I met the mercurial little chap, when he knocked down a chimney near Bolton in 1982. A tremendously funny series, redolent throughout with the true soul of Lancashire people, of that genre, for whom often life was a constant struggle to survive. Here was a great human being, who knew his limitations and tried not to upset too many people inside them. The sheer courage to climb those dizzy heights and the sadness expressed when yet another structural servant to the Mill Owners was destroyed is well captured, both with words and Fred's reactionary body language In truth there were probably many Fred's knocking about, now their a rarity !
God bless you Fred.