And the winner of the first caption competition is Harold Banks. Well done Harold, Fred Dibnah DVD on its way out to you. His caption was “And where do you put the coal in that to get the steam up”?
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Here’s the next picture – let’s get cracking!

When I said put it on the Slate,Imeant my pint at the bar.
ah! could reit do wi some of these for me steam roller shed tha knows,Can we do a deal coz the bbc don’t pay me that much.
Fred was sure to be a hit on Blankety Blank with that microphone
Here’s the start of the new captions for the latest pic of Fred slate splitting during the filming of Fred Dibnah’s Industrial Age…
fred …”and can you give us a dee – mon – stration with that then ? “
A army marches on its stomach? More like WD40.
And were do you put the coal in that to get the steam up ???
And were do you put the coal in that to get the steam up????
I told the job centre I wanted to work days not Knights.
By ‘eck tha’ ll need a pint when you take that off.
….By up chuck, your tin hat is just what i need to mend me boiler stack !
Would you mind if I had a go
Bloody ‘ell cock bet thats heavy.
“Right Mr Dibnah, we’ve taken your suggestions of what to do with vandals on board, as you can see the spike has been sharpened accordingly”
“By-eck! I didn’t realise it were formal attire.”
‘You’ll never drive a traction engine dressed like that lad.’
Gentlemen – what year exactly did you say we were in?
Hi – great new Fred Dibnah site!
My caption would be: ‘Wow, is that a lesser spotted tree frog you’re guarding? That’s certainly a feather in your cap!’