It was all that hard graft.

I was born in 1963, as a kid and young man nearly every working class man or woman looked much older than they were. It always makes me laugh seeing the rose tinted spec brigade comment about how much better it was back then compared to now and I agree in terms of it was a slower pace of life and in certain ways simpler but for the working class it was stressful in many other ways and the amount of money they could make was much less than the working class now. Just go down a street of working class people now and see how many cars are on the street or huge flat screen TV’s in the front room windows. I grew up on a council estate and in the late sixties I think I knew three people on that estate who owned a car and pretty much all of us either had no TV or rented a small B&W set. Electric and gas was paid for by coin meters and I never had new clothes or shoes until I reached my teens. It was in truth a much much harder life back then. Having said all of that I do miss the peace and slower pace.

Hard work ,hard living

He was a hard worker, drinker and smoker, Died younger then most but lived more then most.

@@yeahnayeah4055 he’d packed in the cigs by the time this program aired.

Agreed! My heritage 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 I am 34

It's never too late to turn things around. My mum is 67 and got into weight lifting at 64, amazing difference. Life changing.

I don't think he is in better shape and happy with life at the moment, he died on 2004.

@@luke42083 I mean in the film. lol

😂​@@StanSwan

@@mommymilestones I agree, people are being brainwashed by all the crap that's going on at the moment and believing everything the news media tells them.

And in our short time the world is ruled by maniacs

The earth would be over crowded otherwise.

Unless you're a Buddhist.

Life is precious enjoy it.

👍🥰🙏

I completely agree with your words.l like watching Fred,it means more because l do not like these times we live in.

70s and 80s were gold...

Don’t be so sure. Our world is de globalizing. In a generation, those countries that don’t have the resources they use internally, will be in for a major regression to the bad old days. The worst part is, the 1st world is no longer populated by men, but boys. It’s gonna be fun to watch.

@Timetraveller2092 yep all engineers doctors and first class citizens roflmfao

indeed

It was lost deliberately and by national self suicide.

A propa Yorkshire man 💯

Well put friend

Couldn't of said it better 👏

It’s probably not the girl it’s most likely the family of her telling her she can do better. That’s after the family has milked him😞

That’s the problem with most women. Like 99% of them.

​@@peterwinthorpe5152, sounds about right. He was a legend, they weren't.

Cheers)

I feel really sorry for the girls.

dont we all?

@@leemanton4994 this

@Timetraveller2092 whats your sources lol

So a wife of his day, then...

Great shout! 😂 13:40

And a pair of steel cap toe boots

And a flat cap

No spoilt brats them days glued to their smartphones, Switches and tablets unlike most kids today, including mine sadly where the parents just let em do what they want and then they ha ve their child told they have ADHD or some other made up crap. I think these devices are making kids aggressive too because their still developing brains can't deal with all the information that they're watching.

Scottish and Bolton, two interesting accents you've picked up

I got it lol

“ A nice blue Sir ! “ - “ Not bloody likely mate “

He used to say he enjoyed things that were "Hot, dirty and dangerous", that's how he described Sheila his third wife. So I imagine he was just as much of a bloke as he comes across haha

That's just the way men were at that time.

13 years younger

What happened?

Abit off topic, but I read an article the other day from the Liverpool Echo dated 25 July 1988 where it said Fred was banned for 12 months for drink driving over the limit and at 30mph. Apparently he been driving his Land Rover in Liverpool shortly after pulling down a chimney. It's the first time I've heard about this, strange no mention of this in any of the Fred Dibnah series.

at least theres still abit o grafting going on, the buildings are all the same and havent been "developed". The lad that now owns the place is a nice fella and grew up just down the road from fred, he had no problem with me and a mate having a look around a couple of weeks ago. The shaft is still there and the house looks the same, its a pity the previous owner Leon sold all the workshop equipment, heartless sod!

FRED DIBNHA 💯

A skilled man a man that could show the world how to construct thing's

"sumert"

🥺🤭💕🙏🥰

Scapula Cappyitis!! 😂😂

You can tell he wasn't having any of that shopping business. Haha

@@EskimoCanadian44 hahaha

You gotta have hope buddy. Being a famous tv personality with over a million in the bank will definitely help. 😂

I can only upload in parts because youtube won't allow me to upload more than 15 mins of video, unless I do a security verification check (probably involve giving my mobile number or something) which I am not doing.

@@Embracing01 FairPlay. KZfaq has that many silly new rules. I’m waiting for it’s successor.

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They weren't obliged to marry him, were they?

​@@doneyarts47according to pansies, that kind of common sense doesn't matter

Taurian.....not possible

Best part of the year is withdrawing 2k and handing it over to the travel agents and getting the hell out of here!

Yeah 2 million is a lot of money

Many woman thinks that. Like a property project. 'You have potential, I merry you' ...thanks honey!

He was an optimist……married three times.

A man falls in love with a woman, a woman weighs things up....just sayin sorta style

Dirty old bugger

Yup.

Fred lived for having a pint down the pub and chatting to all his mates. He was very social. Autistic people struggle with socialising.