today.
The family looks like they are thinking "It is 1982, next door have a ZX Spectrum, can't we at least have a bloody car? A Marina would do....."
Genius of a man
His rant from 12:00 is absolutely fantastic! RIP Fred, legend!
Watching in America for the second time. I saw these a few years ago and now going through them once again. Love watching him work. Amazing fellow.
No one has mentioned how brave the cameraman was to get those top shots !!
Engines like this need reviving..
They can Power a Workshop and it's Tools.
Create Electricity
PUMP water
Heat your Home.
Transport themselves a
AND a Mobile Home for Miles and Miles.
What a legend!...I must say I have known a few blokes like Fred over the years - but none come close to the scale of Freds work!....the likes of which we'll never see again....Tops Top Totter!
Did you like that !
What a top chap.
No one around like him anymore. Welcome to broken Britain
Never met the bloke wish I would of though. Will go visit his grave with bunch of flowers and pay my respect.
What an amazing story teller. Couldn’t just tell you he riveted the fire box, you get the ENTIRE story. Amazing
I find, watching Fred's Videos very calming.
The scene at the church was like 2 Victorian steeple jacks jumping forward in time! Brilliant
Life really was almost impossibly difficult even in the early 1900s, for the vast majority of the population.
We really are very fortunate, the irony being; we have it "so easy" it's empty, unfulfilling and ultimately depressing.
The 1990s were the "pinnacle" of the modern-era, now this world is under Judgement.
'break a few fancy bits off me, i'd imagine *laugh*'
So nonchalant, i love it
Loved watching Fred on telly as a kid. Re runs of this series and then the other series, age of steam, made in Britain etc. What a wonderful human being.
Great show really good watch
Thank you fred 🌻 you give us the feel good factor 🤝
Donald is the perfect side kick a man off very few words
I will always remember Fred absolute legend and one of a kind. Loving rewatching these films. Rest in peace Fred
This remarkable man had such admiration for the common man workers who came before him and their handmade machinery and construction. So much that he honored them by using hand tools and steam tools to do his projects. He took down factory chimneys by hand as they were built and marveled at the craftsmanship shown in their construction. Fred’s life was a living tribute to the past. Ironically after doing such dangerous work it was the cigarettes that killed him way too soon. Rest In Peace Fred. You are a great and patriotic Brit and we honor you in America by enjoying your videos to this day.
No they didn’t. He had bladder cancer
Can't get enough of this man just love his simple approach to life and nothing seems to phase him!!!
Great stuff this, especially when he talks about his cap. Thanks for posting.
Thankyou for posting this series.. A National Treasure who is sorely missed,our Fred..liked n subscribed
Nice one for uploading these 👍🏻
His work was in the air but his passion was stuck to the floor
What a wonderful soul he was.
Amazing guy. It doesn't matter what he talks about, it's always interesting. Love his accent as well.
I hope fred has found he's little piece of heaven.
"whats the flash point of yer cap?" hahahahahaha
As a Brit living in Oz, I wonder how Fred would feel about us producing nowt and importing tonnes of shite from China. I remember this from my childhood, but I'm feeling somewhat embarrassed.
Mate I am exactly the same just look at manufacturing her in Australia, its gone. real shame I worked in heavy engineering back in England, it was good to see you made stuff, not any more!
He wouldn't approve of tonnes either !
He already knew. That’s why these chimneys needed taking down
the cranes that did the filming omg....ty
We've lost so much as a nation.
Bloody lovely stuff
Thanks for posting, and good luck to your football team. Peter Reid and Sam Allardyce would have been doing the business for you when Fred was knocking those chimneys down.
Absolute Legend,
I used to live opposite a Lace Mill..
Literally shook me out of bed at 5 every morning...
"ugly"???
The Lace did for Royal Weddings !
I'm sorry but this should be required viewing in today's schools. What an education.
It makes me want to cry knowing he and that world no longer exist.
i liked that!!
Its the fact he just climbs up without any worries that amazes me.
No police ever bothered him driving that thing on the highway 🤔👏
Fred said some wonderful profound things
What a great man. 👍🇺🇲🗽🏴👍
Most of us won’t live a tenth of the life Fred lives .
He said "sorta style". 👊
God can only imagine how strong this man must’ve been.
Fred was ridiculously smart. Unbelievable self taught Engineer. You would back him vs a degree any day!
100% agree with you mate. Unfortunately a lot of the “higher-ups” who do the “hiring” at most large companies (who, more often than not, tend to pay better) would 100% disagree with us…
If he were in Junkyard Wars, his team would win every time.
I feel exactly the same about my flat cap! I'm a Car Mechanic, so my cap is also oily :)
As a Northerner I’m glad there are still (non-hipster) guys who wear flat caps 😉
@karma comedian You wear them on your head?
15 minutes, his kids are like Fucking hell Dad can we not please just go to Butlins just once
The moon and the sledgehammer springs to mind