SHEER AWE!!! American Construction Worker Reacts "Fred Dibnah Laddering A Chimney Part 1 & 2"

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  @Boomboom-ox9hn · 3 years ago (edited)

  Let me tell you, I was a scaffolder for 30+ years erecting scaffolding jobs all over the UK with various scaffolding companies I subcontracted myself to work for. Old-school Steeplejacks are a different breed of construction worker, Fred Dibnah is a legendary master tradesman, craftsmen, a one-off genius, gentleman... RIP Fred

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• AL

  @alanbryant3016 · 3 years ago

  A True British Icon, They don't make em like this anymore !!

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• DA

  @daijay9084 · 3 years ago

  My uncle, a now retired journalists and photographer, was assigned to get an interview with Fred who was working on a local chuch steeple. Fred agreed to the interview but only on the top of the steeple. That's how my uncle, who is scared of heights, found himself sitting with his legs dangling over the edge chatting to Fred and admiring the scenery for miles around. He also brought Fred a pack of his favourite cigarette. I spoke to my uncle about it last week and he said he was shaking so much he struggled to get the cigarette into his mouth. Fred of course was as cool as a cucumber. Afterwards they met for exclusive interviews many times but in a local pub over a beer. They became good friends and he said Fred always gave him a pack of cigarettes after every interview. Fred told him he had known how scared my uncle had been so he respected him for climbing the steeple and entering Freds world.

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• KA

  @karl.weaver · 3 years ago

  As Brits, we are so proud of our Fred Dibnah, I feel so overwhelmed with gratitude seeing you guys compliment and admire him, I’m not ashamed to say that hearing his voice makes me tear up and smile at the same time. Thank you for finding him.

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• PE

  @petermicklethwaite6281 · 3 years ago

  A very brave chap. Poor bugger died from cancer. Everyone in the UK loved Fred.

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• DO

  @doodlebug2701 · 3 years ago

  Fred was not only a steeplejack,  but an engineer, and an artist. He was a very  intelligent  man, and lovely with it. Recently a ship got stuck in the Panama for  several days.  Someone said they should  of sent for  Fred Dibnah, he'd  of cleared it in a day lol

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• RO

  @rogergriffiths5631 · 3 years ago

  This guy never worked out in a gym, lifted weights, jogged he  just lived on a diet of hard work, bacon, bread and beer,  what a British working class hero.

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• GE

  @geoffreyboyling615 · 2 years ago

  What you're seeing, besides the actual work , is a fine example of British understatement.

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• BU

  @BunnyKins1970 · 3 years ago

  I love that it probably took Fred less time to put that laddering up than it would to fill in all of the health &amp; safety risk assessments and insurance forms today.<br>💚🐇🐴💚

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• JA

  @jackx4311 · 3 years ago

  Fred Dibnah felled his last chimney at the age of 66, just 6 months before he died of cancer.<br>They don&apos;t breed &apos;em like that any more!

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• PA

  @paulwatling5400 · 2 years ago

  And no such thing as health and safety , no harness / hard hats / safety glasses. &nbsp;Fred you were the dogs Bollocks mate . Absolute legend 👏

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• ST

  @stan110782 · 3 years ago

  Please watch him demolish a chimney with just a bonfire!! Fred is a national working day hero in the UK. <br>He would put a stake in the ground, 150m away and state no brick will land past this stake!!<br>He was always right!

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