No one can deny that the factories and mills of the Victorian era were awful, but that's not the spirit of what Fred's on about. There's another video about "Fred's last chimney" in which someone says: "he's never afraid of hard work." But it was more than that: Fred LOVED hard work - you could see it when he touched the chimneys he demolished and spoke well of the hard work in putting them up. Fred was about respect and hard work and loving those things. That's what makes him great. Take note.
schools? what schools? this country is fucked and you know it.anyone past 45 fuckin knows it.Kids these days want fuckin left right and centre,until they realise what a LATHE is let alone metal.Teachers are wankers as well they know as much as i did when i was 40,they are all careerists twats.
Fred was a man that believed if you dont know where your from you dont know where you are going... so true and despite the harshness of his beloved era you get the sense that those times were a lot purer in purpose than our shirked state of affairs.
The man was a true legend, honest and simple....
i cant help wonder what thatcher or scargill might think when they watch Fred?
I don't care what anyone says, but Fred Dibnah, was virtually born out of his time period. He was virtually a Victorian, he loved that period between 1837-1901 [the Victorian Age], and mouthed lyrical about it constantly, And, why not? I to am fascinated by the machinery and buildings that the Victorians created. It was a hard life, if you where poor, but by God they knew how to build things to last.
His old house was opened yesterday (15th June 2010) as a Heritage Centre dedicated to him. Going to visit ASAP, hope you all do if you can cos it will be interesting.
Brilliant man. Oldham and Bolton need to stick together as we have history of the milltowns and it's history to be proud of but now the bloody BBC and government are taking our history as Lancashire working class towns and throwing us in with the mancs
NEWTROUBLE. MAYBE YOU ARE RIGHT,BUT WHAT FRED IS SAYING IS,WE HAVE LET THE POLITICIANS RUN AMOK.wE NO LONGER HAVE A SAY IN OUR HERITAGE,ITS PROFFESORS WHO TELL US WHAT WE WERE.WE NO LONGER WORK AND ENDEAVOUR TO CREATE,ITS THE POLITICIANS WHO SAY WE DONT WANT SKILL,WE WILL PAY YOU NOT TO BE SKILLED.wE NO LONGER HAVE THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESPECT OF THE ETHIC OF WORK.we ARE PAID NOT TO WORK AND NOT TO HAVE VALUES AND ETHICS.SOCIETY 0 BIG BROTHER WON
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They made such "wonderful stuff" on shit wages as they would end up in the workhouse otherwise. Cotton mills were pretty "ugly" places to work in, this man is sad fantasist.
Guess youre right, we do tend to look through rose coloured glasses at a period in time that many found very difficult.. and all to often we forget the pain. I have to admit, there are not too many people who would truly enjoy living and working as they did.
@newtroublemaker1973 Yes but he took his sad fantasies to the next level. . He didn't just stick up a few sentimental pictures on the wall of his bathroom to look at while he shat, he made it happen in his garden! And he has educated many thousands of people about what came before, and how many came to be in their various current locations (migrant workers form the country moving to the industrial centres.)And he was commissioned to makeTVprogrammes about his life .Several series! Hardly sad!
@newtroublemaker1973 Yes but he took his sad fantasies to the next level. . He didn't just stick up a few sentimental pictures on the wall of his bathroom to look at while he shat, he made it happen in his garden! And he has educated many thousands of people about what came before, and how many came to be in their various current locations (migrant workers form the country moving to the industrial centres.)And he was commissioned to makeTVprogrammes about his life .Several series! Hardly sad!
@newtroublemaker1973 Yes but he took his sad fantasies to the next level. . He didn't just stick up a few sentimental pictures on the wall of his bathroom to look at while he shat, he made it happen in his garden! And he has educated many thousands of people about what came before, and how many came to be in their various current locations (migrant workers form the country moving to the industrial centres.)And he was commissioned to makeTVprogrammes about his life .Several series! Hardly sad!
@newtroublemaker1973 Yes but he took his sad fantasies to the next level. . He didn't just stick up a few sentimental pictures on the wall of his bathroom to look at while he shat, he made it happen in his garden! And he has educated many thousands of people about what came before, and how many came to be in their various current locations (migrant workers form the country moving to the industrial centres.)And he was commissioned to makeTVprogrammes about his life .Several series! Hardly sad!
@newtroublemaker1973 . my family worked in the mills for generations, i did myself/in oldham. this reeks of a hardwork ethic/people actually used to sweat(foreign concept now)for shit wages/whats sad about that?. i bet you own an xbox?, be honest. i suppose feeding your family is saaaaaaaaaaaaad, eh?. y'toerag. oafc.
@newtroublemaker1973 bollocks,he is standing up for what we dont appreciate.Craftmansship,skills that are nearly forgotten.You work 12 hours aday over a computer,you go home and you have learnt NOTHING,apart from how to make your boss richer,which is what they did,all them years ago skilled men,so piss off with your fancy arsed comment on fred.I BET YOU HAVE NEVER SWUNG A SPANNER OR A HAMMER AT HALF PAST 5 IN THE MORNIN
@newtroublemaker1973 He's talking about the great architecture. They could have made stuff as plain as can be, but they didn't. They were proud of our country and our race and wanted to show what we were capable off and have our country filled with great buildings, unlike the crap that gets thrown up now. Money didn't come into it, only building something great.
Fred, was the greatest Historian of the 20th Century. He was really enthusiastic, and loved the 'steam age'. His memory will live on.... God Bless You Fred.
Thanks for the video, He was a great man. seeing fed makes me miss home sooooo much, he looks just like my dad, God bless them both....A fan from Bury.....
wont be long now,just got to work out how to transfer everything on here,too many impression vids and not enough gritty 70's and 80's Fred on youtube!
I'm from Lancashire. How I hate the accent
rrwryan 11 months ago
old fred wasnt talking about the working conditions..
the dark satanic mills comment was not a refelction of what blake envisaged, but of the fantastic acomplishments of that period....
Anybody who has seen this mans passion and love will realise that it is focused on the engineering and architectural wonders of industrial Britain..
Living in Australia now, a lot of friends ask me of my home town..i point them to the Britain that this man saw...
chereadnine 11 months ago 4
No one can deny that the factories and mills of the Victorian era were awful, but that's not the spirit of what Fred's on about. There's another video about "Fred's last chimney" in which someone says: "he's never afraid of hard work." But it was more than that: Fred LOVED hard work - you could see it when he touched the chimneys he demolished and spoke well of the hard work in putting them up. Fred was about respect and hard work and loving those things. That's what makes him great. Take note.
meanvince 11 months ago
schools? what schools? this country is fucked and you know it.anyone past 45 fuckin knows it.Kids these days want fuckin left right and centre,until they realise what a LATHE is let alone metal.Teachers are wankers as well they know as much as i did when i was 40,they are all careerists twats.
eatmypies 11 months ago
top man , rip fred
wxpm 1 year ago
It's a pity the lazy bastards of today were not made of this stuff, todays twats think they should be gifted a job in a clean enviroment.
sidewaysid 1 year ago
@sidewaysid Yes, it's called progress of the human race. Things are better because doing your job doesn't risk your life or health.
retread01 11 months ago
wot a fuckin hell of man! rip u ledgend!
correl84 1 year ago
Dont half sound like Bryan Clough.
chad0x 1 year ago
Fred was a man that believed if you dont know where your from you dont know where you are going... so true and despite the harshness of his beloved era you get the sense that those times were a lot purer in purpose than our shirked state of affairs.
The man was a true legend, honest and simple....
i cant help wonder what thatcher or scargill might think when they watch Fred?
Cragrok 1 year ago
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Cragrok 1 year ago
I don't care what anyone says, but Fred Dibnah, was virtually born out of his time period. He was virtually a Victorian, he loved that period between 1837-1901 [the Victorian Age], and mouthed lyrical about it constantly, And, why not? I to am fascinated by the machinery and buildings that the Victorians created. It was a hard life, if you where poor, but by God they knew how to build things to last.
wayneleon100 1 year ago
utter ruler
badremix100 1 year ago
The man was a bloody genius , simple as that.
His old house was opened yesterday (15th June 2010) as a Heritage Centre dedicated to him. Going to visit ASAP, hope you all do if you can cos it will be interesting.
. RIP Fred, you are a Legend
walshy2866 1 year ago
Brilliant man. Oldham and Bolton need to stick together as we have history of the milltowns and it's history to be proud of but now the bloody BBC and government are taking our history as Lancashire working class towns and throwing us in with the mancs
1DannyOAFC1 1 year ago
@1DannyOAFC1 I agree comletely :D lol x
GottaLoveRikMayall 1 year ago
@GottaLoveRikMayall yeah, theres no such thing as Gtr. Manchester. Just the divvies at the BBC making stuff up.
1DannyOAFC1 1 year ago
NEWTROUBLE. MAYBE YOU ARE RIGHT,BUT WHAT FRED IS SAYING IS,WE HAVE LET THE POLITICIANS RUN AMOK.wE NO LONGER HAVE A SAY IN OUR HERITAGE,ITS PROFFESORS WHO TELL US WHAT WE WERE.WE NO LONGER WORK AND ENDEAVOUR TO CREATE,ITS THE POLITICIANS WHO SAY WE DONT WANT SKILL,WE WILL PAY YOU NOT TO BE SKILLED.wE NO LONGER HAVE THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESPECT OF THE ETHIC OF WORK.we ARE PAID NOT TO WORK AND NOT TO HAVE VALUES AND ETHICS.SOCIETY 0 BIG BROTHER WON
eatmypies 1 year ago
He should have taught in schools and let all the dopey kids know what a bloody hard days graft is like.
CHAVMORON 2 years ago 11
all he says is so true, miss you fred.
alanfromdarwen 2 years ago 6
Rest in Power brother
Clempt90 2 years ago 3
Star man , skilled and proud to be Brittish
powerwilson 2 years ago 16
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microsoft57 2 years ago
its true but unfortunatly things have to change, i dont think fred ever anknwoledged this. thats fred tho.
cutterschoicenotmine 2 years ago
a very talanted man very sadly missed
andysllt 2 years ago 6
what an inspirational man
jedeyewarrior 3 years ago 4
Fred was great..I've always been a big fan of his..unfortunately he was never the same man after his first wife left him - shallow bitch
9thprotocol 3 years ago
fred is the best thing to come out of lanky
robowen1 3 years ago
Don't forget Gracie Fields & Orchestra leader and Impresario Jack Hylton too.
blackpoolbarmpot 3 years ago
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They made such "wonderful stuff" on shit wages as they would end up in the workhouse otherwise. Cotton mills were pretty "ugly" places to work in, this man is sad fantasist.
newtroublemaker1973 3 years ago
Guess youre right, we do tend to look through rose coloured glasses at a period in time that many found very difficult.. and all to often we forget the pain. I have to admit, there are not too many people who would truly enjoy living and working as they did.
dovecott 3 years ago
I think Fred should have listened to a song called Poverty Knock. Chumbawamba do a good version, it's on Youtube if you want a listen.
Givemeconvenience 1 year ago
@Givemeconvenience Houghton Weavers do a good version, in a proper Lancashire accent
walshy2866 1 year ago
@walshy2866 Thanks for the info, it's a good version.
Givemeconvenience 11 months ago
Did you actually listen to what he said?
bittymcvitty 3 years ago
yes, so what's your point?
newtroublemaker1973 3 years ago
The fact you missed his...
bittymcvitty 3 years ago
@newtroublemaker1973 Yes but he took his sad fantasies to the next level. . He didn't just stick up a few sentimental pictures on the wall of his bathroom to look at while he shat, he made it happen in his garden! And he has educated many thousands of people about what came before, and how many came to be in their various current locations (migrant workers form the country moving to the industrial centres.)And he was commissioned to makeTVprogrammes about his life .Several series! Hardly sad!
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@newtroublemaker1973 Yes but he took his sad fantasies to the next level. . He didn't just stick up a few sentimental pictures on the wall of his bathroom to look at while he shat, he made it happen in his garden! And he has educated many thousands of people about what came before, and how many came to be in their various current locations (migrant workers form the country moving to the industrial centres.)And he was commissioned to makeTVprogrammes about his life .Several series! Hardly sad!
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@newtroublemaker1973 Yes but he took his sad fantasies to the next level. . He didn't just stick up a few sentimental pictures on the wall of his bathroom to look at while he shat, he made it happen in his garden! And he has educated many thousands of people about what came before, and how many came to be in their various current locations (migrant workers form the country moving to the industrial centres.)And he was commissioned to makeTVprogrammes about his life .Several series! Hardly sad!
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@newtroublemaker1973 Yes but he took his sad fantasies to the next level. . He didn't just stick up a few sentimental pictures on the wall of his bathroom to look at while he shat, he made it happen in his garden! And he has educated many thousands of people about what came before, and how many came to be in their various current locations (migrant workers form the country moving to the industrial centres.)And he was commissioned to makeTVprogrammes about his life .Several series! Hardly sad!
theonlyantony 1 year ago
@newtroublemaker1973 . my family worked in the mills for generations, i did myself/in oldham. this reeks of a hardwork ethic/people actually used to sweat(foreign concept now)for shit wages/whats sad about that?. i bet you own an xbox?, be honest. i suppose feeding your family is saaaaaaaaaaaaad, eh?. y'toerag. oafc.
mrmrscosanostra 1 year ago
@newtroublemaker1973 Fred was anything but a sad fantasist.
He lived in awe of Great Britains brilliant Victorian engineers who built an Empire.
You would be better off taking out your anger on the greedy mill / mine owners of the time.
chrssgreen 1 year ago
@newtroublemaker1973 bollocks,he is standing up for what we dont appreciate.Craftmansship,skills that are nearly forgotten.You work 12 hours aday over a computer,you go home and you have learnt NOTHING,apart from how to make your boss richer,which is what they did,all them years ago skilled men,so piss off with your fancy arsed comment on fred.I BET YOU HAVE NEVER SWUNG A SPANNER OR A HAMMER AT HALF PAST 5 IN THE MORNIN
eatmypies 9 months ago 5
@newtroublemaker1973 He's talking about the great architecture. They could have made stuff as plain as can be, but they didn't. They were proud of our country and our race and wanted to show what we were capable off and have our country filled with great buildings, unlike the crap that gets thrown up now. Money didn't come into it, only building something great.
stepheng1483 3 months ago
Fred, was the greatest Historian of the 20th Century. He was really enthusiastic, and loved the 'steam age'. His memory will live on.... God Bless You Fred.
blackpoolbarmpot 3 years ago
ay, tha knows, i were born in wiggin, not bowton
coppull 3 years ago
I KNOW HIS YOUNGEST SON!!!!
went to school with him for like 10 years lol hes a rite belter lol
JennaEMBrew 3 years ago
Classic Fred.
Rug13y 3 years ago
i don't care what anyone says Lancashire is the friedliest county i england and has the friendliest people and this man is a great example.
jeannietwilight 3 years ago 4
And home to the greatest sport - rugby league. ;)
Rug13y 3 years ago
Union>League Don't deny it!!!!!!!!!
Hellequiniman 3 years ago
Thanks for the video, He was a great man. seeing fed makes me miss home sooooo much, he looks just like my dad, God bless them both....A fan from Bury.....
NunaFeedTheDucks 3 years ago
Sound Man And a great loss!
pinkfloydmike 3 years ago
Definitely
Ironlord2015 3 years ago
young or old everyone loves fred, top bloke.
adam10185 3 years ago
Absolutely right mate......what a legend!
Ironlord2015 3 years ago
I love this man with all me 'eart
nicktrepka 3 years ago
I've watched all of Fred's documentaries - I think there's some 60 in all.
Read his biography simply called 'Fred' - cracking stuff.
ianoreilly 4 years ago
thanks so much for uploading some proper fred,i have most of his 70's series which im going to try and upload
Joe90ridesahonda 4 years ago
Let me know when you do - i'd love to see them again!
mysticgeorge 4 years ago
wont be long now,just got to work out how to transfer everything on here,too many impression vids and not enough gritty 70's and 80's Fred on youtube!
Joe90ridesahonda 4 years ago