We got into Fred Dibnah's House August 2021
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As an American I was completely ignorant of who Fred Dibnah was until a few days ago. I have watched everything I could lay my hands on ever since. He reminds me of my uncle that I spent many hours with in his garage workshop. I find myself getting a bit emotional watching some of these videos. Only people that spend their spare time bashing metal with a hammer would understand things like that. England was lucky to have a guy like Fred. Cheers
Spot on. Fred was an absolute Legend.
I think there are many parallels to the US you have a lot of people who have been self sufficient and passionate about their heritage and history. ❤
A true story, many many years ago (pre Internet) my mother wrote to Fred expressing her admiration off his work, low and behold he replied in ink with the most beautiful handwriting i've ever seen, Mother gave this too me & i still have it to this day.
Lovely story. Yes he used to annotate his drawings with copperplate writing. Everything he did, he did well.
my mother got with mr dibnah for a few weeks in the summer of 1977. mother says he had a huge nine inch fellow and was most partial to anal or victorian birth control as he loved to call it. one of my funniest memories is when mother referred to the drought off 77 by saying 'water shortages? i was squirting'
@@afganno3385 No one will ever want to remember you, that's for sure.
@@rickshaw2779 hi Rick well said my friend.
I bet he would of liked to have a wax seal on the envelope...., and. Delivered it by steam train and horseback,...if the truth be known ,.....probably would of got stuck in the computerised sorting machine lol,....great story ,...and extremely difficult to write in that coligraphic style,...a man of the past ehh r.i.p Fred Dibnah
Most local people would blame Bolton Council for not taking this on to preserve his memories.
Nothing to preserve the guy was an arse apparently.
@@Heuristiccomputer9000 Before him....when family decided to leave.
@@Heuristiccomputer9000 His friends especially Alf Molyneux must have liked him a lot. Set in his ways no doubt but always had time for people as far as I can see.
@@Heuristiccomputer9000 Why denigrate the guy, especially when he's gone? Except that it's trendy and shows disrespect.
He achieved more than most ever could, Fred will always be a national treasure, warts and all.
@@Heuristiccomputer9000 his name lives on yours won’t.
Being an Aussie, I hadn't heard of Fred until I started watching his videos on CZcams about 18 months ago. What a man! Watching him laddering those massive chimney stacks is heart-in-mouth stuff. Just an amazing man, the likes of whom are a real rarity. R.I.P. Fred.
Been from england i didnt hear about him until a year ago lol
Hats off to the guy who showed you round 👏 if you came to mine unannounced I'm not sure I'd be so gracious. It must be the Dibnah spirit, it's contagious.
I used watch Fred, loved everything he did, a slightly eccentric but interesting man. Heath and safety wouldn’t let you do the things he done nowadays. Guy Martin reminds me a little of a modern day Fred with his enthusiasm and interest in all types of engineering. Wonderful video Craig.
Agreed! Guy produces a similar charisma as Fred. They have a great way communicating their passions. (You do a great job too Craig)
I would however describe Fred as “slightly eccentric AND an interesting man” :)
He did go to Art college for abit.
Fred's up there in that pub in the sky, eating a ploughman's with a pint or three,...climbing up that chimney to the ladies in the sky...!
@@cooltools007 ladies in the sky ? - Thats why my Dad worked for a company - Fabricating & putting those tall steel chimneys up in situ ? - He didnt tell us about the Ladies ? Haha ? - Wait well I see Mom ?
Thank you for posting this video Fred was an amazing man one of a kind.
Fred was 24 years older than me and died 17 years ago... I'd better cram in a few more adventures quick!!
Glad you got the chance to look around his old home. I think I've watched every one of his films too. Fantastic:)
If the new owner sorts out the house and lets visitors in I'm sure many would be happy to pay a small fee that could go
towards upkeep/ restoration...
Ohhhhh, arrr,...Fred loved Wiltshire as so do I, that line from Cherhill past Avebury ,west Kennett long barrow burial site, Silbury hill, along the road that runs parallel to the roman road all the way to stone Henge ,......has something very special about it lay lines definitely do exist,,..i experience the same feeling at the same points along that route since being a kid,...hence why experments and tests where being done on those children and adults that did,..
As a Wiltshire man sub its great to see you have an interest in fred! maby you could do a motorbike tour or a trip to his home and manb visit some of the sites he has worked on ETC
@@WABISTIX I have already, I rode my motorcycle to the Crofton beam engines here in Wiltshire. Fred installed the lightning conductor on the chimney there
Fred helped my dad with a tanning mill he saved from demolition. I am proud that I got to see Fred in his element, at his home I got to play on his steam engines in his garden. Lovely memories
My father, a toolmaker , He loved to make things like like Radios and our first Television in 1953 etc. He recovered bits and pieces from scrap bins and made all sorts of tools, such a gear cutting machine so that he could make hard wood gears to control the 10 inch telecscope he made. Anyhow, one day looking around his workshop I asked him "what we should do with all his things when he eventually passed away". "After all we have no idea how it all works and what they do". He said "these are my toys and when I'm dead I won't be able to play with them anymore so you can take it all to the scrapyard". " I won't be around to care". While I think Fred Dibna was different as in he loved the things he made and renovated and he would have wanted these things to be preserved for their own sake as exhibits that revealed the superb skills of the past to the people of the futere.
The new owner of the house was a nice man to let you look round rip fred
Poor old Fred must be turning in his grave. Even his gravestone looks rather oddly placed, quite close to the other grave and a bit miss aligned. He has several children who must have done quite well out of his estate. You would think they could at least look after the grave and , as you say, make a bit of a suitable memorial to him.
It should become a working museum, and given national status to protect it for years to come, Fred is a legend,
He was larger than life, a true character. RIP Fred Dibnah.
"Did yer like that?"
Fred is a true hero of mine, a great man, an educated man with a wide variety of skills. We should all strive to be at least a tenth as good as Fred was in our lifetimes. I would love to see his workshop alive again, I would dearly love to see Britain pull itself up by its bootstraps and do what we once did - build the best, manufacture the best, machine the best, be the best ! Make Fred proud.
I'm watching this with tears in my eyes and a heavy heart. I'm 57 in the UK and watched Fred from an early age..Fred was the best of British and a true British legend never to be forgotten or replaced. We all who loved Fred should club together to buy Fred's house and yard and make Fred proud his legacy continues. I will put in £1000 in to the pot if we can raise the money and put his yard back in to Fred's style of workings
Crowdfund on Facebook.
Excellent idea Greg. It's a shame that it's not how fred would have liked it to stay.
Your our modern Fred restoring motorcycles from yesteryear and keeping your craftsmanship alive and doing a dam fine job.
I had never heard of this man until your video being from the USA. I looked up his videos on CZcams and I am hooked! I will be watching them all! Thank you!
Found Fred Dibnah's "World of Steam, Steel & Stone" in a charity shop, for £3, last week... So bought it right quick!!
I spent an evening at Fred's House once, had the tour of the outside, engine.. the lot.
What an entertaining guy, lots of tales and his history.
He had a bruise on his head and I had to comment that he did not get that falling from a chimney, no, falling off a small stepladder decorating the kid bedroom !
I also had a beer with him and I can say that he did not choose to drink the beer he was seen drinking on the TV, he chose the dark drink with the creamy head from across the Irish sea.
I had all the tales from his job as a youth, where he acquired his old rifles on display, where an how he broke the forks on his engine, how he turned stone on his own made machine... the lot.
How his wife at the time (Alison, who he named the engine after) badgered him to go on a proper holiday that involved sun and no engines !
He sure was a character.
So he told you everything that we’ve already heard him say on these videos, coincidence.
Yes, Fred was a rare revelation of genuine practicable engineering and application of such with obvious skill and real passion. His work on those lofty chimney stacks alone is testimony to an earlier era of commitment to a very high standard of hands on ability - ladderwork, usage of ropes and pulley, quality of which was SAFE. Your encounter with his home and the rather sad memorial stone makes for a sense of disappointment but not sadness. Fred is preserved on film and in memory and your documentary pays tribute to the unique man who gave such worthwhile 'entertainment ' to millions by way of his wonderful personality and genuine skills which were, at times, awe inspiring.
We always watched Fred, me, my Da and my Brother. What a lovely man.
I grew up on Fred me and my mum (rip) would watch him steeple jack ....he used to terrify and excite me at the same time... and he knew his engineering ....and made it fun to learn and watch bless you for this journey and rip Fred Dibnah a true legend
I miss watching him on TV, the guy had more balls than I ever would climbing them chimneys, would love to have even half of his , true English man.
He only had 2 but they were cast iron
An absolute legend and this should have been purchased by the council to turn it into a museum ..there is, and never will another legend like old Fred!
I went to visit Fred’s house in 2016,bought a Fred coffee mug from the guy who owned the house.Back then there was still stuff in the workshops when I went.
Well whatever happened to his house and his fantastic collection - he has left a lasting legacy and fond memories, touching the lives of many. Few of us will ever achieve that.
Fred was a good guy, a honest down to earth man. He had a Innocence about him but at the same time so confident in his abilities. Respect👏 🍀🇮🇪
Very well handled Craig . Fred was a huge personality and so are you Cobber. - there would have been big demands on his estate as he had several wives eh. - A Big Thank You to the new owner at Fred's house too .. bloody decent to welcome you in eh .. Thanks for sharing.
Claim to fame : i used to be Fred’s postman ! Nice chap
Defo good claim 👏
Watching this has brought a tear to my eyes what an amazing bloke they dont make people like him anymore
So sad and such a shame all his things got sold off hopefully someone can bring the place back to life
Thanks for the brilliant video mate 👍
I watched many of his shows and was amazed at the architectural drawing he did all by hand and with no formal training. I also enjoyed watching his shows where he went round talking to other people about their historical buildings and the stories behind them. In one show he had renovated his steam engine boiler by hand and on first firing it was leaking around the bolts, his cure was to throw several banana peels into the fire( whether that was for the camera or not I dont know).His most infamous moment to me was when he was burning the temporary logs supports holding up a mill chimney up. He suddenly started running away from it honking that horn of his like a mad man and after it descended scattering bricks and mortar over a very large area woodbine in mouth, he said to the camera " by eck that were close".
Fred went to art college
FRED STUDIED IN ARTICTECTUAL ENGINEERING DRAWINGS HE STATES THIS MANY TIMES IN HIS GREAT TV PROGRAMES, OVER THE YEARS.
That the exact episode that got me hooked... amazing fella RIP fred.
Great video! Top marks to the new owner, he couldn't have been more accomadating and courteous 👍
A wonderful tribute to someone who I miss. They just don't seem to make people like Fred anymore.
Britain was built by people like Fred in their workshops , big respect to a brilliantly talented Man . Rest easy fella .
Thank you for this and thank you for the generosity of the new owners to show you around. I have always been interested in Fred's workshop including the building itself. Posting this is one of the best tributes to Fred, we have at least been able to see the workshop and yard / garden in it's full entity... thank you.
Imagine a TV show with Fred and guy Martin travelling around the UK talking about our GRT architecture and Inventions, brilliant...just loved watching Fred as a child and then decades later finding out what a great draughtsman he was..the local council missed something not preserving his home...
not enough money in it.
Remember that episode where he put steel threaded rods from front to back of that house with those iron caps on to stop that back wall from falling outward and pulling the house down.
also held up traffic while he threaded it thru.
Can still see them if look up his house on google earth
We still have the tv series so all is not lost hey , the fact that he was such a talented man and a regular fella he will always be remembered and talked about like your vid 👍
Remember seeing Fred at the Dorset steam fairs as a kid at 7-8yrs when we used to show sheep and vintage tractors and my dad said "he's on the telly him ", after that I was addicted because I thought I knew a famous person 😆 because of him I'm proper into the industrial revolution and a big fan of isambard kingdom Brunel and everything along those lines of canal boats and steam lorries ,everything brilliant and British. Yes very sad to see a regular tomb stone when the funeral was quite fancy, government should have stepped in and offered Jack what ever he wanted to take it over and preserve it, they will in years to come but it will be too late and unrecognizable. Great to see the place this recent but dad too, cheers Craig 👍
Thank you for uploading this! I vividly recall this guy being on BBC2 regular, whilst my peers were out running about I would get hooked watching his programs, lol quite silly really as I am not good with heights I was just in awe of this guy climbing something with nothing but his wits. Then in his later years going around talking about Britains engineering past. I think we lost something special when he passed away. Will never be anyone else like him again sadly. Thank you for putting this video up, the owners were brilliant to let you in :)
Craig that was great, you are getting really good at making your videos I look forward to every one you do. Good to see your doing well. Ive been very lucky to have met Fred and Jack one of his sons a number of times mainly at traction engine rallies, but very early in his tv career in the early eighties and already a great fan of his I was working in Bolton a few minutes walk from his house so in my dinner break I had a walk to try and find his house which I managed to do just to find the big green gates chained up, but I did try again another day and before I even got there I could hear the stationary engine running. I walked down the steep drive to be met by him at the bottom , he said ayup lad fancy a brew . I met up with him again a number of times and he never forgot me. Very sad to see his place now bought a big lump in my throat to see it now. Keep up the good work Craig. Trevor
What a great video, and a fantastic introduction. Fred was truly amazing and a hero of mine also. Thanks for this Craig, much appreciated.
Great tribute to Fred thanks for video well worth subbing ,words came right from the heart ...
our fred, was one of the finest i had many enlightening moments watching his shows.
could you please, thank that bloke for letting you share that gem and thank you sir. :-)
Very good video Craig, it is so sad to see his workshops and garden empty. He created his own steam powered workshop and it has all gone. There are so few people like him his legacy should have been preserved. Thanks for making the video.
Great job Craig, a fitting tribute to a man who was perhaps one of the last of his kind.
Hi from Oz. I discovered Fred thru CZcams.
Agree it’s sad that an appreciation of and passion for proper skill has largely disappeared and been replaced with “celebrity”.
Loved Fred Dibnah he was such a clever man and such a charecter,like you i watched him with my dad,and still watch the videos. RIP Fred 💕
Wonderful little film Craig, well done. So moving and a little sad at the end with that tinkling piano over those images of Fred.
Just like you I used to sit and watch Fed Dibnah with my dad and that brought back some wonderful memories for me too.
You're right that the house as it is now is a mere shell and not a fitting tribute to such a wonderful, humble and unassuming artist of his generation
Thanks for putting this video up and I'm absolutely going to search out all the Fred Dibnah material and rewatch it!!!
Cheers fella
Thank you for sharing your film, like you after watching all his programmes and actually getting to meet him at a steam rally i find it very sad to see the yard empty, and his grave definitely doesn't do Fred justice.
First I ever heard of Fred was when he did the Stones Brewery advert 'Goes down great guns' . Then the tv program thank you so much for uploading this. Totally amazing and nice to see the house in good hands.
When I started my driving career I remember seeing him plugging along the M6 at 45mph in his Land Rover, not a care in the world.
Thank you for posting this video .Areminder of such a great man. I see that the previous owner was happy to sell off the items as you said BUT still happy to accept the trip advisor award Keep well and keep em posted.
Enjoyed your visit to such a mans home,always enjoyed his programs , a wonderful man!
Great video Craig. One of those magical, serendipitous events. Thanks for posting it.
Thanks for Sharing. It’s great to see that what little is left of Fred’s home, shed etc are being kept as is and looked after by the new owners. Like you I was fortunate enough to have alook around Fred’s house, shed and grounds in Aug 2019, and after payed my respects to his resting place. I also left with very mixed emotions, I as many find it very sad that his home wasn’t kept and maintained as Fred had it, a working steam workshop, and as you can see his headstone isn’t as you’d expect it to be for such a loved and great man still to this day..
Thanks Craig, a nice but sad video mate, and well edited, yes, I used to watch Fred too, I witnessed him demolishing the Co-Op chimney here in Leicester, all the roads were closed and crowds of people were there to watch. What a character, a true legend, much missed by many..cheers bud, hope the trip has cleared your head some, atb Dave
I share your great admiration for Fred Dibnah, and like yourself, I remember sitting in front of the tv when I was a small lad, watching his programs back in the 70's. He really was such an interesting guy, down to earth, and not shy of hard graft. His first programs when he was younger were amazing - all the steeple jacking, and chimney work. And then the tv programs he made later in his life were even more interesting. And he was a guy that really could turn his hand to just about everything, but he was in no way a 'jack of all trades - master of none', he was the opposite, whatever he turned his hand to, he made it his business to learn all he could and more about what he was undertaking. And the results always showed what a pro he was.
It was nice to see his old place again, but I certainly felt a bit of sadness seeing it without all of his equipment. Like you say, it was always a hive of activity in the past. Nice to see that the guy who showed you around obviously shared the admiration for all that Fred had done. I really hope that the place can be preserved in some way, would be a great shame to lose even more. And I totally agree, his grave should have been a bit more 'ornate' - seeing that Fred loved to put those special ornate touches to everything he did. But who knows, it may have been Fred's wish that he did not want anything fancy, that would not surprise me at all. But i agree, a chimney stack, if only 6 foot high would have been very fitting for the great man. It's been two or three years now since i last binged on some Fred Dibnah programs, may just have to go and do something about that! What's the betting I will be switching back to this video at regular intervals to compare things then and now?
Fantastic video ! A fan of fred for years. Thanks for sharing a recent look inside his house & yard ! 💓
Sad that the next generation only fleeced the place. My little shed is my "happy place" where i tinker with things and weld (badly). I know my daughter's have no interest in my stuff and my tools etc will probably be dumped when I kick the bucket, but in my 50s I come from a time when people had bugger all and made do and fixed what they had. They are bored now and life is all about social media and taking photos of themselves 😒
Well expressed Terry, all the best.👍 mate.
Hi thanks for the video about Fred,
I met Fred in 2002 and as I am a roofer we talked about roofing slates , chimneys, Victoriana terrace houses and churches,
I was too embarrassed to ask for his autograph,
He certainly was a warm welcome person and from his illness to his death happened really quickly,
He will always be remembered and I was honoured to meet him,
His old land rover ended at at ( ROVERPART RIP) IN NORFOLK And used to past it every day going to work,
I was sad to see his home and workshop being looted few years ago,
Anyway apologies and thank you for your video,
Great show Craig. 👍
Quite emotional to.
Hope your spirit has lifted after some time out pal. 👍 ✌
Fred Dibnha was a national treasure,I loved going to my mums on a Sunday for my dinner and watching Fred with her and my stepdad
I'm not entirely sure how to interpret that. Was he local to you or did he drive there?
Thank you for sharing this. Fred was truly a first class man. Well done on your part to share a piece of Freds life.
You jammy git!
Thank you for the video Craig. It's sad to see it looking so empty but heart warming to see the skills, knowledge and passion that Fred had lives on in some of the things that are still there. That brick work, immaculate!
Rest in peace Fred ❤️
Fantastic video mate. I used to watch all his stuff on TV too, what a legend. It's a real travesty that the whole place including all the workshop and flat belt machinery plus the mine workings were not made grade 1 listed and protected. What an interesting place it is. I hope to visit there one day but wished like you I was there 20 years ago to see the wonderful hive of activity.
Home is owned by a guy called leon the pound sign powsney he sold all Freds stuff off and even sold tools claiming they where Fred’s total conman
Bet the pos didn’t give back the go fund me money.
Home * Was * Owned... That was sold as well after an attempt to raffle the place off at £10 a ticket failed.
Bolton Council or the national trust should have stepped in when it was sold after his death.
@@HughzieTube ye pal he sold it pure discusting behaviour isn’t it poor Fred 😬
Where is that POS Powsney ?......I sent him £50 to buy tea and scones for the museum volunteers, I ask for a pic......never heard from him again.
Craig, I have to say it was truly wonderful to listen to you reminiscing about the wonderful Fred. He was truly a man of his time; in many ways he was born 70 years too early. But in many ways too late. He would’ve been an innovator, whatever era he was born in… I would happily put you in place to bring back Fred’s memory, his house & everything else. A true legend & not bad for a Lancastrian (from a Yorkshireman) 🤣😂
Great video - and lucky timing when visiting the house to get access! I remember watching him on TV - he did some amazing things!
Thank you Paul, much appreciated. I hope to go back there soon as I was a bit unprepared, I only stopped to have a look from the outside and never expected to go inside. I’ve since had a chat with the guy in the video and I can go back anytime I want so possibly another video coming soon. Thanks for watching👍
Cheers to the new owner for letting us in! Thanks mate for that vid!
Keep er Lit!
Brilliant video, I too have been a big fan of Fred for many many years. Thanks for sharing it with us. Kind regards Mel Jarvis
Your NOT boring for NOT having a TV it just means you have a BRAIN and are not a ZOMBIE and appreciate a time when blokes were blokes and engineering was king !!!
Shook Fred's hand at a steam rally in Northampton, great guy. Pity they did not preserve his heritage, at least there is still the video of his great shows.
The stars definitely aligned when you were poking about and the owner just happened to arrive.
I reckon Fred gave a little nudge from his celestial traction engine to make that happen.
looks like you had a great trip and enjoyed it, shame all the stuff is gone from the house but guess that is life unfortunately, good that you got into the house and were able to look around anyway
Hi Craig.
I enjoy watching your doghouse bike builds. Always interesting with plenty of hints and tips.
Having a few days off work in June I took a 3 hour drive to Bolton in search of Fred's house etc.I didn't feel comfortable knocking on the door uninvited. I had a good look from the road side. I then went on to look for some more of Fred's work in the area.
Its great you have taken the time to tip your cap to Fred.Thanks for posting .
Keep up the good work Craig and RIP Fred.
Sir I can only say thank you, for broadening my knowledge .
You have not only expanded my views on motorcycles , but you have also expanded my knowledge on history.
You Sir are a true true craftsman ,that is the current spirit of the forgotten soul of
the past .
Thank you Sir.
Everything you said was absolutely spot on about Fred.
Very nice people who own the house now and to me seem genuine Fred's types.
Hope you win the lottery thou, because for certain you would be the man to get it as Fred would want it.
Thank you for sharing your video. Best I have seen about Freds' house and yard.
If I win the lottery I'll buy it for you, Craig! Fred was a top bloke, taken too soon. His passion for engineering was infectious and he made lovely TV films for decades, especially the steeple jacking and chimney demolition stuff. Honest and down to earth I'm not being sycophantic but I reckon you would be the best bloke to take that place on. Wish me and us luck!!
I still watch Fred dibnah videos now! I was introduced to Fred dibnah on telly by my late grandad and we would be so into the program no one could get a response out of us 😂 and my partner still has this problem now 🤣🤣 and I had the honour of meeting him at a steam rally when I was about 9 years old 👍 absolutely fantastic and fascinating man 👍 he's one of the reasons why I'm into live steam engines now 👍 R. I. P Fred.... Thank you 👍
Thanks for sharing this Craig. Reminded me of Jack Hargreaves and his Out of Town TV series.
Always enjoyed watching Fred, I remember his description of other steeplejacks chimney scaffold as looking like a biplane had crashed into the chimney!
Whoa...Jack Hargreaves ...what a guy. Could have spent hours with him just walking and learning about country things..just as I could Fred.
Thanks for this video mate, fred was a one off, being following his work since I was a child 🙂
R.I.P FRED!! what an amazing man from my childhood... great vlog thx 4 sharing
After I saw this, I have now watched every Fred Dibnah video on CZcams. Amazing Guy!
Grew up watching and learning with Fred beautiful fond memories, thank you Fred.
Thank you so much for that, fred is a much missed character never forgoten.
Got to say Craig you put together an amazing video of a great man . Thank you to you and to the present owner for letting you show us Fred's house and yard . Nice one mate a brilliant job done
Wow mate look at the views on this one . Brilliant 👏 👏
What an interesting character, as an Aussie never heard of him till now.
This has tweaked my imagination to look him up now!
Top marks to the new owner for letting you film everything too.
Wow. Wasn't expecting that. Allot of mixed emotions there. I watched Fred on TV from a young age as was very impressed with him. His passion for all things engineering and the love he had for the industrial heritage of Britain. Sad to see the sheds stripped and sad to see his grave in such an abandoned state. When I win the lotto Craig, I will do the grave for him. You can have the house. Thanks for the video.
My mrs suprised me for my 30th birthday with a stop overnight at Fred's a few years back now, when leon still had the place. All the back yard was in original state, and I spent the whole evening pottering about in his sheds, then had a fish and chips in his parlour. Was amazing!
Fred was a true original. This should be basis for a proper museum, thanks for sharing this.
God bless Fred…..he was a true one off and much missed 👏🏻👏🏻
Amazing man and from my hometown.
I'm going to go and visit his grave soon and leave some nice flowers and give it some colour.
So sad to see how he seems to have been forgotten
He truly was one of a kind.
Could watch his videos/documentaries all day he was such an inspiration
Rip FRED 🙏
Thanks for putting this up was my hero went to some of his talks he did a truly amazing man such a shame what's happened to his place
So sad to see the great mans house and sheds like that , at least we have not forgot Fred and who he was . RIP Fred .
Fred was an amazing man and this is a great video. Thanks for sharing.
So pleased to come across this video. Wish I had made the effort to see his place when Fred was still alive. It should have been left as it was when he was alive because it would have been a great part of Bolton's history. Hope the current owners can recreate something of it's former glory they do seem to be very nice folk. Just hope you win the lottery, that would be really something to see it all back as it was.
Miss the tootles, hope you are in good health And happy new year to you.
I binge-watched every one of FD's video.
Excellent video , Fred was a great character . Did anybody else think it was a bit strange to see his old office converted into a massage room !!!!
Master Frederick Dibnah was to the genuine bona fide working man, what Bruce Lee was to martial arts enthusiasts. He was quite simply an icon a legend. There will never be the likes of again. He was without doubt one of my all time heroes. His enthusiasm was infectious. He left this world far too soon. He had so much more to do. His property and all his stuff should have been taken over by the National Trust. Though as with most things in life money talks. It's an absolute bloody tragedy what has happened. R.I.P master Frederick you will never be forgotten ♥. Credit to you Doghouse for this upload and the owner of freds gaff for letting you take a butcher's. Though it must be said it was a bitter pill to swallow seeing this.