mickmck 716 Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 on towers and pylons used to take 4 tins of 3/4 full paint upon your belt and hook on to pick up on the way down --paint brushs got a hole drilled in and attached to your belt with string --- and a carrier bag in your pocket in case you needed a shit.. fair play to you stig , i would fill a few bags on the way up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 on towers and pylons used to take 4 tins of 3/4 full paint upon your belt and hook on to pick up on the way down --paint brushs got a hole drilled in and attached to your belt with string --- and a carrier bag in your pocket in case you needed a shit.. fair play to you stig , i would fill a few bags on the way up :D you had to watch who was above you some of the dirty twats used to piss on you always made sure if they got me they got some back ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 A legend who will never be replaced caractures like him are now slowly becomeing a thing of the past. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 I loved as a kid watching Fred scales these chimneys etc, sat there rivoted at the heights he'd scale then seeing them collapse was a boys dream. His programs about steam engines were good too, you could see he was totally enthusiastic about them and knowledgeable about anything steam related. He was a one off, a true character that you'd love to have as a dinner guest. Him and Billy connely at the same table, can you imagine lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 You reckon max? I think he is interesting, enjoy his travel programs as well as his humor. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeakOil 352 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Fred was a legend round here. Mind I wasn't so fond of being stuck in a massive queue at half five on a weeknight when he decided to run his traction engine in rush hour down a main road and very slowly up a hill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky 3,325 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 bloody good watch,wonder how much he charged to drop a chimney like that i took a big one down in 1964 ,it was at a brewery in Leicester ,i knocked it down a brick at a time till it was about 50 feet high then the crane finished it off ,i got 12 quid for a weeks work and me and the crane driver weighed the lightning conducter in for another £4 each Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 What height was it originally Micky? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fellman 116 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 do yer like that!!!!! :laugh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CV2GuK6CmY i grew up about 300 yards from that chimmny and a few years later dated one of his daughters..............great chap...........rip fred Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 There are still a few jacks around like Fred but the their ways and techniques are doomed to the history books , 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 i have watched everything the man was involved in, to me he made things like engineering interesting , I have a love of steam anyway , so to meet him at a steam rally some years ago was a pleasure. I enjoyed his later work simply because he looked more relaxed on camera , in the early days i always thought he looked uncomfortable, I guess he got used to the limelight , but never felt he craved it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky 3,325 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 What height was it originally Micky? cannot be to sure as it was a long time ago ,iwould guess about 140 feet ,i done another one in Loughborro later on that was 220 ,don't matter much after 30 feet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stewie 3,387 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 What height was it originally Micky? cannot be to sure as it was a long time ago ,iwould guess about 140 feet ,i done another one in Loughborro later on that was 220 ,don't matter much after 30 feet thats what the guys taught me in sweden about the trees mate!!!! after 20ft your gonna hurt yourself anyway so may aswell fall from 60ft!!! but saying that not many trees would get to the heights these lot are climbing :thumbs: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 This is worth a watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTc88oBazEg&feature=g-vrec 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,609 Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 i have watched everything the man was involved in, to me he made things like engineering interesting , I have a love of steam anyway , so to meet him at a steam rally some years ago was a pleasure. I enjoyed his later work simply because he looked more relaxed on camera , in the early days i always thought he looked uncomfortable, I guess he got used to the limelight , but never felt he craved it you ever get down the dorset steam fair kay? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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