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Fred
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3rd Mar 2018 2:12 pm
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Amazing, he must of had balls of steel. I used to love watching him as a kid.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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3rd Mar 2018 2:49 pm
slim68
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excellent
3rd Mar 2018 3:01 pm
Dan_NL
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Hmm... ..quite daring... But also pointless : they blasted all those to Kingdom come since ...
3rd Mar 2018 3:05 pm
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Health and Safety would be having nightmares with Fred Dibnah these Days. The programs thay made of him were great.... Discovery 4 SDV6 XS Firenze Red Ebony Leather
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Hmm... ..quite daring... But also pointless : they blasted all those to Kingdom come since ...
Fred was the guy who did the blasting
3rd Mar 2018 4:16 pm
Dan_NL
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So thats where the expression comes from.. ".. he had a blast.."....
3rd Mar 2018 4:21 pm
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Amazing chap - I don't think he actually did any blasting i.e. explosives for chimneys - he used to take out parts of the chimney base replace with wood and then light a big fire.
And then wait at the base until it started coming down - I seem to remember him running at the last minute for his life.15 3.0 RRS HSE - Silver
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3rd Mar 2018 4:27 pm
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LEGEND.
Talk around Bolton at the time was that when the Local college gained university status, that many people wanted to call it Fred Dibnah University.
3rd Mar 2018 4:33 pm
comedyharvey
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Fred legs it, still drops the chimney spot on.
Glimpse too of his Holland’s Pies liveried lightweight.
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3rd Mar 2018 5:18 pm
gstuart
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very clever guy and would have adored him being my neighbour
u would never have to visit a tool shop again, oh FRED ,
3rd Mar 2018 5:52 pm
HughMartin
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I couldn't watch that without feeling my stomach churn
3rd Mar 2018 6:21 pm
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What a chap,he drew quite a crowd when he came to work on the Queens mill chimney in Burnley the late seventies The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the best of everything they have.
3rd Mar 2018 6:39 pm
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very clever guy and would have adored him being my neighbour
u would never have to visit a tool shop again, oh FRED
You do know he dug a mine shaft in his back garden?
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Amazing, he must of had balls of steel. I used to love watching him as a kid.
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