"Yer Like that"
03 September 2008, 05:15 PM
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"Yer Like that"
How do you fancy a bit of TV and Industrial heritage, for a mere 250/300k you can buy Fred Dibnahs house !
BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Dibnah's house to go under hammer
BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Dibnah's house to go under hammer
03 September 2008, 05:33 PM
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Really ! he was around a while, he did loads of documentaries about industrial heritage and was a Steeplejack (A bloke that fixes and demolishes chimneys), he is fairly well known and has been mentioned on here numerous times (well at least twice)
He died a couple of years back of cancer, his shows are on constant rotation on UK History, usually about Steam Engines, Traction Engines, Canals and that kind of thing.
Mainly famous for knocking huge Chimneys down and only just getting out of the way in time, emrging from the smoke/dust to say "Yer Like That", seemingly unmoved that he had nearly been flattened by several thousand tonnes of rubble, also to be seen dangling on some ropes and old ladders 200 ft up.
Compelling Stuff, I think, how anybody can watch Big Brother when there is stuff like that available I will never know !
He died a couple of years back of cancer, his shows are on constant rotation on UK History, usually about Steam Engines, Traction Engines, Canals and that kind of thing.
Mainly famous for knocking huge Chimneys down and only just getting out of the way in time, emrging from the smoke/dust to say "Yer Like That", seemingly unmoved that he had nearly been flattened by several thousand tonnes of rubble, also to be seen dangling on some ropes and old ladders 200 ft up.
Compelling Stuff, I think, how anybody can watch Big Brother when there is stuff like that available I will never know !
03 September 2008, 06:42 PM
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Good ol' Fred 
Would be rather cool to own his old place. Wonder if any of the traction engines and other stuff are lying around in the back yard.
Would be rather cool to own his old place. Wonder if any of the traction engines and other stuff are lying around in the back yard.
really miss seeing fred at the steam rallies.
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I am reading his biography at the moment. He was a real character and he dragged himself up by by his bootstraps by dint of sheer hard work and application. I was very sorry when he died, and he was very brave about the whole thing as well.
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I used to really enjoy his shows - Fantastic welath of knowledge about just about everythng to do with Blacksmithing/metalworking/construcion/brickwork/demolition and so one, and he knew the history of all of them.
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