YIKES!!! American Construction Worker Reacts "Fred Dibnah - How To Climb A Chimney Overhang at 50+"

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YIKES!!! American Construction Worker Reacts "Fred Dibnah - How To Climb A Chimney Overhang at 50+"

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@davidatkins111 Жыл бұрын

One thing that is rarely mentioned is the immense physical strength the man must have possessed

@MyReallyCleverHandle Жыл бұрын

I get shattered just watching him!

@johnlewis9158 Жыл бұрын

He was by no means a young man which of course makes what he did here even more impressive

@borntoclimb7116 Жыл бұрын

True

@borntoclimb7116 2 ай бұрын

@@johnlewis9158 watch the workers in india Kalkutta who climb the steelbridges for maintenance, even without a ladder. Just true lattice climbing on the structure, it is normal there

@user-wd3wk8bi9t Ай бұрын

romour has it he had the grip of a gorilla . what a true English legend

@normanmart7933 Жыл бұрын

A national treasure was Fred , I think he epitomises everything we are proud of being british ie humble , down to earth , no airs and gracious despite being amazing at what he does. How can you not love Fred.

@1nikg Жыл бұрын

100%

@ElGordo1959 Жыл бұрын

@@1nikg 110%

@pauldurkee4764 Жыл бұрын

My sentiments too, an example of the old British working class, stoical, dependable and hard as nails.

@borntoclimb7116 Жыл бұрын

Agree, greetings from germany

@HarryFlashmanVC Жыл бұрын

100% I'm 51 and I cannot belive how much this country has changed. I grew up in Scotland and live in the North of England, I returned to Edinburgh over Christmas, I don't recognise it. I studied at Newcastle, O don't recognise it... maybe it's the same for all generations but I cannot help but think we have lost something that was very rare and very dear in our country. Or maybe I'm just an old fart who lives in the middle if nowhere on a 17th C hill farm. Very little change round here.

@hiramabiff2017 Жыл бұрын

We tend to forget Fred's engineering prowess was just as big as his brass balls in steeple jacking. Some of the steam engines he restored will last hundreds of years after we are all long gone. We can watch Fred with nostalgia, but the lessons we can still learn from him on how anything can be fixed if we put our minds to it can be passed on in a age where we so readily throw away what is broke. The past holds many answers for the future.

@balucious Жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree, as I have observed. Well said, that man.

@borntoclimb7116 Жыл бұрын

Thats right

@michaeltaylor8835 Жыл бұрын

Last sentence rings true

@m4inline Жыл бұрын

He used to drive down't pub in bolton with them steam engines

@millyjames7891 2 ай бұрын

I loved it when he went on his 'valedictory tour', knowing he had cancer, and visited all the old engineering shops that still remained around the country. I know my late father had trained as a Pattern Maker, but I had no idea what that involved until Fred kindly explained. x

@MadAl37 Жыл бұрын

I believe he was still felling chimneys in 2004, the year he died, so he would of been 66 and still climbing these monsters even with cancer. FairPlay to the fella.

@djtonylee Жыл бұрын

One of the last chimneys he felled was in Accrington, just 200 yds from my house. Would probably have been around that time, early 2000s.

@PlaidSuitPinstripeWorld Жыл бұрын

@@djtonylee I was lucky enough to see Fred in Accrington when I was a kid, I'm less lucky to still be living there now... Lol.

@sidslick1 Жыл бұрын

I lived around the corner from Fred when I studied History in Bolton. Bloody nice bloke with a encyclopedic knowledge of industrial engineering (all self-taught) and I had several long chats with him as I wandered home past his house. His technical drawings were beautiful, too. Such a shame he has passed on.

@MadAl37 Жыл бұрын

@@sidslick1 I'd have to say the modern day equivalent of this amazing bloke would be Guy Martin, his Northern wit and love of everything engineering puts him up there in my opinion.

@shaydon7315 Жыл бұрын

Pity Fred didn't live longer to see/hear this appreciation for his skills, now been seen on a world wide platform, I am sure his kids are very proud of his legacy

@grahambarlow1308 Ай бұрын

He was already world famous from a series he made ,which won the Euro Vision award shown throughout Europe. The Europeans had never seen anything like it before the ultimate unsung British eccentric par excellence.

@davidcorbett1713 Жыл бұрын

A rare breed was Fred. Takes skill, fitness and sheer bravery on another level and loving what you do to take on that task of work.

@billybigballs196 Жыл бұрын

Doubt fred was very fit somehow

@davidcorbett1713 Жыл бұрын

@@billybigballs196 he climbed those ladders as if he was walkin down the Street.

@billybigballs196 Жыл бұрын

@David Corbett doesn't make him fit. Have you not heard the smokers cough? Fred was a 30-40 a day man. Brave certainly but fit n

@davidcorbett1713 Жыл бұрын

@@billybigballs196 he was fit enough to erect and fit scaffold and planks at the top of a tower, he was fit enough. Could you do that? Could an Athelete do that?.

@billybigballs196 Жыл бұрын

@David Corbett yes an athlete could do it, did I ever say I could? Get back in your box kidda

@alecleamus3280 Жыл бұрын

I met Fred with his beloved steam engine in Manchester. He was completely humble, and probably didn’t realise what the fuss was about. The lovely thing, was that he’d chat to absolutely anyone, especially about his engine. He also was a brilliant engineer, that I’m sure you’ll be seeing in future episodes. There wasn’t anyone like him at the time, or since, and watching him made you proud to be British 🇬🇧. Respect to you guys for bring Fred to a new audience. 👍🏻

@Turn1t0ff 11 ай бұрын

Guy Martin is the closest thing to Fred we have these days. Both gentlemen are cut from that same cloth.

@theant9821 2 ай бұрын

@@Turn1t0ff Guy is often known as, The Fast Fred Dibnah

@robertperkin9707 29 күн бұрын

I met Fred once at a steam rally the smile on his face when he was talking about his steam engine was one of pure enjoyment . He was a legend!!

@susanmaxwell6033 Жыл бұрын

I was hopeful you would watch this,; you did not disappoint. I grew up only a mile or so from Fred's home and saw him often around town. He did some work for the architects I worked for and I had to sign off the invoice. It was hand written and a work of art. I was assured by the senior partner that this was normal. He showed Freds previous invoices, reports and notes. Each one was beautiful. He did some work on a church for us and I was honoured to be in attendance. It was so much fun. You would not have been in awe. He was such a relaxed and genuine gentleman. What you see here is exactly what he was like.

@stevecrisell108 Жыл бұрын

Can't Help Thinking How Disappointed Fred Would Be With The World We Live In Now.

@JoshBransonPhoto Жыл бұрын

He was disappointed with the world he lived in then! lol Hence the reason he had fully reverted back to the Victorian Era.

@nockreel1190 Жыл бұрын

People that complain about the eras they live in. 90percent of the problem is yall. The world is just fine and always will be. The human is the problem. Yall just ain't fuhking😂

@user-gc8pc3ol6l 4 ай бұрын

Especially with the destruction of so many old buildings in favour of awful environmentally unfriendly monstrosities and the lack of practical skills and ability to think of many of the younger generation.

@S3VEN3245 3 ай бұрын

Yeah no, you’re just old as fuck. Just because you’re bitter doesn’t mean everyone else would be. Take a hike

@user-gj3di1rf6k 2 ай бұрын

You have to remember this is a different generation the war generation, a generation of people that came up to Gen X and baby boomers people after that they wouldn’t do stuff like this

@SyTheSoundman Жыл бұрын

He used to set those ladders piece by piece and set them with bolts into the mortar with a hammer. (Imagine climbing an ice wall). The segments were pulled up by hand on ropes. He would spend days erecting the ladders. He's an icon here in the UK. Families would watch these shows on a Sunday night and just sit there, mouths wide open surrounded by pools of spit because you forgot to swallow. People would get more scared of watching this than horror films. The way these shows were edited would set the viewer up wondering if he was going to fall or not. Truly amazing television.

@stevemccullagh36 Жыл бұрын

They've covered the videos of him putting up the ladders too.

@jackmason4374 Жыл бұрын

He never used bolts they were wooden stakes

@mariafletcher6603 Жыл бұрын

Hi sy Williams. I couldn't have put it better myself. I used to do the same thing as you described. He was an amazing man. It's a shame he's no longer with us. RIP FRED DIBNAH 🕊️💐

@balucious Жыл бұрын

@@jackmason4374 Apart from the iron. The wood was basically rawlplugs.

@pault1964 Жыл бұрын

Never trust someone else’s ladder

@ianbower827 Жыл бұрын

Good on ya lads. Fred was built of the kind of men that made Britain great.

@-Old-School-Gamer Жыл бұрын

You also have to think about the fact, he had to climb the tower beforehand to attach all the ladders, because they weren’t there originally. RIP Fred, you were a British legend

@chrisfox3161 Жыл бұрын

Nobody knows how Fred got the ladders around the overhang. It was too scary to watch.

@donfink7063 Жыл бұрын

I believe the BBC purposely did not show how Fred laddered overhangs, basically to deter stupid numpties from trying to emulate him. If they didn't know how to start, then they couldn't fail in the attempt.

@chrisfox3161 Жыл бұрын

@@donfink7063 there's no I in fall.

@donfink7063 Жыл бұрын

@@chrisfox3161 I said "fail" not "fall", the one comes rather spectacularly after the other!

@chrisfox3161 Жыл бұрын

In the case of a steeplejack both words are interchangeable.

@borntoclimb7116 Жыл бұрын

As a urban climber, i love it to watch him

@dragonmac1234 Жыл бұрын

I stumbled across this channel a few weeks ago because of the Fred Dibnah videos. I have a fear of heights that is so bad I can barely stand on a ladder without feeling ill, Fred was a man with nerves of steel and a natural charm that made him a national hero when I was growing up in the 1970's/80's.

@paulmurgatroyd6372 Жыл бұрын

I'm not even sure it's strong nerves that does it, just a complete lack of whatever it is we don't like about heights. Fred was just wired differently.

@mattking5936 Жыл бұрын

In.1979 the BBC made a one off documentary 'Fred Dibnah Steeplejack' they struck TV gold with Fred. His antics are amazing but it's his character and humble nature that make him an incredible human being. Absolutely love him. He worked on, and pulled down loads of chimneys around where I lived as a kid.

@neilsun2521 8 күн бұрын

Yeah. If he was arrogant, or boring, his legacy wouldn't be quite as good. As spectacular as it was it was his nonchalant demeanour that you can't help liking.

@mgrimble3975 Жыл бұрын

I grew up a mile away from this chimney it is insane how big it is lol, when i was growing up a pair of Peregrine falcon's very rare in the UK (fastest animal on earth, up to 200 mph during its hunting dives) decided to make the top their home for some years.

@Craig_Humphries Жыл бұрын

Is the chimney still standing? There can't be many structures like that remaining in the world these days.

@paulmurgatroyd6372 Жыл бұрын

What industry was it attached to? It's a monster.

@carlboyd3091 Жыл бұрын

It's called "India mill" its in Darwen, Lancashire. It was a cotton mill. Its still standing. I live basically opposite it! ☺️

@carlboyd3091 Жыл бұрын

The falcons are still there. I watch them from my garden in the summer when they are teaching their youngsters to hunt pigeons etc. Quite noisy but I'm not complaining as they are beautiful! ☺️

@paulmurgatroyd6372 Жыл бұрын

@@carlboyd3091 Do you ever see Freds' ghost hanging off the side? 👻

@1grizzlyrizzo Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for spreading Fred's name to a new generation, I have no doubt you've spoken to folks at work and love to see their reactions once they've experienced the Fred effect.

@hurnethehunter Жыл бұрын

Fred was one of a kind. There will never be another one like Fred...R.I.P Fred..

@davidbirchall832 Жыл бұрын

To me the scariest part would be climbing back onto the overhang ladder to get down (I am 50 lol)

@MyReallyCleverHandle Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the exact same thing. It can't have been easy to get back on there

@columkenn Жыл бұрын

Can't even imagine it. There was a very funny story from the producer of his TV show. Fred persuaded him to climb a chimney, the guy did it but froze at the top and refused to go down. Fred had to lower him down on a plank of wood on a pulley rope)) Must have been totally terrifying in itself

@295walk Жыл бұрын

@@columkenn Wow!

@royboy6890 2 ай бұрын

@@columkenn Its harder to even get from a platform through a trapdoor onto a 150ft vertical ladder than to get off the ladder onto a platform. I cant imagine getting onto an overhang ladder at that height. The highest overhang I did was at 20ft and even that was only a 2ft overhang.

@FlissFloss2906 Жыл бұрын

Climbing those ladders must have taken a hell of a lot of stamina and strength. I love how he would hook one of his legs around the ladder to give himself a few seconds break while he looked at brickwork etc. The fact he does that shows he was safety conscious despite doing what must have been the most dangerous job in the world at the time! Xx

@blakefish80 Жыл бұрын

Fred was a special guy. He was a man born out of time. Had he been born in the hight of the Victorian era, he would have been in his elemant... a true legend!

@moonstomper68 29 күн бұрын

No matter how many times I watch Fred Dibnah I am still terrified every time. Saw him first on TV in the 70's but it still doesn't become an easy watch. The bravery of this man was staggering.

@clarenceflam Жыл бұрын

This guy is a legend. No fear, super intelligent and a lovely guy! He was the last of his kind. I grew up in the 80s fascinated as a young kid watching this guy with my parents. Sunday evenings you would watch his documentary' in the UK.

@stephenwest9757 Жыл бұрын

I have seen many Fred Dibnah videos including laddering a chimney and erecting scaffolding around the top which is amazing. But I have never seen how he secured the ladder to the overhang as seen here. I bet it is highly dangerous but he would treat it as he did the whole job. An inspirational man. RIP Fred.

@theant9821 2 ай бұрын

probably a trade secret, back then the only way to learn the trade was to be in the trade, usually as an apprentice. so few people would know or find out how to do it. the straight ladder isnt rocket science so hes not giving away anything valuable by doing it on tv

@mikestrohm3271 2 ай бұрын

@@theant9821 I believe he laddered up the vertical face below the overhang, then attached a fixing point into the stone work, this fixing point was used to haul the inclined ladder into the outer edge of the overhang with a rope. The bottom of the inclined ladder was secured with another rope onto a fixing point so the bottom of the inclined ladder overlapped the vertical ladder. This would do as a temporary measure until he had done the first climb round the overhang and attach another fixing point on the ledge of the overhang to secure the top of the inclined ladder more securely.

@kalenvuysher4988 Жыл бұрын

Spencer, you need a supply of paper bags in when watching Fred, just so Daniel can breathe in to them to prevent that hyperventilation 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@philmasters7410 Ай бұрын

Coming from the North of England like Fred makes me proud. Remember watching Fred as a kid in the seventies.Proper LEGEND

@jamesthompson316 Жыл бұрын

The term ‘legend’ is often overused..this guy owns the word!…mad respect 😮💪

@phot183 Жыл бұрын

Fred had a tremendous work ethic...I've seen this chimney close up and it's a thing of beauty!

@bobbrooks266 Ай бұрын

Had the pleasure and honour to meet Fred a truly amazing man a legend in my country and still is. ❤

@andywrong3247 Жыл бұрын

Great vlog lads brought back many happy memories, I was 13 yrs old when Fred hit the screen most weeks, he seemed to disappear from our screens for a while but returned with vengeance until his untimely death 2004 from cancer. He was a one off, he could turn his hand to most things. He had his own work shop, steam traction engine, built his own mine in back garden, he tours Britain visiting industrial heartland.

@colinmelling6369 3 ай бұрын

I admire the respect you both have for Fred . He was a legend.

@chrisbow1776 9 ай бұрын

I am English and grew up in the 70s and 80s watching Fred Dibnah programs with my dad as a kid, and loved them all. To many people in the UK, mainly builders like myself and real blokes who appreciate engineering etc etc, as you say, Fred is a God, haha. Amazed he could climb those ladder with such big and heavy cast iron bollocks dragging him down, AKA Testicals to you Americans.

@lextex3280 Жыл бұрын

Love Fred Dibnah, a true legend. The most modern thing he ever owned was his Land Rover. 😁.

@Makotonine Жыл бұрын

i've watched that particular episode numerous times, and i still get sweaty palms and anxious on Fred's behalf!

@nickskidmore6011 Жыл бұрын

I met Fred at The Last Drop Inn and asked him what the flash point of his cap was. He laughed his head off and bought me a pint - what a night

@HolyInquisition Жыл бұрын

Even though I'm 29, I grew up watching Fred. I was always amazed at his steel in climbing these chimneys. He was and is a national treasure. Absolute respect for him. He is the man whom younger men should emulate.

@neoanderson5146 Жыл бұрын

Watching ANY Fred Dibnah video makes my stomach roll, what a man he was :)

@joyridgway6398 Жыл бұрын

Mine, too, just couldn't climb step ladder, let alone that high.

@Youtubechannel-po8cz Жыл бұрын

Fred - what a legend. Don’t forget John Noakes, he went up Nelson’s column in his flared jeans, with nothing more than a bit of old rope and a few wooden boards. He was just a Blue Peter Presenter, but had balls of steel. I can’t imagine H&S allowing that today, or one of our telly luvies agreeing to do it. RIP John 🌟

@ravenmasters2467 Жыл бұрын

Theres a blast from the past indeed. ' Get down shep!". He did, as you say, have balls of steel and he too was also humble and down-to-earth. I can see whey Fred made you think of him.

@mattking5936 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait until you do the series. BTW Fred was the most humble down to earth guy you could ever meet.

@Shoomer1988 Жыл бұрын

He didn't just have balls of steel he was a very talented engineering. He had a life long passion for steam engines, even built his own.

@warriorwebb8746 2 ай бұрын

I love Americans getting to experience Fred. Remember growing up watching him. Some men are just built different. Fred was one of those.

@Orchardman53 Жыл бұрын

If you'd find going up a bit scary, just think what it is like stepping the ladder to go down.

@slayerrocks2 Жыл бұрын

I've stepped off a bay window onto a ladder at about 18ft. That was bad enough. I reckon they'd be sending a rescue chopper for me, if I ever got where Fred was.

@dondons27 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this before and my legs still turned to jelly!! Fred was and is a Legend!

@stevehawthorn8733 Жыл бұрын

The Foo Fighter's song My Hero is playing inside my head watching this again. Saw this when it was originally aired and still impressive, Fred Dibnah an absolute British institution. Must watch TV for myself and my family at the time.

@markpalmer7215 Жыл бұрын

Chuck Norris has a poster of Fred on his wall 😊

@Atacama87103 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see you guys react to Fred's full series.

@jasonkendrick681 Жыл бұрын

Seen this so many times. Still completely freaks me out. Fred was awesome.

@felixthecat02 Жыл бұрын

That's where I grew up! Darwen in Lancashire.....love you guys!! You've made my day😃😃 (Also, interesting fact, Gandhi visited there!)

@vilebrequin6923 Жыл бұрын

Kudos to him for managing that climb in his dhoti😉

@stevemccullagh36 Жыл бұрын

Something nobody ever seems to think about when watching these Fred videos is what it must have been like getting back down 😬

@liamwaterworth923 Жыл бұрын

Love watching you guys and your reactions to Fred Dibnah, I live near to the mills and chimneys he would of worked on, especially the "laddering a chinmey" video, was no more than 5 miles from my house. i'm embracing, Embrace the Suck...keep up the videos!

@richardlaundon Жыл бұрын

Well I'm 50 next week and there is no way in hell you'd get me even a few rungs on those ladders let along 300 ft up to the top! Fred is an absolute legend over here but I bet he was an insurance companies nightmare although knowing him he probably didn't have any 🤣

@marlecmarine5393 Жыл бұрын

The BBC first series is great, you will love his steam traction engine it was just fabulous to see it brought back to life and his workshop was steam powered....🙂

@stelladavies2262 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for giving your thoughts on Fred Dibnah, I haven’t seen these videos since they were first shown on TV a very long time ago, but I actually couldn’t watch this one through… I had to keep forwarding it even though I know he doesn’t fall! The worst thought of all is ….. he has to come back down the reverse of how he got himself up there in the first place OMG! How the hell does he put his first foot on that ladder to get back down! It just doesn’t bear thinking about! Kudos to you both for reminding us what an absolute legend this man is thank you. 👍

@pauldurkee4764 Жыл бұрын

Greetings Spencer and Daniel, That quote from Fred that you only fall off those chimneys once, was in response to someone asking him if he had ever fallen off!!! Best Wishes from Wales. 👍

@TimberwolfC14 Жыл бұрын

I remember Fred saying he has only fallen off one ladder and that was when changing a light-globe in his daughters bedroom, he laughed and said "The ladder was only about 3ft tall but he ended up hitting his head, knocking himself out and spent a week in hospital followed by 2 weeks off work'.

@lindadoswell9396 Жыл бұрын

Another great Fred Dibnah stream!!! Loved it thanks! I love your faces!!!

@ksmith3997 Жыл бұрын

He’s so relaxing to watch and listen too. A simple man (with respect) in a simple age. Oh how I’m jealous

@Smithjones12 Жыл бұрын

I agree

@Smithjones12 Жыл бұрын

I agree

@TheRenoReviews Жыл бұрын

I actually think going back down would be scarier, not being able to see each step you’re taking down. That seems terrifying.

@PHDarren Жыл бұрын

Angled ladders: Up straight as far as you can go, fix attachment pins close to you but under the lip of the overhang but still in the main wall, then pull up the ladder to do the overhang and roped the top part to the pins, then down the ladder to rope the bottom of the overhang ladder to the main ladder. Then add any additional support rope needed. Maybe?

@goose300183 Жыл бұрын

that's about what I thought - two rope lashings on the top of the angled ladder, then try to make as tight a triangle as possible tying them onto the middle of the straight ladder. They would have to be two, and super tight to prevent it washing around sideways. Then on the same place the two upper ropes are tied, just join the lower rung of the angled ladder to the same rung the two upper ropes are.

@KissMeWhereIWee Жыл бұрын

If the words 'fuck that' don't immediately spring to mind.

@ThePalaeontologist Жыл бұрын

Fred Dibnah; North Western English working class hero, steam engine enthusiast and restoration man, expert in Victorian engineering and architecture, a very fine architectural and mechanical artist low-key, true British patriot and one of the very last of his kind. Old school steeplejack. I couldn't even have gone 33 feet up one of those laddering arrays he has. Let alone 303 feet up like he did. I'd be howling for the moon if I were 11 metres up let alone what Fred did.

@markhughes8314 Жыл бұрын

James Bond moment at the end there.

@andrewmoss3681 Жыл бұрын

Unsurprisingly, another great one guys. That overhang part has us all cringing. But we did learn something today. Spencer squeals when he hits those levels of terror 🤣 Much love from here in the UK & The Muppet army

@bettyswolloks 3 ай бұрын

You need to watch his last series, Made In Britain. He made it while he was dying 😢 It's so inspirational and heart breaking. He takes his bloody steam engine all around the UK. He goes to London to see the Queen! I live about 10 miles from his home.

@stephenbrough8132 Жыл бұрын

I really like your fred reactions more than anyone elses - He's a legend here in Bolton. Lovely statue of him the town centre with his fat belly, oily cap and big boots - Hope you get to see him meeting the queen in his top hat and tails. I have a video of it on my ch if curious.

@josefschiltz2192 Жыл бұрын

The most that I saw in this area of scaling tall structures was a man local to my village, one Denis Parker. Ordinarily a builder/plumber by trade. but could also be an expert at disassembling a 70ft tree, which he did at our property, piece by piece, with no safety equipment. As with Fred, he must have been in his fifties when he performed this surgery on one of our Thujas, after it had been scored by a lightning strike and rendered with no hope of recovery. We looked on for a while, and then decided that we couldn't. This was in the 80s. The price? A mere seventy quid! I still have the receipt in our family archive, simply because no-one would believe it!

@bengalmillie Жыл бұрын

Fred wasn't dealt 'a bad hand' he loved what he did.

@richardcardwell8882 Жыл бұрын

He's up in heaven now acting as god's steeplejack keeping Jacobs ladder maintained.....RIP Fred Dibnah

@TimberwolfC14 Жыл бұрын

I could see how Fred set his ladders up also the scaffolding he used but I'd love to know how he rigged up his gear to get around those overhangs. He was born out of his time.

@highpath4776 Жыл бұрын

poss temp scaffold ?

@Jason1984dfg Ай бұрын

Most likely tied to the ladder thats going straight up and hanging out on the rope until he can climb up the hanging ladder and he can get a pin in near the top of the overhang to secure the ladder to.

@dawnwhittle2004 Жыл бұрын

Omg I was hoping you two would see this one, I saw your last reaction and couldn't wait to see your faces to this one 🤣🤣

@MyGlens Жыл бұрын

I have seen a video of Fred scrambling over an overhang to ladder it. Now, THAT is the video you need to watch lol

@nicklovell5872 2 ай бұрын

I had a Fred Dibnah binge a couple of months back and I love that you guys seem to be as anxious as I was watching the videos. You are right. Chuck Norris knocks the drops off when Fred Dibnah has a whizz.

@glencarle1009 Жыл бұрын

I met Fred Dibnah in real life. He was exactly as you'd expect. A true one off!

@masterofparsnips5327 Жыл бұрын

I live a couple of miles from this chimney 🙃

@annother3350 Жыл бұрын

Oh its still there? 👌 Are they taking good care of it??

@masterofparsnips5327 Жыл бұрын

@@annother3350 .. Yes and yes 🙂

@markjackson6325 Жыл бұрын

Climbing up is bad enough, but can you imagine coming back down?? 🤯

@philipstroud6327 Жыл бұрын

Absolute legend !!

@pauls.arts.and.craft. Жыл бұрын

Fred was a great man, and a absolute sponge for history. If something interested him, he was an all in person. In terms of technique, knowledge and skill required.

@elitestarquake3597 Ай бұрын

Watching this for the second time, one year later. You have to admit, this is a very handsome chimney - some marvellous masonry and construction work.

@simonmiller2337 4 ай бұрын

love your shows guys keep it up 👍🏻

@BassMatt1972 Жыл бұрын

Its all fun and games until the end of the day and you have to climb DOWN again..

@comedywriter8408 Жыл бұрын

Is that not the most terrifying thing ever to watch. I still get physically ill thinking about it. How on earth he ever did that is simply beyond me!

@Sorarse Жыл бұрын

It's one thing climbing the ladders around those overhangs, but how did he get the ladders around them to start with?

@mikedavies1827 Жыл бұрын

Fred is a one off, certainly now days. History hit did a video on Salisbury cathedral, showing how stones masons work on the up keep, which involves abseiling down.

@JaveyEL6369 Жыл бұрын

He climbed buildings like that most of his life, but it was cancer that took him from us. RIP Fred, you were a legend.

@kathleenorr9237 Жыл бұрын

You could not pay me enough to climb that…as for the overhangs 😱 Fred was something else!

@stephenbrough8132 Жыл бұрын

PS THE KING was in Bolton yesterday, something to do with Bolton Town hall - I WONDER IF HE GOT TO SEE FRED'S STATUE ONLY 100 YARDS AWAY? I bl00dy well hope so.

@clareowen2047 3 күн бұрын

It might be a stereotype, but Fred was a true British eccentric in some ways. He wax a true Everyman.

@watcher24601 2 ай бұрын

Climbing up and over that overhang is one thing, climbing back down over it is something else!

@bbfeign1 12 күн бұрын

great post guys

@industrialmonk 2 ай бұрын

As a child in the 1970s in north Manchester I remember seeing Fred working & his land rover. It used to hurt my neck looking up & watching him so high & on local TV. It was fascinating & still is.

@petergarbutt9521 2 ай бұрын

8:44 FRED HAD STOPPED ON THE OVERHANG LADDER, WRAPPED HIS LEG AROUND THE LADDER, THEN EXPLAINED THE STONES WEIGHED 5 TON... AMAZING MAN

@TheCuggsmeister 2 ай бұрын

He was also into steam engines and all types of industrial revolution machinery. He'd attend summer shows (I think he had a vintage steam roller) and I met him at one when I was a little kid. My Dad chatted to him for a while. He was just an all round, friendly guy.

@wildwine6400 Жыл бұрын

Check him out dropping a chimney next. Id do this older one first "Fred Dibnah How to bring down a chimney stack"

@MeFreeBee Жыл бұрын

The technique for laddering an overhang is easy - you just start from the top and work down 😁

@stephenbrough8132 Жыл бұрын

So it doesn't involve double sided sticky tape then? Well that's my theory down the toilet.

@thirdratecontent585 16 күн бұрын

When my Nan lived in Atherton in the 90s, he used to ride his steam tractor around the town (from time to time).

@johnbrs7396 Жыл бұрын

Met Fred a few times at steam engine shows. He was a down to earth guy who had time for anyone and would answer any questions about his steam engines and engineering in general. His pet subject was Victorian engineering and he often said that he would have loved to have lived in that era. He was a genuine gentleman and one of a kind. I feel honoured to have met him. We miss you Fred.

@leewetherelt8925 Жыл бұрын

What a guy!!!!!

@deniselawson2720 Жыл бұрын

My dad worked with Fred and we would go and watch chimney's come down at the weekends he would wear a morning suit with top hat as he would be sad to take the chimney down.

@jackietomkinson933 Жыл бұрын

When watching Fred it is scary especially if like me you have a phobia of heights and falling but watching Fred doing what he does is nothing short of amazing. Stressful to watch but amazing. Now days he would not be able to do that due to Health and Safety imagine if this had not been filmed and shown on TV he would have been lost to pages of history . I wish he had been awarded an OBE for services to the country as he put his life on the line he truly deserves it.