zozo
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I came across a 1982 British series on youtube introducing and following steeplejack Fred Dibnah from Bolton. He made himself famous with demolishing old factory chimneys in the Manchester area and restoring old steam engines as a hobby. Watching through the series I recon this fellow made himself into a British icon of a lost trade such as laddering chimneys...
I actually really enjoyed it with a laugh and loads of respect watching this fellow performing an old craftmanship that is absolutely unthinkable of nowadays. Demolishing old 60-yard tall chimneys brick by brick or taking them down in one piece with a hammer, chisel and a fire.
With this one bellow, a really had a laugh, older Fred laddering an old brick chimney in the old fashion way, with wood ladders, steel hooks, wood dowels and ropes. Probably after drinking a few pints.
It can't be more nostalgic, those were the days!... Respect to the almost forgotten oldtimers... I mean, the way and with what they did build our future and took it down again for us to forget.
A nice piece of history that every young fellow should watch...
I actually really enjoyed it with a laugh and loads of respect watching this fellow performing an old craftmanship that is absolutely unthinkable of nowadays. Demolishing old 60-yard tall chimneys brick by brick or taking them down in one piece with a hammer, chisel and a fire.
With this one bellow, a really had a laugh, older Fred laddering an old brick chimney in the old fashion way, with wood ladders, steel hooks, wood dowels and ropes. Probably after drinking a few pints.
It can't be more nostalgic, those were the days!... Respect to the almost forgotten oldtimers... I mean, the way and with what they did build our future and took it down again for us to forget.
A nice piece of history that every young fellow should watch...
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