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Fred Dibnah laddering a chimney
- Thread starter Clive
- Start date
Netherfield
Member
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Not one single thing that Fred did would go down well with HSE, especially some of the demolition jobs he undertook, probably need a half mile exclusion zone nowadays.
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Really enjoy watching all of Fred’s work.
However you wouldn’t even get me putting the second ladder up!
- Location
- pembrokeshire
no he was not a nutter just a good old fashioned workman that did his job without complaint, what this country needs is more like him ,by the way i don't recall him causing any damage whilst doing his work. myself i get giddy standing on a chair
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
Had the pleasure of seeing him live at Torquay theatre a little while before he died. That man could paint pictures with words. He spoke a lot about his love of steam as much as his steeple jacking. We were in the front row and I remember clearly looking along the row at one point to see all the men captivated, and over half the accompanying wives dozing!
renewablejohn
Member
- Location
- lancs
There is a lovely ornate chimney in Darwen about the only thing decent in the whole town but if you think the above is worthy of the towns award then watch Fred climb the chimney with the overhangs before unfurling a flag just to show how windy it is all without any ropes.
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how many did get killed doing such stuff though ? looks fraught with potential failures to me? so many things there that could go wrong and if you rolled the dice enough eventually sure;y would do
everyone is lucky until they are not!
Dead Rabbits
Member
- Location
- 'Merica
I’ve watched all his videos on YouTube in the past and shared them with a lot of people. What a badass
You can get killed walking across the road to say he was lucky I think he was very skillfull at his job he just did it in a entertaining way
icanshootwell
Member
- Location
- Ross-on-wye
He laddered the same chimney several times and used the same holes as well.
icanshootwell
Member
- Location
- Ross-on-wye
I think they call it glass half empty syndrome.
- Location
- Worcestershire
Legend
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
He was no nutter, he was a fully trained very intelligent trades man. He was good when he felled a chimney one day and the relief was visible , he said after right then let’s go fir a pint I had no insurance for that one ! Lol
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Clive he operated in a different era when rope and ladders were all they had.
Needed fred yesterday to fetch that chap down from a 270ft chimney in carlise. Fred didnt need a cherry picker or helicopter
I could have got that chap down yesterday easy !
Would have taken about 3 seconds to get him back on the ground and he would have been no more dead than he was at the top !
- Location
- North Wales
Love the fact he was erecting ladders to do an estimate and getting filmed off a crane ?, would have been easier just using the crane.!
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