The Five Penny Piece - a Tribute to Fred Dibnah

[saintmirrenmalky]

I'm a Scot,so why do I regard Lancashire and Yorkshire people as bloody brilliant? Quite simply- because they are.

RIP Fred. You are missed.

[walshy2866]

2 words is all is needed to describe Fred....

Bloody Genius!

Met him once after one of his talks. Totally captivating. Its true what they say, only the good die young!

[131313james131313]

he was one hell of a man he could fix or do any thing he wanted to if he put his mind to it R.I.P Fred you are the LEDGEND

[knucklebutty]

LEDGEND.

[chrssgreen]

Nice tribute to the old bugger.. Miss you Fred..

[haybee12]

loved the man, hi wonce towd mi, if tha kawnt getsleep, lie reet on thedge ut bed, thel soon faw off

[kkhhoona]

That damn Traction engine passed our house on a sunday mornings, Toot TooT from miles away. Always a Heyup Fred and a cheery reply.

[Kittielips]

Good one Eddie!

5*****.

Jennie.

[MrAshimoto]

i used to live across the road from fred,he used to come in my pub,lovely guy and will be sorely missed

[correl84]

RIP Fred u fuckin ledgend!

[correl84]

Chokes back tears! BNLA!

[alexdoong]

I admire the man for his nerve of heights, but just dont like him for his inability to understand his kids. For him his family seem to come second? I guess its a northen way of life ?

[Kittielips]

@alexdoong

It is not a "Northen way of life;" I care about my children, so keep tha mouth shut in future!!

I've met Lynda, and she'd soon stop yer in yer tracks!!

Me.

[alanfromdarwen]

@Kittielips "tha's met linda".. do message me more jennie.

[Kittielips]

@alanfromdarwen

I had a row with her on Ashton market.....She deliberately wound me up so I had a go back, and when I realised who she was, I almost fainted! We ended up having a good laugh. John's a proper dapper chap; he used to walk up Bow Street too.

[Kittielips]

@alanfromdarwen

I've already towd thee....I'm gerrin' mixed up 'ere.

Jennie. x.

[alanfromdarwen]

@Kittielips

you are.... well me too.. x

[Kittielips]

@alanfromdarwen

It dun't matter, does it? Any'ow; 'ow's things at your end? Things're sh*te up 'ere.....

Jennie. x.

[rightfredsdead]

one in a million. rest in peace mate.

[gregwalker1234]

my dad got me into these. loved this song

[chrssgreen]

We miss you Fred.. you old bugger!

[TheIcup123456789]

this is an amazing tribute!!!

[romanbrough]

Howw many of us leave the worrld abetter place for us being in it, His engines will still be working in hundreds of years, He lived to work, loved his work, and worked to live, he had a pride in what he did. A real pride. An inspiration to us all.

[247jakes]

wish ee were me dad

[TheLatchford]

im from liverpool and do me a favour lads,when you find the bastards that ransacked his home.get a steeplejack and take him up a chimey.watch him piss his pants and send him home to mummy sayin DID HE NOT LIKE THA xx

[Kittielips]

Perhaps you're calling a 'shovel a spade,'

but is there any need for that kind of language? xx.

[flickpots]

Loved you fred, im Bolton born when we was kid's we loved to see you in the town in the steam engines...GOD BLESS ..RIP FRED..

[Blonde7362]

Fred should have been in charge of the country.

Maybe it would'nt be in the state it is now.

R.I.P. Fred

[trichoone]

yes he was a great icon for all us lancs .

[rockinbillyboy]

HEAR HEAR!!!...Well said,..and i agree 100%

[Gillyyorkie]

@Blonde7362 Ill agree there

[dazk55]

a damned good bloke was fred.

[stenhousemuir707]

stop polluting fred dibah's vids with swear ish stuff pal

[2329250]

what the fuck are you on about you posh cunt . frad made me look posh and every thing he said was fuck this fuck that . so go fuck off back down south you cunt . all best from yorkshire

[mrwookywoo]

a truley great engineer summed up in one word ACE R.I.P Fred

[Gillyyorkie]

What can you say about Fred Dibnah? He was Fred Dibnah a unique and much missed guy. Typical lancashire guy no airs and graces just a wonderful guy Passionate about what he did . RIP Fred and god Bless !

[alanfromdarwen]

enjoyed that, please check out a song i just wrote about fred dibnah, its on youtube now.. just click onto my names to see my songs... alan.

[Scoggy999]

A top, proper man. Talented, true & strait. Did more in his life than many would do if they had 10 lives. RIP Fred, you don't wanna be resting, but be assured, you were an inspiration to those left behind.

"Did yer like that?"

[daz1528]

nice 1 mate wat a guy he was r.i.p to the legend

[MR7526]

I'm from Yorkshire, but it almost makes me want to be lanky seeing Fred! RIP you legend!

[trichoone]

thats a great statement you made , Lancs and yorkies great northern folk .

[jackobcooper]

@MR7526 Not a very loyal Yorkshireman then are you? Yorkshire and Lancashire historically have done and still do hate each others.

Fred Dibs was a legend though.

[bs5750]

Wish there were more like Fred, natural engineers.

[cheeseburger26]

I smile everytime I see Fred, cos he was such a smiler. I think theres abit of Fred in everyone, especially Lancastrians ;-). RIP Fred.

[Gillyyorkie]

What a nice tribute to Fred thanks for posting

[IdleAl]

I was building stands at the Classic Bike Show at the old Belle Vue Exhibition hall a few days before it opened, and after me & the guys had finished work we rolled a ball of brown tape & bubble wrap into a football & started a kickabout. Fred was there because he knew the event organiser and proceeded to run into the melee, kicking the ball in any and every direction like a madman. Eventually we made him sit down because he'd gone a disturbing shade of purple & we thought he was going to die.

[trichoone]

do you know i can just see that happening in my mind that was Fred .

[gakyboy]

my mam likes fred dibnah

[southmasonic]

what a beautiful tribute to grate man.

One of my mum's friends knew Fred very well, and my nan met him loads of times, he was a real hero from the day he was born to the day he died he never gave up even in his fight against cancer.

We can all learn from Fred he was a good teacher as well as a fantastic steeplejack.

R.I.P god bless him.

[trichoone]

a brilliant Lancashire bloke still admired now as he was when alive his tv shows are priceless .

[mmmetro]

Met Fred in 1997,such a loss, really. We all should have learned a lot from "The Man of Construction"

[trichoone]

I never met the man person but the way he came over on the tele makes me proud to be from Lancashire .

[whispperson]

We miss you Fred.

[trichoone]

i agree , true characters like Fred dont come along to often he was a gradly Lancashire Mon in every sense .

[Skittlechill]

"It's going, it's going!" "The wole world!" Ol' Lancashire! Can't beat it! Oh and ther best Lancashire sayin "Wanna brew?"

[lookseeitsme]

"Did you like that?"

[GaryWillSmith]

A fitting tribute for a local hero (yes, I'm a Bolton lad too, in fact I was in the same year at Canon Slade as Fred's daughter Jane). He is very sadly missed. He had a unique talent to bring his enthusiasm about all things engineering across on the screen without being patronising or boring. We shall never see his like again.....

[trichoone]

thakns for your comment and agree entirely what you say .

[gazsamdanben]

fred was one of the best he will always be remembed (did y like that then!!!)

[turok007]

fantastic

[Csharp84]

Fred was a great man, will always remember him :) Ill also always agree with him that the human race has seen better days indeed, the age of steam was an age that should never of gone :/

[nightmanstan]

thanks lads will never forget dear old fred

[nightmanstan]

thanks lads will never forget dear old fred

[volvot5setv]

That's a perfect tribute. You should be proud of yourself. Both Fred and The Fivepenny Piece hold a place in my heart. Thank you!

[waz62]

Nice thought. Thanks. Leigh lad.

[MulliBass]

eee by

[trichoone]

ee by gum indeed .

[bigsia83]

LEGEND!!!! lancashire all the way rest in peace fred x

[bazzashadow]

five penny piece take me back to my dad

i would like it if anyone has got "reflections of emily" by five penny piece

[Tommo12345678912]

wots the name of the song

[trichoone]

I sorry about that me ewd cock it is - Straightforward lancashire lad .

[rskershaw]

don't make em like that nowt more.

[trichoone]

i tha reet .

[G4UNB]

very good...a good demon...stration of the lancky dialect..tha knows!

[trichoone]

reet thanks just trying to hang on to thewd lingo for these vids .

[G4UNB]

aye lad thowd lancky lingos Oreet.ahma lancky lad misenn tha knos!

[trichoone]

So thy were a bit of a Fred fan aswell please to meet thee .

[Rug13y]

O aye lark!

[bondie45]

r all reet u chaps? thy caut beat lanky lads them there usa beggers have a lot fort learn from us lanky lads

[bondie45]

more of the five penny peice pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[trichoone]

Oreet i'll try and do another .

[cccecider]

well posted fetler...im a lanc lad living in denmark,brings back good memorys..cheers lad

[trichoone]

tha oreet la ,

[girthchicken]

Cheers mate, I'll have a look!

[girthchicken]

Does anybody know where I can get some of the songs from 5 penny piece? This one is reet good!

[buttybags]

Amazon have them for sale. Type five penny piece in to their search box.

[girthchicken]

Love it! It's a reet good video and song and all that like! Grand job lad!

[trichoone]

Oreet Thanks .

[Billy244]

Excellent, thanks for making this lovely tribute to fred.

[trichoone]

Thanks , he deserved it .

[rufusrankin]

the great fivepenny piece...more please !

[slobls]

long time since i heard fivepenny piece+fred was a top lancashire lad whos sadly missed

[tubewishes123]

I loved the five penny piece, grew up listening to their music. I wounder if you have all their songs. Please post "My Brother Salvest" if you have it.

[trichoone]

I have 2 LP,s worth of their songs i will look for you - trichoone

[jamesbyker]

video ok...miss listening to five penny piece...tape recorder chewed it up...you got big jims a worm

[Oldbigchief]

If Trichoone says so, then Fred was a great dude. My hat's off for him up There.

[Fwbs]

i would agree

[Fwbs]

hes a 1 of a kind man combining steam engines , chimneys ,the victorian era 'ect' i will never forget the day he died and in 2003 i met him, rip Fredric Dibnah up on that great chimney in the sky.

[trichoone]

I never met the man but as this record say's he was a straight forward lancashire lad and i'm sure he would have spoken to anyone who met him , he was a great charachter and the family he left behind must be extremely proud of him .

[columbo1964]

Fred was a one off , love watching his shows , he had some bottle aswell climbing those chimneys on those ladders , sadly missed you will not see many like him again .

[trichoone]

thats for sure .

[rodneypullit]

nice vid. whats the music?

[Allmighty1976]

Thanks for putting this vid up.

[trichoone]

its OK Fred was a great Lancashire character and this track seemed to fit well .