The Fred Dibnah Story - Episode 2 A Sort Of Fame (4x3)
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- Опубликовано: 17 май 2020
- Documentary series on steeplejack, engineer and Victorian styled legend Fred Dibnah.
This 1996 series is edited from several previous documentaries.
This version is in the original 4x3 aspect ratio. 
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In the current world of strife I always gravitate back to this series
just discovered it but i reckon i will follow suit
I as well
@@nouseforaname5378 me too
The world is a more sadder place today, thank God for the 80s and the 90s.
@@BullyBoxer ist the societys own fault
Fred still smoking his cigarette whilst on the rollercoaster made me chuckle, what a legend. I imagine he wasn't always the easiest to live with though but he was truly one of a kind.
Legend
Mannn the sadness and enviousness it fills me when you see these shots of uk back in the day in the 80s 🥲, so calm, peaceful, no silly laws, no people walking around with phones or headphones. I grew up in the late 90s and 2000s, naturally miss those days. Compared to the electronic monster that society is now
The fact there was a camera man willing to go up there with him, fair play 👏🏼
Carrying a camera the size of a traction engine, y’know.
How the hell did they manage?
As far as I’m concerned Fred was the last of Britain’s working class heroes . . no shit no bullshit just a down to earth working class human being and he reminds me so much of my own father who was a worker his entire life.
Not the last no way
There are still tens of thousands of blokes like this across the UK keeping our society running every day. You just don’t hear about them.
Dont underestimate the amount of knowledge that was buried with the man. You dont work your whole life with your hands without amassing a huge amount of knowledge, lost to most people.
The weathiest place is the graveyard
The first 40 secs of this vid is an iconic masterpiece, it's one of the most remarkable intros Ive ever watched here on a screen in my 42yrs of life. This intro was as instantly majestic as Pink Floyds Pulse live concert intro was the day they aired it here. You could be in the worst mood in the world and 40secs into seeing these iconic TV treasures you are mesmerized and might as well be beamed up to space as nothing around you even matters. Captivating doesn't even get close to explaining the first 40 secs of this particular episode. What a Legendary Masterpiece of a human🙏
You like it eh?
Fred reminds me of my Dad in the 80s when I was a young boy.. A grafter who never stopped till the job was done rain or shine. Hard times made great characters.
...the late great Fred Dibnah was a national treasure whose life and legacy continues to inspire future generations because he still matters,...'did ya like that !.
Iv only discovered this fella...i always tought he was a journalist so kept flickin past...what a man he was...gifted hands
Legend has it that Fred is the only man that Chuck Norris feared.
I've heard that legend and it's true
I actually heard that Chuck Norris has a poster of Fred on his bedroom wall.
Salt of the earth, what a fucking hero.
He went on holiday just to so he could take down a chimney on the way home? I love Fred 😂 he is what’s missing these days 😫
A sad loss when this man left us.
Log flume with a ciggie! Man is an absolute legend!!
I had the pleasure to meet Fred once, with his then partner (the lady with the pigtails), several years ago here on the Isle of Wight where I live. It was at a boot sale believe it or not near to the Isle of Wight steam railway he was visiting. One great character. He must have been in the early stage of the cancer that he died of.
Beautiful to see our seaside in 1980.. Would love to find docus exclusively on seasides in 70s/80s.
Blackpool. When kids could just hop into the back of a open rangerrover chassis.. Lol.. Fun.
The way Fred describes some of the events in his life in a matter of fact fashion is comical at times, in a good way, I mean. No affectation, just telling things as he experienced them.
Is there anything more Fred than going to the beach in full length trousers and a woolly jumper? Jesus wept!
Even though he's from the wrong side of the Pennines Fred is a legend. Immensely watchable. Definitely born in the wrong age, would have been a pioneer in the Industrial Revolution.
It's probably lucky he wasn't born 30 years later, I can't imagine him having much truck with having to fill out RAMS and Method Statements and Risk Assessments and having to sit through a site induction at every single new site! The thought of his reaction at anyone asking him to do any of that actually makes me chuckle.
@@liamsohal-griffiths1094 😆 yeah
You can always tell a Yorkshire mun but you can't tell him much!
God Bless Fred Dibnah. Reminds me of my grandad, always 2 steps away from disaster with a shot eating grin on his face.
Definitely a legend,don't make them like that anymore. What a lovely guy.
You're absolutely right Sarah
Lovely man, they don’t make them like him anymore, a Bolton legend.
ALWAYS found time for barnados too ,no matter what he didnt let that charity down
I refer to him as "Our Fred" as it felt like he was. Always in the pub with a pint and a story. In 1990 he turned up to the queens garden festival in Stoke-on-Trent where the stewards tried to direct him to the VIP area. Fred was having none of it "Oh I can't be bloody bothered with all that lot take me to where the real workers are". Armed with his butties in a Sun Blest bag.
I used to live in Bolton and Fred had this talent of drawing you into his world. There wasn't a job that he wouldn't take on and and the steam rallys were were beyond beleif.
Even if you didn't know him he had this way of being an instantly likeable bloke and he is sadly missed. The programs he produced in the final tour when he had his cancer were up and down emotionally.
When once asked how fast his traction engine went the production crew said "Two pubs to the mile". 😂
RIP Fred
22:20 what a man, brings the wife for once to a "holiday", ends up knocking down a chimney under the rain with her help...
then, the next time she goes to Greece for a holiday, she comes back and ask him for a divorce...go figure
Fred was a legend but he was a bit of a savage too
Back in the days when Britain still had factories that actually made things! Seeing that boilrworks brought back memories of visiting my Grandad at his place of work, the smell of cutting oil, metal and Swarfega stays with me to thisd day, although the factory is now long since closed and demolished.
I don't mind the advent of some health and safety, Freds no safety harnesses, no handrails, etc. looks ridiculously dangerous (and was, if he dropped one of those 14 foot metal rods or baulks of timber he used to erect his chimney scaffold god knows who it might have hit at the bottom), but I do miss an era where we had the engineering skills to build things.
The idea Fred used to go up the ladders after a few pints just boggles my mind, he must have had an angel looking over him!
No doubt there's a bit of luck in such matters. In the previous episode he regales a time when he fell off some ladders at home (I think) and knocked himself out, think he ended up concussed for about three weeks in bed. You'd think a relatively minor accident like that would give anyone pause for climbing the skyscraping ladders on those industrial chimneys. I suppose he was very confident in his own abilities.
When British made products might have cost more, but were recognised as being "well built and designed to last"
@@MR-yq1vi same with American made, its a shame we all used cheap Asian manufactured good
@@shb4200 Also worth remembering that not all Asian products are poor - but yes, they are recognised as "cheap". This is fine for some items and worth continuing that trend, but for others reliability and life span means better for the environment and peoples wallets.
He was even smoking on the roller coaster.
Was gonna say that 🤣
@@mzzz24 lol
hahah
Was going to say that also, too funny
Even on a roller coaster Fred has a cigarette perched in between his fingers 🤣
Me to the wife: Can you pass me the remote?
My wife: Get it yourself you lazy git!
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Fred Dibnah to his wife: Just stand here in the pouring rain and pull ladders up by a winch all day, on your "holiday"
Fred's wife: ok ...
Might be why she left him lol.
Same narrator as the World at War series. Unmistakable.
I remember working for Barnardos in Derbyshire. No one never told me how they started with a special person.
This reminds me of my childhood holidays to Scarborough in the 70s. Donkey rides and wind breakers. Deck chairs and everyone fully dressed except for the kids.
Has neighbors had to hate him. What a character though. I always come back to this to feel the 80's. Its a small fleeting comfort feeling. As an American I love this dude. I thought I was crazy. The stupid psychopath nonsense I've done and for some reason I'm still alive feels like child's play. I look at his scaffolding and how he transitions from the ladder to the planks is sheer madness. I would do that differently. Even I don't have Bolas that big.
I live in the States too. Where abouts do u live.
He turned his insanity into a profitable art form
How many wives these days would help ladder up a chimney in Blackpool on a rainy day as part of their holiday. Well done love, you deserved a medal.
🤣 cant get my girlfriend to get me a ice pop from the hotel shop
She left him… 😂
My wife would. You have to work to keep a wife like that though, and that was Fred's mistake.
I think there are probably plenty, but they probably expect their partners to give back just as much to their relationship...
Feel giddy just watching him climbing chimneys.. incredible chap.
It's not like he could get to the top and then sit back and relax !!
A legend. Love the Harpo Marx impression too.
Fred was awesome, an absolute legend but can't help feeling sorry for his wife Sheila.. Bless her,.
I know. Some holiday eh? She got more than she bargained for. 😂
Thought her name was Allison? Or that was his first wife in this series of videos.
@@kevinbrookes4870 you are correct,. Sheila was his last wife's name 🙄😜
In a world thats a total mess I watch Fred on most nights to relax.
Love the way his kid called him ‘Fred’.....
Amazing gentleman.
Guy hated going on holiday 🤣 I feel ya Fred lad I'm not having any kids
Smoking on the rollercoaster. Thug life
Nice to see a bit of the old Blackpool before we got took over...
He didn't have to go far on his holiday then. Bolton to Blackpool. Some bloody holiday though knocking down a chimney, and getting his wife to help him in the pouring rain.
He amazing guy, he lived his dream
Simple, happy and fulfilling. Living the dream
Fred One Of A Kind...
Rip
He was so awkward one to one with his kids, I see where that comes from looking at his own relationship with his mother and father. Not tactile. Without sounding judgemental I didn't pick up the tactile vibe in his parents home. When I first seen them I taught Fred was there doing a nixer for some old folk that was hard up, honestly. Until they started talking, I felt a distance between them, maybe I'm wrong and it was just their way in Yorkshire. I'm Irish I admired Fred's honesty, he was no one's fool he was way ahead of the possie. What's left of his belongings that scattered they should gather together, purches his old home and make it heritage site. England needs to appreciate this quality of a dying breed the few that are left. She's no longer producing that calibrer of people. ✊☘️
Lancashire* wash your mouth out!!! Haha 😆👍
Hes lanky not yorkshire don't mix them up if you value ur health 😂
@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 another rose war 🤣 ✌️☘️
I can remember watching Fred on Tele when I was younger. They don't make them like Fred anymore
man i love these old vids,proper manchester too ,just how i remember it
The good ole days. 🙏🇺🇸🗽🏴🙏
A True Legend.
I think he married three times ,but for me I think Fred and Alison loved each other more ,RIP Fred 🇬🇧👍
Absolutely....I think in fairness Alison wanted different things than fred in the end.....and neither was prepared or able to compromise. Its sad but they had many good years together and 2 lovely children ❤
Allison was the love of his life.
Fred’s passion for his steam engines and his business was too much for Alison he was a very one dimensional character without much thought for anything else in his life so it was no surprise his marriage sadly came to an end it’s very sad but you’d have to really be really strong willed to cope with it so it’s not fair to look at her in a bad light.
It seemed pretty obvious she was the love of his life and I’m sure they had some very special times together his other marriages though I think they just saw his persona and his wealth
This guy is FASCINATING
Fred’s hair was stunning!
Or lack of.
There will never be another Fred Dibnah he was a likeable man whom one had to admire he wasn't a fraid of hard work self taught man he looked a upon himself as a back street mechanic
A Lancastrian legend. 👏
What a guy!
Great stuff.
First holiday since their honeymoon and a bloody camera crew comes with them!
A family man who doesn't want to do owt with family. Proper northan.
How could he climb a chimney with those gigantic balls
“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.
Not true, people hate things they fear or don't understand, so that's Just bollox
@@gcroller93 It's a rough translation of da Vinci's quote. "Nothing should be loved or hated..." is closer to what he meant to say.
They'll b no more holiday's. "We've never had any".spending £2300 for something he's already got for fs.
Sad thise old chimneys are gone but thats the life, i climb some old chimneys in germany but the smallest was 400 ft, we have lot big chimneys
Blackpool Chimney knocked down, the building owner probably regretted it, nice little tickle to many remaining as mobile phone mast points.
Proper job ❤️😊🇬🇧
Today: safety zone of 2 miles
Back then: Its coming down..I better step away half a meter
how he chucks bricks like it bloody easy really said fred
Lovely
Fred is some cool dude
A man that's under garments would have been a sight to behold.
Tough man I couldn’t do that
Clanking brass bollocks!
THANK YOU for doing it in the right aspect ratio! _Why_ do people either crop, or distort, old material into "shortscreen"? (I'm sure Fred would have something to say about that!)
Did yer like that?
She was a very pretty woman freds wife.
Also - A week or two to sort the money.... The days before modern computing.
This is a brilliant series... Where on earth did u get it from sir?? I'll supply email if its a research secret. I find it fascinating and there's stuff I'd love to try and find.
I think this was shown on the BBC
A MANS MAN
He even took his ladders on holiday with him ... just in case!
SHE IS A BEAUTY MATE
Fancy a holiday pekal....there's just one catch 😂
Sounded like someone farted at 26:49 think it was Fred when he was climbing the ladder or it was the camera operator 🤣🤣🤣
Ah the good ol days when men could smoke inside like the good Lord intended.
Demolishes giant chimney stack, whilst standing next to it wearing jeans and a flat cap?
I’m guessing Fred wouldn’t have been fond of mask mandates!😂
Frank did f up with Allison
Shame he treated his family the way he did. He lost his wife to his ways. But he learnt from it
What a châracter and her too, bút I'm sure glad I i never had to live close to him. Hệ he
Fred had a right good wife, that’s for sure.
Does anybody know when this was recorded, looks like late 70's
I believe its it was early 80's but the date code at the end MCMXCVI IS 1996
In 79/80
1996 is the year it was broadcast - www.imdb.com/title/tt0421097/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt - not when it was filmed.
The Fred Dibnah Story is a compilation of two previous programmes: A Year with Fred and A Life with Fred.
His famous 'd'ya like that' comment in episode 1 was after felling a factory chimney in Rochdale in 1979.
It was used as the opener to each subsequent episode. The Blackpool trip in this one is several years later.
This is June 1980, you see the date on the Blackpool pleasure beach.
My sort of holiday.
Half a day out with the Undertaker 🤣🤣😭
DID YA LIKE THAT 👍👍👍
👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
He was/is a legend but he was very self centred and selfish
2:57
Where are women like this😮
Is that engineers still about?
😎😎😎😎😎😎👍
Here in Australia he would be classified IRON MAN.
FRED IS THE KING 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑 🛺🛺🚜🚜🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂
A bit of Kieth Richard's in the storytelling. smoking, and laughter. Could be wrong.
They got divorced not to long after this.
Did you like that 😂