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Frederick „Fred“ Dibnah MBE war ein englischer Schornsteinbauer und ein Fernsehmoderator für technikgeschichtliche Sendungen. Er brachte ohne Zuhilfenahme von Sprengstoff 90 Schornsteine zu Fall. Wikipedia  

✵ 28. April 1938 – 6. November 2004
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“(Whilst demonstrating how to ladder a chimney) "As you get a bit higher up, the holes have a tendency to get a bit deeper; I think it's called fear"”

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“Steeplejacking's a bit of a spasmodic job, so you can play with your steam engine instead. It's a bit like being very rich.”

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“Mmmm. Aye. Oh aye. Y'know?”

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“(About Hard Hats) "These tin hats get in the way a bit" "I shouldn't think for the life of me that if the whole thing came down it'd stop you getting a shorter neck"”

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“I realise that steam engines aren't everyone's cup of tea. But they're what made England great.”

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“I'm just a bum who climbs chimneys.”

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“Height gives you a wonderful feeling of grandeur. You're the king of the castle up here.”

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“We've become a nation of con men, living by selling double glazing to each other.”

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“The thing is nowadays, you'll have 20 men working, yet 60 men telling them 'You can't do that, you ain't got a tin hat on'.”

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“I set out as a steeplejack in my youth to preserve chimneys. I've finished by knocking most of them down.”

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“It's a funny thing this celebrity. If you don't wave back you're a miserable bugger, if you do wave back you're a big-headed bugger. I don't know.”

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“Steam engines don't answer back. You can belt them with a hammer and they say nowt.”

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“Fred also previously received two honorary doctorates ….. They were both given by the relevant engineering faculties, but Fred always told people that they were for "back street mechanicing."”

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“Anybody who destroys anything made of stone should be prosecuted. It is not all beautiful, but it took a man all day to make one stone.”

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“That's Bolton's biggest chimney that… and I climbed it for a ten bob wager. Never did get the ten bob though.”

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“The modern world stinks.”

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