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[TV] Fred Dibnah and Ladders.
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Perfidious Albion
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Fred Dibnah......a one-off character. Sadly missed.
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Old school engineering legend in my book, and bloody hell that takes some balls.
dejavuatbtn
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Or knocked them down in the traditional way by using a fire, rather than explosives. His programmes were brilliant. A character sadly missed.
The Andy Naylor Fan Club
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IIRC, he got John Noakes (get down Shep) to climb a chimney with nothing but ropes and ladders. No safety harness or hard hat.Elf & Scary would have a field day with that!
Not Fred Dibnah, but on this occasion John Noakes scaled Nelson's Column. Looks fricking scarey now, they had to shoot it twice as the sound man fecked up on the first take.
https://youtu.be/HW3daihiY30
el punal
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Bet he didn’t do it on Christmas Eve - you never know who he might bump into.
AmexRuislip
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He reminds of a time, similar to that of Jack Hargreaves on Out of Town
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
He was married to his work and neglected his wives. A great engineer but a poor husband.
rabbitmaddie
Member
He blew up the old Shoreham Power Station
Remember as a kid going past there and thinking someone had "blown off", what with the sulphur smell.
Happy days...
dejavuatbtn
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News to me.
atfc village
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He reminds of a time, similar to that of Jack Hargreaves on Out of Town
A true Telly legend.
wunt be druv
Oh bugger..!
Fkuc that!! That blokes a nutter! ..and a legend!! Buggered if I would go up there like that!!
ShanklySeagull
Justice for the 96...
The power station was taken down by an industrial dismantlers called TW Ward. I remember this because I was a supplier of theirs and the site agent gave me a tour of the place just before they knocked it down. It was very impressive inside...
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
Watched a show about Fred Dibnah. He had planned the demolition of a chimney by knocking some holes in it and preparing a fire. Overnight an arsonist/some vandals broke onto the site and lit the fire, the chimney came down almost exactly where he said it would.
Madness to think how he was able to do all the climbing, if I get half way up a ladder I feel all queasy!
Madness to think how he was able to do all the climbing, if I get half way up a ladder I feel all queasy!