BIG NOPE!!! American Construction Worker Reacts "Steeplejack FRED DIBNAH takes down MASSIVE chimney"

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  @paulentwistle1204 · 3 years ago

  Fred was from Bolton, Peter Kay’s hometown, I’ve met him many times as he was a drinking pal of my father. He also looked after the chimney where I worked. He was a real character and highly intelligent and a brilliant engineer. He built his own steam engine and had a steam powered workshop at his house. He went to art school and his engineering drawings were works of art in their own right. The reason for the chimneys was steam engines. Bolton was a cotton mill town, as was most of Lancashire, and the looms were powered by belts that had a steam engine driving them. He didn’t blow up chimneys he burnt them down. Look for those videos and the ones of him putting up the ladders and him scaffolding the top.

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  @scottoreilly4785 · 3 years ago

  If you think it's scary watching him climb the ladder, watch the video of him installing the ladder lol. In England, this man was the single person responsible for me having an engineering career. When I was young, he fascinated by him. He made me so interested in all things engineering. RIP Fred.

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  @TheEnglishDane · 2 years ago

  This bloke is an absolute legend in British culture 💪🏼🇬🇧 proper man’s man, salt of the earth.

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  @sambirch6784 · 3 years ago

  One of the things I like about this channel is that you're prepared to listen to people who don't often get heard in America. It's people like Fred who really represent the people of the UK, not the idiots in parliament or the celebrities on the red carpets. Many people in the UK will know someone like Fred - someone who's brave and determined but doesn't get the reward they really should. These people are the backbone of the UK's society but, sadly, they are all too often ignored.

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  @Tim091 · 2 years ago

  When asked about drinking before climbing chimneys he replied with something like "you'd have to be mad to do it sober!" Legend.

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  @csiredbourn · 3 years ago

  Fred was a legend - we Brits are a random bunch with who we take to our hearts. We all loved Fred

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  @FrankieSIM76 · 3 years ago

  Fred is an absolute legend here in England. A unique individual and someone that was very knowledgeable apart from being totally fearless. Sorely missed by the nation R.I.P. Fred

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  @clareowen2047 · 2 years ago

  Fred was a legend in the UK.<br>Despite being a master at his craft, it saddened him to bring down the structures- he was aware of the sweat that went into building them, and the things they helped produce in their day.

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  @paulthexton7483 · 3 years ago

  Fred passed away in 2004 unfortunately. He was a National treasure and a staple of British TV in my younger years in the 80s. He was a real old school steeple jack. You’ll find loads of videos of him around YouTube either maintaining or felling old chimneys, but also talking about restoring steam/traction engines among other things.

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  @ReachForTheSky · 3 years ago

  He died almost twenty years ago, of cancer. Never injured himself at work. Worth watching more of him.

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• NA

  @namelesswon · 3 years ago

  That time when Fred dug a fricking mine in his back garden! 😂

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  @quietman2672 · 3 years ago

  Fred died in 2004 from stomach cancer. He was a national treasure and was honoured by the Queen. He did lots of heritage and industrial history programmes for the BBC in his latter years.<br>One of my all time heroes and a highly intelligent man<br>RIP legend. 👍

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