Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain

[Cooper]

Freds show this evening if you didn't catch it is worth watching. Its about carpentry and wooden houses.

BBC Two - Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain, The Age of the Carpenter

Fred looks at how carpenters transformed British buildings from castles to homes.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[mindthatwhatouch]

Fred is always worth watching.
Met him outside a pub many years ago, very affable chap.

 

[Sandyn]

One of my favourite characters of all time!!

 

[Smithy]

Very watchable. I caught the episode "The Age of the Carpenter". Well worth a watch.

 

[Sandyn]

Watching him ladder a chimney is fascinating, then he would go to the pub at lunchtime, have a few pints then back up the chimney, standing on the top swinging a sledge hammer. The good old days!! Having a fear of heights, I admire anyone who can climb tall skinny things like chimneys, steeples or antennas.

 

[thetyreman]

the guy was fearless! incredible, he had balls of steel when climbing some of them chimneys