Events in the life and work of Fred Dibnah, Bolton steeplejack 5: An Epic Journey Begun
The annual test of the stamina and solidarity of FRED DIBNAH and his family, as their steam engine and trailer leave the mill chimneys behind and roll away to shatter the tranquillity of rural Cheshire. This is the old engine, the roller which Fred spent 14 years restoring and which he expects to repay him with ' a form of immortality ':
' When I'm long gone dead it will still be here. Even if they drop the Bomb it would blow all the houses down but just roll this over into a ditch somewhere, and if there were anybody left they would eventually find it and sort of say, ' Mm, this is interesting. What were they like when they made these?'
Narrator Deryck Guyler
Photography ARTHUR SMITH
Sound JACK WILSON , DAVE BAUWUR Film editor PETER GIBBS
Assistant producer JEAN Thompson
.Written and produced by don haworth BBC Manchester