I was very fortunate back in 2001 that a mutual friend took me to his home to visit Fred. He was in real life as he was in these films, totally dedicated to his love of steam engines and what doesn't come across much in these films, every bit of machinery at the back of his house was steam driven. Even when we tried to leave for the day, he insisted that he wanted to take us up into his attic to show us even more 'stuff' he had acquired over the years. He genuinely didn't want us to go without showing us everything. He truly was a wonderful man.
that's amazing, very fortunate indeed. i miss fred's shows on tv so much and you made me smile knowing he was as you see him. straight down the line kind of bloke. i would have loved so much to indulge him and get to see everything he's built or acquired. such a true gent and one of the last of his kind.
Only 70 throusand views! People should stop watching Love island and watch and learn from the generation of men who graffed to make our lives so easy today!
What ever happened to this country. I loved the fact that a man in a non authority position asks a bunch of teenagers to move away to a position of safety. Not a peep from them and off they trot, even one of them waves back, possibly Fred's son. Imagine what abuse he'd get today. This video is absolute Gold. Bring back so many fond memories of the late 70's/80's before the pc brigade moved in. Fred an absolute legend.
My exact thoughts too when I saw that. It was a time when kids had respect and made sense of what they’re being told, rather than the “you can’t tell me what to do attitude”. ….And they would of received a “clip around the ear” from Fred, the police and parents if they did back chat. 😂
It is insurance companies as much as anything driving this. We can't hire out mowers and strimmers on our allotment anymore because that would require the relevant health and safety training.
Well its like chainsaws I don't know if it is still the case I expect it will be hire shops have to send them out with a brand new chain and safety kit and no training but a new chain or old you can still do some damage with a chainsaw that regs what seem so backwards and ludacris to me
Although I lament much manufacturing that has left the UK, steam was massively inefficient from a cost, time and energy perspective; its days were always numbered. Some train lines have been electrified since the late 1800s
As a yank who adores confidence and competence, Fred is a treasure to respect and remember. Clever, afraid of nothing and almost freakishly strong, he’s a complete original.
I was just thinking of the immense grip strength the guy must have had, those ladders he uses are wooden, must weigh a ton unlike modern Aluminium alloy.
@@jk28416 , exactly! Grip strength, and core torso strength. My dad was a carpenter. After 40 years of banging nails with a heavy framing hammer, his grip was freakish, a strength that only science fiction could try to explain. Same with Fred. In the civilized world today, will probably never see this kind of strength again.
Great footage! If this was filmed this today we’d never see the chimney fall in one continuous shot - the footage would be cut over and over again with 5 advert breaks and 5 minutes of recapping after each break.
My Dad was a steam enthusiast we may have been at this show. Fred and dad engineers Clever honest and enjoyed a pint. I only discovered Fred a week ago .I have watched every episode. It’s a great way to relax and slow life down. Happy therapy session for me 🙏🏻🦅🧘♂️
I'd been watching Fred since the early 90s. I been watching these videos before I go to bed. Its nearly 1am and I'm still up watching them. Fred you legend 🇬🇧
Watching this is like a totally different world to the one we have today,...proper down to earth hardworking folk enjoying the very basics of life and their own company,...when society has proper characters, and at a time when wealth and material things weren't the most important things in life....simpler times, when people made time for each other......great memories
Very true words...it's not a rose tinted memory? I remember it the same.. just something about that generation above us,well and their parents..reminded u of proper bygone days..the clothes..they hard work ethic..the lack of luxury yet content with what they had..even tho it would ice up on INSIDE of window when winter and BEFORE DUVETS existed.
paul davies I was too young to learn any useful skills but I was old enough to enjoy the freedom of playing on building sites where all the houses in my area were being modernised, mine was the only house with anyone living in it.
Being a Lancashire lad of that era I can still fell a chimney with accuracy of Fred learnt from him. My mum knew him well as she had a nursing home near to Fred’s house . A real bloke a grafter and honest as the day he was born . He enjoyed a simple life without fuss & complication
Mate I’m Hungarian and I’m sat here smiling like an idiot watching Freds story. He’s was a pure soul and lived for his his craft and his steam engines. Lancashire misses him and so the does the world.
I’m Indian and used to live in his attic and work for Fred in the early 90’s. If I was nice and finished Freds famous porridge he would let me blow his whistle 😙
@@willmoore3790 I doubt it. I really don't think kids are that bad. I think people are watching too much BBC news and crime dramas. Yeah maybe they would give him the finger in a sly way but they wouldn't stab him.
@@Embracing01 the most murdervases, child molester and violence to old peoples, happening in the own family, was in the 50s, today is the same, those dramatization today, is just hypocrite
I was an 80s kid and thats so true. Post modernist and marxist ideologies have slithered in to the education systems now and ruined the very foundations of our once great societies. Today kids carry knifes, no respect for life or themselves. look up Jordan Peterson on his view points on some of our societal issues, certainly thought provoking.
I believe she found a slick while on that holiday, she went without Fred for a reason. Went through a similar betrayal myself some 30 years back. When they want out, they will find an excuse.@@jk28416
So many million people are sick from the hard work in the past or died lonely but nobody cares, those romanticitation are a little bit hipocritical. no hate
His tutorials from the 80's have 2m+ views. For a guy like this to get recognition like that in today's world speaks volumes. Sometimes hero's go unsung. This man was definitely a working class hero who helped us not forget about the times back then. Rest in Heaven big man.
People even talked differently. They were more laid back, slower and quieter in their conversation. When that chimney came down the bricks ended up about six feet from the spectators......great days....everything was alive and fun and exciting. We'll never see the like again.
Fred is a legend ! Can you imagine him amongst today's youth, who are offended by anything and everything, can't decide if they're male or female or if they identify as an ironing board !
Lab rat: I'm sure today's youth would certainly respect him but many would not agree with his political views or idea of married life. Fred was a very good worker and a good person. His views on things were often dated - even back then. That's not his fault as such, but it shows that most of us have moved on from always expecting our wife/ girlfriend to cook for us and stay at home etc etc.
I feel so proud knowing there was gentleman like Fred to show the true identity of our nation someone who grafted in extreme conditions but showed no fear but a real enthusiasm for life and done his best by his family this was the British man's culture and let's not forget his wife's support of his love for steam engines looking after the children and making sure he has everything a wonderful women and a wonderful family
You probably have yet to watch the episode where his wife goes on holiday to Greece only with the kids and comes back and asks Fred of a divorce. So maybe not as idyllic after all.
Im 43 now, and I remember sitting down with my ol man watching Fred climbing stacks and driving steam engines when I was a kid. I miss Fred, And the part of our heritage that seems to have vacated around the same time that Fred decided to leave us. We knew better then, because we dealt with far more harsh situations daily. Idle hands are the devils playground.
Hard times make strong men Strong men makes easy times Easy times make weak men ... unfortunately we are at the weak men stage which will bring hard times
Been to his house. Not many people had a mine shaft in their back garden or secret rooms in their house. But just imagine the lovely trips he had taking his engine the length and breadth of Britain. A real throwback, and a national treasure., liked what he liked and did what he did. A life well lived.
tedibair Adults today seem to take advice off their kids..... the kids rule their parents. There’s no barriers to what they want to do.... no barriers.... little respect Meanwhile mom is messing about on Facebook..... kids are up-to whatever Dad is playing at house hubby
@@kw9849 i don't think you can categorize kids today all in the same way. There's still people and families who kept and instilled old ways and morals, alot of it is to do with wars and poverty and the government fucking everyone over in the past.
We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self-control
Fred could talk to anyone. I wish I could have had the chance to have met such an interesting character as Fred. A true legend in every sense of the word.
Love watching Fred at work but this isn't just an insight into how things were done 60 years ago. This is exactly the same method used to bring down the great fortified castle ramparts 1000's of years ago.History at work, Cheers Fred
I spent a good hour plus with Fred having a one to one chat with him. Saw his Land Rover outside and invited him in for a brew. We discussed architecture, machinery, land rovers & motorbikes. Got a brilliant sketch off him and the most impressive hand written message & signature full of fancy Scrolls. Had all the time in the world to chat and as mentioned previously, what you saw on TV was what you got in real life. True gent & down to earth top bloke!👍
Yes Fred WAS exactly what you saw on tv, down to earth, interesting to speak to and a Gentleman who was seen as a soft touch by a Posse of females who saw him as a gateway to a Easy life.
Absolutely brilliant videos of Fred Dibnah and his amazing skills as a steeplejack and engineering . There's a lot to be learnt from Fred and his enthusiasm for steam engines
fred offers that they should probably had best move to the telegraph poles on the far horizon. then suggests they move to the blue car 'till the fire starts'. smart man 😊 smart kids.
I truly admire this man if only I were born a generation sooner I'd travel across the Atlantic and shake Fred's hand myself. One in a million he was. That's for sure.
Lots of comments on here about how people missed these times. It's sickening how bad things have got today. Fred is to chimneys what RUclips is to Fred. Heartfelt emotions about destruction of the past.
I was born in 2002 and only got introduced to Fred a matter of months ago. Always been taught to graft all me life and can honesty this man is my hero😂 if only Britain could go back to what it was like in the 70’s and early 80’s
No way! 4:40 a steam engine with Yeovil Somerset written down the side of it. Im sat here in 2024 watching this in Yeovil and i didnt expect that! Times have changed so much watching this, sometimes i wonder if this was a better time.
Fantastic! I thoroughly enjoyed watching this documentary series, and wholeheartedly respect this humble man.I particularly admired how he can tell a story, for example: When he speaks of being afraid that the rear of his home was going to topple over and he is startled by a loud bang one night and thinks it toppled. To his surprise though it was a gas explosion, and his unfortunate but also lucky wife appears minus eyebrows and , a hole burnt in the front of her clothing,( could have been killed)...O.M.G. I hope his memory is kept alive. Thoughts and prayers for Fred and family from Canada. God bless you Fred and may you R.I.P.
I remember the coal man delivering coal to the house like this when I was a kid. (2:55) , also see the couple eating fish and chips out of 't paper while watchin 'tchimney coming down, ee!
I'm 47 from America and I want the world to know about Fred When men were made of iron I don't care what anyone says "They do not make men like this anymore" at least in America lol 😆 Fred you are so inspiring to me God bless Fred and his family
Thanks for that top totter ... I still miss Fred and always will,I think.The camera gets as close to the action as is possible.The youngsters are loving it all and there's even a Raleigh chopper and dog along for the fun..brilliant!
The time of people connecting not over the phone but eye to eye. In our house my wife and I talk a lot about the good old days of being together in person and enjoying peoples company
Was hopeless at mechanical stuff Hated metal work steam etc But Fred got me hooked on his programmes 4ever now Was heartbroke when he died And his house should've been made into a working museum and shop Not sold off cheap to just any old bod who had no soul for the amazing adventures Fred left behind We love and miss you Fred you were a one off never forgotten 🍀🌄🚜
I met Fred just before he died, he gave me a signed copy of a flyer from his tour of Britain. He shook my hand and said: Right lad, go and take that to a chemist and get yourself some bloody proper stuff.
I feel I have to mention that all this footage was created before drone shots and smartphones. What a treasure he and this film is. I really enjoyed watching.
The stained hands of a working man.I fought to keep my hands looking clean for many years.now at 46 I look at my stained beat up hands and see the house cars and all the things they have provided for my family. I would not trade them for soft clean hands
At (17.00) you can see a master of diplomacy, care and common-sense. He knows how to approach his audience. He doesn't tell them. He persuasively invites them. Brilliant! Imagine any of our 'leaders' today trying to work such magic.
All the kids back then had little or nothing, but their all respectful, & well behaved. Not all running around with knives stabbing each other like some of them today. It seems the more people have, the worse they seem to become.
The knowledge Fred has I bet was second to none. Bet if he marked an X with chalk he could have dropped the chimney right on it. Good times gone. Give me a day watching Fred do his stuff than a day on the Internet.
I was very fortunate back in 2001 that a mutual friend took me to his home to visit Fred. He was in real life as he was in these films, totally dedicated to his love of steam engines and what doesn't come across much in these films, every bit of machinery at the back of his house was steam driven. Even when we tried to leave for the day, he insisted that he wanted to take us up into his attic to show us even more 'stuff' he had acquired over the years. He genuinely didn't want us to go without showing us everything. He truly was a wonderful man.
that's amazing, very fortunate indeed. i miss fred's shows on tv so much and you made me smile knowing he was as you see him. straight down the line kind of bloke. i would have loved so much to indulge him and get to see everything he's built or acquired. such a true gent and one of the last of his kind.
Very lucky indeed. A day to remember for sure!
Wow! Must have been amazing to meet the legend and a true honour. Would have loved to have met him and think we would have got on really well
@@gladtv7873 really?
@@gladtv7873 surprised he found it
Only 70 throusand views! People should stop watching Love island and watch and learn from the generation of men who graffed to make our lives so easy today!
sixbells99 110% pal
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Well said mate!! TV today is 98% utter trash
How did they make our lives easier?
It's also uploaded by others....one already has 237.000 hits.....don't even bloddy know what "Love Island" is......🤔
What ever happened to this country. I loved the fact that a man in a non authority position asks a bunch of teenagers to move away to a position of safety. Not a peep from them and off they trot, even one of them waves back, possibly Fred's son. Imagine what abuse he'd get today. This video is absolute Gold. Bring back so many fond memories of the late 70's/80's before the pc brigade moved in. Fred an absolute legend.
My exact thoughts too when I saw that. It was a time when kids had respect and made sense of what they’re being told, rather than the “you can’t tell me what to do attitude”. ….And they would of received a “clip around the ear” from Fred, the police and parents if they did back chat. 😂
no, if you talk to kids decently today theyre just as respectful
I bet you voted for brexit didn’t you?
@@irishnovember5900 Anyone not into EU fascism should have voted Brexit
@@irishnovember5900 Always a bell end in the crowd and here he is.
£350!!!!!! It would cost more than that just to kit out a team of experts with high vis vests and helmets. Fred was a working class hero
They'd charge more than that for the fookin method statement.
About £1200 quid in today's money. Dirt cheap by any standards.
@@frankhyland6333 not bad for a days work plus fred loved it
It is insurance companies as much as anything driving this. We can't hire out mowers and strimmers on our allotment anymore because that would require the relevant health and safety training.
Well its like chainsaws I don't know if it is still the case I expect it will be hire shops have to send them out with a brand new chain and safety kit and no training but a new chain or old you can still do some damage with a chainsaw that regs what seem so backwards and ludacris to me
5:12
The only good thing technology has brought us is the ability to watch Fred the legend on RUclips!
Well said sir!
Although I lament much manufacturing that has left the UK, steam was massively inefficient from a cost, time and energy perspective; its days were always numbered.
Some train lines have been electrified since the late 1800s
You are right he hated computers and stuff but it's kept his wisdom alive...
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Well said 👍
As a yank who adores confidence and competence, Fred is a treasure to respect and remember. Clever, afraid of nothing and almost freakishly strong, he’s a complete original.
I was just thinking of the immense grip strength the guy must have had, those ladders he uses are wooden, must weigh a ton unlike modern Aluminium alloy.
@@jk28416 , exactly! Grip strength, and core torso strength. My dad was a carpenter. After 40 years of banging nails with a heavy framing hammer, his grip was freakish, a strength that only science fiction could try to explain. Same with Fred. In the civilized world today, will probably never see this kind of strength again.
Yeah these old school men like fred are rarely seen these days. Sad really. Fred dibnah was a true national treasure here mate
@JJ K He used wooden ones because aluminium ones would get damaged easily and twist.
He was easily capable of repairing his own wooden ladders.
Then I'm sure you must have confidence in the competence of Biden then, right? 🤣
Great footage! If this was filmed this today we’d never see the chimney fall in one continuous shot - the footage would be cut over and over again with 5 advert breaks and 5 minutes of recapping after each break.
Dont forget the shitty techno/hiphop music that would be added
If this was filmed today it would be used as evidence in the health & safety trial.
lmao yep
Give youtube a chance... the adverts are starting to creep in more and more...
skippymon not on the BBC lol no adverts
My Dad was a steam enthusiast we may have been at this show.
Fred and dad engineers
Clever honest and enjoyed a pint.
I only discovered Fred a week ago .I have watched every episode.
It’s a great way to relax and slow life down.
Happy therapy session for me
🙏🏻🦅🧘♂️
I met Fred at St Walbergs club in Ashton on Ribble Preston Lancashire many years ago he was a gentleman and very friendly
This is my safe space. I come and watch the videos to remind me simpler, maybe better times.
I'd been watching Fred since the early 90s. I been watching these videos before I go to bed. Its nearly 1am and I'm still up watching them. Fred you legend 🇬🇧
Relaxing isn’t it I wish I was around in simpler times
Never forget what they took away from us.
As a Lattice Climber, i live this videos
12:37am right now 😂😂
Watching this is like a totally different world to the one we have today,...proper down to earth hardworking folk enjoying the very basics of life and their own company,...when society has proper characters, and at a time when wealth and material things weren't the most important things in life....simpler times, when people made time for each other......great memories
Very true words...it's not a rose tinted memory? I remember it the same.. just something about that generation above us,well and their parents..reminded u of proper bygone days..the clothes..they hard work ethic..the lack of luxury yet content with what they had..even tho it would ice up on INSIDE of window when winter and BEFORE DUVETS existed.
The young ones gathering truly interested in something not digital amazing
And Greta nowhere to be seen
I miss those days. People were different back then before the internet and social media.
Well said
Thumbs up if your past 2018 and KNOW that Fred can still do things better than us...
HEATH AND SAFETY was a swear word during those times ,,,lol.
paul davies I was too young to learn any useful skills but I was old enough to enjoy the freedom of playing on building sites where all the houses in my area were being modernised, mine was the only house with anyone living in it.
Love steam and love Fred but fuck i can think of better things than sitting in the damp drinking warm beer whilst my wife dreams up ways to leave me.
Being a Lancashire lad of that era I can still fell a chimney with accuracy of Fred learnt from him. My mum knew him well as she had a nursing home near to Fred’s house . A real bloke a grafter and honest as the day he was born . He enjoyed a simple life without fuss & complication
Such a joy to watch Fred Dibnah - the man was truly a British Working Class hero - RIP
Health and safety Fred dibnah style 'you'll have bugger off from here.... If anything happens I'll never forgive meself'
Hahaha
And they did because kids had respect in them day's . What's happened?
Yep it used to be called common sense. Missing these days it seems sadly.
There is a gentle kindness in his words
They all looked close to it though when it came down lol
True Brits watch Fred Dibnah.
And even True Texans love him.
I’m French and I’m watching Fred Dibnah, I guess we’re a handful to do so 😊
Mate I’m Hungarian and I’m sat here smiling like an idiot watching Freds story. He’s was a pure soul and lived for his his craft and his steam engines. Lancashire misses him and so the does the world.
I’m Indian and used to live in his attic and work for Fred in the early 90’s. If I was nice and finished Freds famous porridge he would let me blow his whistle 😙
Being a true Brit could get you arrested now !
I love how he politely tells the kids to bugger off & they politely bugger off
If it was now kids would tell him to f**k off lol
@@slimshady102414 or stab him
@@willmoore3790 I doubt it. I really don't think kids are that bad. I think people are watching too much BBC news and crime dramas. Yeah maybe they would give him the finger in a sly way but they wouldn't stab him.
@@Embracing01 the most murdervases, child molester and violence to old peoples, happening in the own family, was in the 50s, today is the same, those dramatization today, is just hypocrite
@@Embracing01 you clearly haven't been to north London lately
Look at the respect the kids had in these days
I was an 80s kid and thats so true. Post modernist and marxist ideologies have slithered in to the education systems now and ruined the very foundations of our once great societies. Today kids carry knifes, no respect for life or themselves. look up Jordan Peterson on his view points on some of our societal issues, certainly thought provoking.
Jordan Bernt Peterson born June 12, 1962. He is a Canadian clinical psychologist and a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto
Thought provoking
ruclips.net/video/4Pf1cRQiDSM/видео.html&bpctr=1532766289
so hes not too clever lol
I wish people were still like this
Seriously you don’t. Not your kids or other loved ones. Might like it happening to those you don’t know, though 🤔🧐
You really don’t 😱
@@LeonTrotsky6782 why. Much prefer this to the tictok muppet generation where blokes dress very badly like women and say they can breast feed
I've been binge watching Fred's documentaries the last few days a very admirable character.
Any wife that helps you with the ladders on a rainy day gets my vote.
she chucked him after the Greek holiday
Yup, she left him. paid to much attention to steam engines
@@harmonykrieg 🤣
@@MrBmxbrawler Fred has his priorities right... his steam engines never let him down, unlike his wife.
I believe she found a slick while on that holiday, she went without Fred for a reason. Went through a similar betrayal myself some 30 years back. When they want out, they will find an excuse.@@jk28416
This made me feel so old because I can remember 1982... The world was truly a better place. Health and safety be damned... Brilliant.
I was 3 in 82 😁
i understand Fred got in trouble with the Health and safety people occasionally
@@eliotreader8220 In trouble, yes. However, they made sure they didn't injure him during it.
So many million people are sick from the hard work in the past or died lonely but nobody cares, those romanticitation are a little bit hipocritical. no hate
Falklands War, record unemployment, record inflation... Fred was probably the only shining light in 1982 😂
Old Fred is the Salt of the earth.... I admire him.
His tutorials from the 80's have 2m+ views. For a guy like this to get recognition like that in today's world speaks volumes. Sometimes hero's go unsung. This man was definitely a working class hero who helped us not forget about the times back then. Rest in Heaven big man.
People even talked differently. They were more laid back, slower and quieter in their conversation. When that chimney came down the bricks ended up about six feet from the spectators......great days....everything was alive and fun and exciting. We'll never see the like again.
Doncaster accent the always sound this way
@@peopletalkrubbish6117 worra it Donnie! 😂
'tis true.
We may never see those times again, but we did live through them lol
@@johnnyboy63100 yes we lived through some tough times and great times, I pity the youth of today, soft as shit and not reared right.
Fred is a legend ! Can you imagine him amongst today's youth, who are offended by anything and everything, can't decide if they're male or female or if they identify as an ironing board !
How the fuck has gender got anything to do with Fred you absolute muppet?
@@ToastediPod Fred wouldn't fit in with all the snowflakes such as yourself
@@ToastediPod Snowflake alert LOL
Lab rat: I'm sure today's youth would certainly respect him but many would not agree with his political views or idea of married life. Fred was a very good worker and a good person. His views on things were often dated - even back then. That's not his fault as such, but it shows that most of us have moved on from always expecting our wife/ girlfriend to cook for us and stay at home etc etc.
Jay Morgan Fred was an anachronism in the '80s, hence why they filmed his life. This is proto reality TV.
I feel so proud knowing there was gentleman like Fred to show the true identity of our nation someone who grafted in extreme conditions but showed no fear but a real enthusiasm for life and done his best by his family this was the British man's culture and let's not forget his wife's support of his love for steam engines looking after the children and making sure he has everything a wonderful women and a wonderful family
You probably have yet to watch the episode where his wife goes on holiday to Greece only with the kids and comes back and asks Fred of a divorce. So maybe not as idyllic after all.
Good old days, no over the top health and safety, respectful youngsters and everyone pulling thier weight. R.i.p chap.
todays kids would have given him abuse if he asked them to move back.
@@kevinjackson7340 I was a kid in those days we were far worse than today.
Just finished watching all 7 of these in 1 sitting, what a true classic British character he was!
Im 43 now, and I remember sitting down with my ol man watching Fred climbing stacks and driving steam engines when I was a kid. I miss Fred, And the part of our heritage that seems to have vacated around the same time that Fred decided to leave us. We knew better then, because we dealt with far more harsh situations daily. Idle hands are the devils playground.
6t3
Hard times make strong men
Strong men makes easy times
Easy times make weak men
... unfortunately we are at the weak men stage which will bring hard times
Great quote, and very true.
So do sumat about it u moaning git
speak for yourself mate,not everyone today is a snowflake.
Been to his house. Not many people had a mine shaft in their back garden or secret rooms in their house. But just imagine the lovely trips he had taking his engine the length and breadth of Britain. A real throwback, and a national treasure., liked what he liked and did what he did. A life well lived.
Donald the unsung hero doing his part in the realm of Mr Dibnah 👏🏼 🙌🏼
He dealt with those kids really well. Then again, kids had respect for adults then! Then again, adults these days don’t deserve any respect!
Ben, what made you make that last sentence? I really am serious about asking...
tedibair Adults today seem to take advice off their kids..... the kids rule their parents. There’s no barriers to what they want to do.... no barriers.... little respect
Meanwhile mom is messing about on Facebook..... kids are up-to whatever Dad is playing at house hubby
I don’t know. Most of the kids I know are pretty cool. Respectful. Different time, different rules but a lot better than I ever was.
It's because he didn't talk down to them. He treated them like people and not kids.
@@kw9849 i don't think you can categorize kids today all in the same way. There's still people and families who kept and instilled old ways and morals, alot of it is to do with wars and poverty and the government fucking everyone over in the past.
How respectful the children were listening with no backchat and took Fred's advice
We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self-control
Fred could talk to anyone. I wish I could have had the chance to have met such an interesting character as Fred. A true legend in every sense of the word.
How he talked to those teenagers . Legend . When Fred is saying it’s a bit dodgy it’s probably time to move . Lol
I could watch these all day..just love Freds videos..absolute spellbinding. Thankyou.
Love watching Fred at work but this isn't just an insight into how things were done 60 years ago. This is exactly the same method used to bring down the great fortified castle ramparts 1000's of years ago.History at work, Cheers Fred
Yes Masada especially 2000+ years ago
imagine being able to stand that close now. Now you need a days training and half a days paper work to drill a hole
More than a legend is Fred Dibnah, a national treasure. Wish he was still with us, R.I.P
The guy delivering the coal in this video raymond pattle just passed in sept. 2018
I press F to pay my respects...
The coal guy. Another legend.
Thank you.
Cheers and happy days :-)
Bet he made good business at these rallies
For the new watchers, that is a 50kg shoulder press. Coal sack into the hopper
No more characters like them anymore my home town of Tralee CO Kerry Eire as full of characters back in the day sadly all gone now
Fred was and still is a national treasure !
A true English icon and legend . There should be statues of him the length of this country.
i knew fred what you saw on telly was what you got in real life honesty and truthfulness very very very very clever man
sadly missed xx
I spent a good hour plus with Fred having a one to one chat with him.
Saw his Land Rover outside and invited him in for a brew.
We discussed architecture, machinery, land rovers & motorbikes.
Got a brilliant sketch off him and the most impressive hand written message & signature full of fancy Scrolls.
Had all the time in the world to chat and as mentioned previously, what you saw on TV was what you got in real life. True gent & down to earth top bloke!👍
A man I truly wanted to meet! Such an inspiration in my life!
Yes Fred WAS exactly what you saw on tv, down to earth, interesting to speak to and a Gentleman who was seen as a soft touch by a Posse of females who saw him as a gateway to a Easy life.
Now that's steam respect 12:06!! Love Fred!!
Absolutely brilliant videos of Fred Dibnah and his amazing skills as a steeplejack and engineering . There's a lot to be learnt from Fred and his enthusiasm for steam engines
Watched these as a kid when it was aired .brilliant 😊
First off.. Notice how kids did as they were told.... And didn't stab Fred to death for hurting there feeling...
Alex w Quite right the horrible excuse for some of them today ,would be met with F off ..and get lost,they’d probably just of stayed there.
fred offers that they should probably had best move to the telegraph poles on the far horizon. then suggests they move to the blue car 'till the fire starts'. smart man 😊 smart kids.
And... they knew how to spell 'their'!
@@GaryNumeroUno fuck off gary.
And Fred knew how to speak to them too.
Fred was a different breed of man we have few like him now. These videos are some of my all time favorites
I truly admire this man if only I were born a generation sooner I'd travel across the Atlantic and shake Fred's hand myself. One in a million he was. That's for sure.
Everyone is lovely to one another, give me one reason we couldn’t all be that polite and kind nowadays
Lots of comments on here about how people missed these times. It's sickening how bad things have got today. Fred is to chimneys what RUclips is to Fred. Heartfelt emotions about destruction of the past.
Very well stated. I feel the same way,
Millions of people in the past are sick from the hard work and nobody cares, same people who don't care romanticize those times...
@@borntoclimb7116we stand on the shoulders of those what preceded us.
I was born in 2002 and only got introduced to Fred a matter of months ago. Always been taught to graft all me life and can honesty this man is my hero😂 if only Britain could go back to what it was like in the 70’s and early 80’s
350 that would cost so much more, Fred was and will always be known as a great man in my eye's, rest in peace Fred
No way! 4:40 a steam engine with Yeovil Somerset written down the side of it.
Im sat here in 2024 watching this in Yeovil and i didnt expect that! Times have changed so much watching this, sometimes i wonder if this was a better time.
Fantastic!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this documentary series, and wholeheartedly respect this humble man.I particularly admired how he can tell a story, for example: When he speaks of being afraid that the rear of his home was going to topple over and he is startled by a loud bang one night and thinks it toppled. To his surprise though it was a gas explosion, and his unfortunate but also lucky wife appears minus eyebrows and , a hole burnt in the front of her clothing,( could have been killed)...O.M.G.
I hope his memory is kept alive. Thoughts and prayers for Fred and family from Canada.
God bless you Fred and may you R.I.P.
Notice how everyone is polite and respectful? That's Britain before tony blairs forced immigration!
Rip United Kingdom 😢
Looks like England has replaced all its chimneys with Jihadi grooming gangs.
Vril Society get voting on the 12th Dec lads!
Calm down, like bricks in a fire, we're all survivors/immigrants.
@Ray Wright
Speak for yourself you wanker
I remember the coal man delivering coal to the house like this when I was a kid. (2:55) , also see the couple eating fish and chips out of 't paper while watchin 'tchimney coming down, ee!
I met Fred he was a true Gent❤R.I.P FRED❤❤❤
"You will all have to bugger off" brilliant!
I'm 47 from America and I want the world to know about Fred
When men were made of iron I don't care what anyone says
"They do not make men like this anymore" at least in America lol 😆
Fred you are so inspiring to me God bless Fred and his family
Fred: drinking a beer and smoking a cig while parading around. Awesome.
I work at chimneys and can tell you this man is my hero when i think ive had a hard day i watch these videos over and over,
The skill to bring that chimney down without damaging the other buildings was incredible
I remember watching Fred Dibnah documentaries in primary school here in New Zealand in the 1980's . Fred was a true character indeed
Thanks for that top totter ... I still miss Fred and always will,I think.The camera gets as close to the action as is possible.The youngsters are loving it all and there's even a Raleigh chopper and dog along for the fun..brilliant!
Bender.
Could never get away with this today..great job
Great series Thanks for posting.
Looking back at the legend that is Fred, it’s glaringly apparent how far our society has fallen
The time of people connecting not over the phone but eye to eye.
In our house my wife and I talk a lot about the good old days of being together in person and enjoying peoples company
lollandz while commenting on RUclips..
Was hopeless at mechanical stuff Hated metal work steam etc But Fred got me hooked on his programmes 4ever now Was heartbroke when he died And his house should've been made into a working museum and shop Not sold off cheap to just any old bod who had no soul for the amazing adventures Fred left behind We love and miss you Fred you were a one off never forgotten 🍀🌄🚜
Really the place was sold cheap and ruined?
Would love to go back to those days and have a couple of pints with Fred and his mates. Great stories 👍
The country needs a Fred but I doubt we'll ever see he's like again. .❤
I met Fred just before he died, he gave me a signed copy of a flyer from his tour of Britain. He shook my hand and said: Right lad, go and take that to a chemist and get yourself some bloody proper stuff.
Fred in his element makes ya feel good, such a gent and professional. He made his own way as his own man. God rest him.
Loved to chat and have a beer with fred
I feel I have to mention that all this footage was created before drone shots and smartphones. What a treasure he and this film is. I really enjoyed watching.
Fred was a national treasure
"Do you like that" Absolutely loved it Fred.
Beer to start the day, breakfast of champions!
The stained hands of a working man.I fought to keep my hands looking clean for many years.now at 46 I look at my stained beat up hands and see the house cars and all the things they have provided for my family. I would not trade them for soft clean hands
Good for you
I was 11 years old when this film was made. Boy I really miss those days. Life was simpler.
warms the soul a much better time i miss Fred
I love Fred too bits he is now a legend 😢
At (17.00) you can see a master of diplomacy, care and common-sense. He knows how to approach his audience. He doesn't tell them. He persuasively invites them. Brilliant! Imagine any of our 'leaders' today trying to work such magic.
Fred talking to that little fella giggling away...quality
I know, like something out of a western!
Fred is a drifter. A nomad. That's what he truly wanted. A free life for his family. Can't knock em. Salute to one of the earth's last hard men.
Love this,kids actually did what they were told back in the 80s
All those kids were more or less raised by two parents.
All the kids back then had little or nothing, but their all respectful, & well behaved. Not all running around with knives stabbing each other like some of them today. It seems the more people have, the worse they seem to become.
Always remember I went to talk to him he was up near Rivington filling the engine with water, he had hands like leather, really nice bloke he was.
This is England as it was, look closely and see what’s missing.
Diversity.. 😬
Dental Hygiene for sure
Respect
Hand soap 😄
Paul Cook mobile phones?
“Do ya like that” bloody love it fred
The knowledge Fred has I bet was second to none. Bet if he marked an X with chalk he could have dropped the chimney right on it. Good times gone. Give me a day watching Fred do his stuff than a day on the Internet.
Fred driving the roller through the crowd, kids hanging off of every side, whilst chugging a beer, reminds me of a time I sure miss a lot.
The early 80’s, a very different and better time.
And that was despite 3million on the dole
Jimmy Savilles heyday
If you like working yourself to death and sitting In shit hole pubs. Hell no.
Wirklich noch ein echter Arbeiter ohne viel blabla, Respekt ! Heute dürften nicht einmal die Kinder zusehen,ohne 1000 Sicherheitsmaßnahmen.
A hands on approach and down to earth. A inspirational Man.
This man has just tons of Carismatism. A wonderful character and balls of steel. A tough guy. Wish I still could meet him in Person 🖤🖤
Carismatism 🤣
Legend,. He's definitely missed