See Freds funeral, and see how high he was respected.

Absolute bloody genius. Theyre reshowing all his stuff on BBC4 at the moment it's great. My favourite is Fred Dibnah's Building Britain. It's a great series where he visits historical buildings around the UK and looks into historical building methods. So fascinating. Last one I watched was on Norman building methods used on Ely Cathedral in the 1100's!!!!!❤❤❤❤

@truckerfromreno

Жыл бұрын

I didn't know that was back on. I'll enjoy watching that again. Cheers.

@marrrtin

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Fred's phenomenal knowledge of historical construction techniques put this series a notch above many heritage documentaries.

@bethcushway458

Жыл бұрын

@@truckerfromreno no worries. I always keep an eye on BBC4 because they sneakily reshow little gems all the time. The canal building episode was on last night.

@matthewb9621

Жыл бұрын

Is it showing his personal life, too?

@danemartin2647

Жыл бұрын

One thing you can rely on the BBC for is repeating shows

They don't make em like Fred anymore, I grew up watching Fred's exploits, and what people often miss is what Fred had apart from great skill and knowledge, is one great sense of humour.

@sonanderson6351

22 күн бұрын

He beat up both of his wives

The difference between what goes on today, and a man who understands his craft. God bless and keep you Fred.

Of all the chimneys Fred felled, this was perhaps the most magnificent demonstration. Making a chimney fall over and not one brick crosses the 5 foot gap towards the mill building? Pretty amazing.

@roberteatwell6827

Жыл бұрын

DemonSTERation, lol

Fred dibnah was an unbelievable hard grafter he was one of a kind sadly missed RIP fred ❤

A working class hero. Its nice to see hard-working men from a working class background get the respect they deserve, and Fred 💯 deserve some respect on his name.

Fred was the Precision Demolitionman!! Fred does everything by eye, No computers to tell him how!

Notice that Fred, ready for all potential dangers from hundreds of tonnes of falling brickwork, is wearing his HSE approved (UK version of OSHS) flat cloth cap - guaranteed to prevent any and all head injuries due to impacts from masonry falling at near terminal velocity...

@clairehayward4521

Жыл бұрын

So true! And not a high vis jacket in sight lol

@Nooneshereforever

Ай бұрын

Neither would make a difference anyway 😅

You may not know this but after felling 90 Chimneys, including the one you watched where he climbed to the top without a safety rope and took it down, brick by brick, the worst injury Fred ever suffered was a broken ankle falling off a three step stepladder changing a lightbulb in his daughters bedroom ....

@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391

Жыл бұрын

"you generally only fall once" - he fell, and lived to tell the tail !

@TheTexturizer

3 ай бұрын

He said he hit his head and was housebound for 3 weeks

@chrisspere4836

Ай бұрын

I would like to know if he managed to get the light bulb in. Or did he collapse before the twist of the bulb, bayonet fitting as I know of. We didn't have screw in bulbs but theve crept in more as time goes wizzing by. All this sort of job will have to be reinvented in the far future, like its the first time.

@timcrook2231

Ай бұрын

👍

Fred was an amazing man. His films around this time are very important too, seeing all these techniques and ways of working that would be lost otherwise

I’m Oldham born and bred. An old mill town but most have gone now. Great video…..what a guy he was!

It doesn't matter which of our Freds series you choose. Because by the time you get 30 mins in you're facinated. I'll bet you'll get asked to do the series on Freds traction engine riding. He travels all round the country. And the hospitality the mans offered. Food, beer, accomadation. Coal for his engine. This giant of a man was/is loved by everybody. If he was still with us. He would be Sir Fred, by now. Peace out.

@bernardmcmahon351

Ай бұрын

Nice comment my friend

@christopherbarnett6098

Ай бұрын

​@@bernardmcmahon351it's just the truth. And that's always the best & easiest way to go. Peace out

@Nooneshereforever

Ай бұрын

He got an MBE 2004 my guy 💪

@christopherbarnett6098

Ай бұрын

Not enough brother. When you see who they give mbe's to for fuck all. At the very least this great Englishman should have got a Knighthood. Peace out.

Thanks Guys for showing this moment, Fred is such a legend in the UK, he was a fantastic kind hearted guy who had huge skill and bravery in where he worked. He knowledge of engines and steam is also something you may want to check out.

It just shows how much confidence Fred has in he's work. he didn't even have to move out the way. Great job Fred. from 🇬🇧 an old cockney gal. b safe take care guys. catch you on the flip side. 😄👍👍

How well were these buildings built, amazing, the skills we have lost Crying shame they were destroyed but amazing how Fred did it so accurately

No drama. Not an adventure. Just Fred.

Fred was indeed the man! RIP Fred.

Fred is a national treasure..... indestructible and fearless. . Unfortunately that cxnt cancer robbed him of his retirement! Rest in power Fred!!

Hey fellas👍 nothing like a bit of Dibnah, love how he stands there arms folded standing right next to it totally confident of his experience and workmanship. Got to say without embarrassment I'd sht myself 🤣brilliant reaction guys thankyou and take care ✌️🍻

They broke the mold after Fred was made.

@stevecostello4278

Ай бұрын

He monitored the increasing lean of the stack using a stick. A STICK.

The magic of Fred…

Love it . Seems long time since we see Fred... RIP to the legend that is fred dibnah

Such a clean job, a true master, I grew up in the 70's in what was to become the last remnants of the heavy industry age in the UK, my Dad was a train driver and started out on steam trains, shovelling coal on the fire for 7 years before becoming a driver, both my grandfathers worked in the slate quarries, one would spend all day climbing sheer rock faces with no harness, just a rope wrapped around his leg, drilling holes with metal rods and a hammer (just like Fred) to plant dynamite, my first job was in a car parts factory just before CNC lathes took over, so got to use some proper old world machinery before it disappeared in the computer age, I loved it but time moves on, heavy industry jobs were largely replaced by office jobs and call centres, I'm not sure which work environment is safer? 🤣🤣 Great reaction, I could watch Fred all day, more more more!!!!

Met him a couple of times, such a nice guy. He was obsessed with Steam Engines (both static and rolling) in fact all his Steeplejack work was really so he could finance his passion for steam engines and Victorian Engineering. You will never see a Fred Dibnah again RIP.

Fred Dibnah is the Red Adair of bringing down chimneys. (Ask your parents)

Thanks for having a look at this lads! Massive fan of Fred, grew up in Bolton like he did. The Lancashire Hotpots have a song about him - Dibnah.

Fred should have had a knighthood from the Queen. He was more deserving than anyone.

@JohnBeck-pb9xl

3 ай бұрын

You could just imagine him offering her majesty to do the pointing on Buckingham palace next time he's in the area.

@bernardmcmahon351

Ай бұрын

So true

@michaeltaylor8835

Ай бұрын

He got an OBE in 2004

@BaxterThewall

Ай бұрын

@@michaeltaylor8835 MBE.

@sonanderson6351

22 күн бұрын

They wouldn’t give him a knighthood after it came out he was a wife beater

Fellas like Fred are the reason Britain used to run the World 😂😉

Fred dibnahs age of steam is good . Then again every series of programs he did is good. Watch them all !

I thought I'd seen all of Fred's chimney felling on TV but I've never seen this one before. Great video guys.

Such workmen are salt of the earth, intelligent, capable and no doubt trained their apprentices to be the same. I marvel at their work ethic and to see them without today's health and safety measures, the workwear we see today (especially footwear) and muscle power rather than machine. There are images of builders with rolled up shirt sleeves, waistcoats and ordinary trousers and shoes. Maybe a flat cap, neckerchief, and often with a cigarette or pipe hanging from the lips.

Fred Dibnah, what a guy. I remember watching him on TV way back when. Still impressive today. "An insurance man's nightmare' haha.

Not one brick fell backwards towards the building. He's an artist in demolition. Inch perfect everytime.

Any and all of Fred's tv series are good for a reaction

Oldham had 365 mills at one time, now most have gone including the Rugby

Dibna was a legend - we loved watching those programmes as kids. He was also into steam road engines -

I grew up with people like this Miss them more everyday.Thank you Fred, Sirs.🙏🌟

Fred knew his job. Clever guy. Always did it perfect.

Fred didn't need to dig anything. He simply walked around the chimney and the weight of his massive cast iron balls gouged out the trench. Chimneys would just surrender and fall over by themselves whenever they saw him heading in their direction.

@specialse

Ай бұрын

that made me laugh !!!1

Cheers lads, from Lancashire (y) , was raised on his shows. His legacy lives on. Fred Dibnah's "Age of Steam" series is also great

Love the channel guys. Another bloke you would like is a fella called Allen Milliard. He is a genius. He is an engineer who builds amazing motorcycles. Check out how he hand built a Dodge Viper V10 motor bike and his giant 5 litre V twin 'Flying Milliard' made from 2 cylinders from a radial aircraft engine. He also cuts up 4 cylinder engines with nothing but a hacksaw and file and joins them together to make V8s and straight 6 and V12s.

Fred is the absolute epitome of the technology needed to bring this bloody stack right down. I met the man on many occasions at steam fairs running his lovely engines, a true industrial engineering hero, i tek me flat cap of t ye lad, we offen oist a pint in ye memory

We want all of them I heard the A-Team called Fred for ideas

This guy has maintained and felled most of the northern chimneys including delvers in my home town of Stockport

Fred was fearless, respect.

I seem to remember in one of Fred’s earlier appearances on TV, felling these large chimneys. It was mentioned that, the base of these Factory chimneys had walls of bricks a minimum of 3 feet thick. So creating the large opening at the base to determine how it would fall on demolition, would have been very arduous, to say the least. The sacrificial wooden posts that he put in place to support the weight of the structure above, were cut-down Telegraph Poles. Whether Fred cut them to size himself with a hand saw, I wouldn’t know. But, as it was Fred, you never know, he might have done!

@dfross87

Жыл бұрын

Just as likely cut with an old steam driven power saw, knowing Fred.

Hi guys great to see you watching another Fred Dibnah. They say there's all ways a bit of madness in the method. I think Fred's certainly got that down to a tee what an icon and legend he is. I remember watching Fred when I was a little girl. out of all the documentaries Fred has ever done. one all ways sticks in me head. its about the old steam roller engine's. It was very fascinating to watch. and to lean about the old days. from 🇬🇧 an old cockney gal. 😄👍👍

Fred is a British Icon from back when I was a bairn Fred has Laddered chimneys like that and also some with Overhangs, in his opinions using Helicopters was EASY mode.

I've waited for you to come back to Fred. The guy was definitely one of a kind.

Literally any series he did is worth watching...

Fred is one of my heros, I've watched him since I was a kid. He was a master steeplejack and steam engineer in his spare time. After his passing and on the day of his funeral, thousands lined the streets of his home town Bolton to pay their respects to him, they called it "the day Bolton stood still". I've so glad to see you guys enjoying his work, the genius that is Fred Dibnah.

There is nothing more satisfying in this world than seeing someone who’s not only a master of their craft but absolutely love it and all the challenges it brings!

Excellent boys🤘🏽👊🏽👍🏽🫶🏽

I was waiting for Fred to casually start rolling a smoke as he was stood there waiting for that stick to drop. A seriously chilled out genius of a man who was the ultimate down to earth working class man.

It’s great that a new audience get to see this legend

Fred’s architectural drawings are a work of art.

Fred's innate grasp of the four dimensional puzzle that was the moving parts of his trade is the true "and you can't teach that."

Im glad Fred is still known

Without a master steeplejack to hand, the safety would probably insist on demolishing the entire mill.

Another great Fred Dibner video!! We still miss him!

I was born and raised a few hundred yards from this mill and 90% of my free time up to around the age of 13 was spent in its shadow, exploring, climbing trees, playing on rope swings, 'camping out', making dens. All the area next to it was pretty much wilderness. I had been told it was an abandoned army-assault course and training grounds. i dont know how true that was but the terrain certainly seemed to back that up. You can imagine the adventures kids could have there, especially in that time period where kids were pretty much 'free-range' or feral even. We didnt so much as see an adult from dawn till dusk when we werent in school. Not really relavant to the video but thats some huge nostalgia there for me.its cool to know Fred was the one to take it down.

I live so close to this. But every time I saw Fred at events and our carnival with his steam engine I was too young to fully understand the type of guy he was. I was only a child. I would have loved to have met him as an older person and talked to him about engineering and stuff over a pint.... I'm from a little town in North West England called Bacup, one of the best preserved old mill towns in the country... If you search for Bacup and Oldham, where this chimney was, or Bacup and Bolton, where Fred was from you can see just how close I lived to him. Just a few towns over. Oldham is about a 10 minute drive, Bolton is about a 20 minute drive.

The man was and is a legend. Everything he did was fascinating, even down to simple things like digging a well in his back garden.

Fred was one of many. That's why it's called Great Britain.

I had the great privilege of meeting Fred in Bolton. He was a real character. Greatly missed.

Wow, what skill he had!! It’s sad that many of these skills are being lost these days. Seems like a man with a great sense of humor too.

FRED DIBNAH THE G.O.A.T. The best entertainment on TV. R I P. FRED GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN.👑👑👑👑

Fred was a legend here in the UK , ealth and safety what the bloody ell is that ,and what is a tax man lol.

Good thing you saw this good quality version. The uploader of this uploaded a couple of newly found Fred videos the other week. They seem to have disappeared now and only an awful quality one remains from a decade ago

I love that u guys both get and love Fred as I do. With every enthusiastic craftsmen & woman we lose, our collective knowledge is weakened. So glad these films kept and seen by young people to inspire them. Brilliant.❤

The most primitive form of " exact science " on the planet courtesy of the master craftsman and all round good guy that was Fred Dibnah ! You can keep your laser levels, theodelites, and computer generated explosion sequences ! - Just give Fred a Jackhammer, half a dozen strong wooden props, a pile of old tyres,a truck load of scrap timber, and a box of matches !!! - Job done to within a whisker of the target drop zone ! God bless you Fred and R.I.P. mate - you are sadly missed.

A whole Dibnah week!! I'm in.....His "Building Britain" series is great and he gets to show off some of his knowledge on old building methods and techniques, you'll also get so see some pretty impressive and very old stuff....don't want to spoil anything :)

I may be wrong but I get a feeling that you 2 guys really, really love Fred Dibnah. 🤔 He was a total one off. I grew up watching his amazing work when I was in my late teens into my 20’s. Just discovered you guy’s on KZread. Your reactions to Fred are brilliant. I’ve never seen 2 dudes shake their heads in disbelief so much but the thing is it’s because you totally get it. You understand the intelligence of the man. Take care guy’s. Best wishes from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

True legend old school engineering, just don’t make them like they used too ❤️

In one video he takes down a chimney, one brick at a time. With a hammer and chisel, from the top down. The timbers he uses are "pit props" from the local coal mines.

@wildwine6400

Жыл бұрын

That was the first video they saw

He was and is held in the highest esteem guys...Absolute legend!!!

Love Fred, one of the greats!

Sorry guys, you can't pick one of Fred's TV series, they are all brilliant, I suggest you start at the beginning and work through one by one, you won't be disappointed, he's still fondly remembered by everyone, LEGEND

I'm surprised Fred wasn't leaning over the fire escape to light a cigarette in the demolition fire

Fred is THE man

The World lost a genius when he died !!! It’s great that somebody recognised his genius and filmed some of his greatness for everyone to witness !!!

A master craftsman doing his perilous work to perfection, and so relaxed, humble and down to earth (pardon the pun!) about it all. Fred was one of a kind. It is a shame that these historic landmarks have to go, but with age, subsidence and if they are no longer being maintained, they could become a catastrophe waiting to happen. It’s the same reason why, when they closed all those local railways following the Beecher report, they demolished all the stone railway bridges spanning the roads; nobody to maintain them, and no more use for them.

with a tear in either eye, the respect I have for that man...

I live 15 miles from his old house, he loved putting old traction, and steam engines together, lovely bloke😊

Guys great to see your videos on what is the great example of a working class hero here in the UK.the man is was and always will be a master of his craft a god in fact and I'm sure a lot of guys would have loved to have a beer or 4 in his company he was that well loved big up to you both on honouring our national treasure mr fred dibnah godbless.❤

this was how they would undermine castle walls and towers back in the day

Another one bites the dust! 👍

Nice reaction lads, Fred was a lovely, clever, brave grafter of a man, see him climbing massive stacks after laddering them on his own , just unreal, he presented tv documentaries explaining the old Victorian skills in construction and engineering, just a great, nice bloke. Salford uk

Fred Dhibna. Age of steam. Good series focused on the other part of his celebrity.

Wonderful, I loved seeing that for the first time with you guys!

Good old Fred, the Last of his kind, he was a brilliant engineer also, Bless you, Fred.

Fred dibnah LEGEND ❤

No need for a high crane and swinging ball when Fred was around he was a proper oldschool grafter very intelligent knew his skill. No one else did this work like Fred did his scaffold build up top of a tower is unbelievable how he sat on a plank suspension by ropes and built scaffold.

I have felled large trees by using the logic that I saw Fred Dibnah use about weight, height, direction and taking support away at a point to get the drop and direction that you want and surprising things that can go against logic if you don’t think of all the possibilities before hand. He would have been a brilliant teacher

Fred, the man that gravity feared.😂

I remember watching this as a child on the BBC .

Fred Dibnah Getting Steamed Up is well worth a reaction, it covers a lot of his work and interests in one video.

That quiet self deprecating understatement, brilliant.

Men in flat caps built the modern world.