Fred Dibnah (v. 2).
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,21 MB
Release : 2006
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ISBN : 9780955022142
Fred Dibnah
Author : Sheila Dibnah
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Page : 130 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2006-03
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ISBN : 9781599719634
Book Description
Fred Dibnah A Much loved Steeplejack A new and exciting book from the makers of the acclaimed film ?Remembering Fred Dibnah? A4, Hard backed, 130 pages, full colour throughout. Includes Free 70 minute Compact Disk Released for the first time. Fred Dibnah live on stage ?The Stories of a Steeplejack? Worth #12.99 Over 50 previously unreleased photographs. Artwork throughout with stunning illustrations by International Artist Brian Smith Articles written by Fred himself before his untimely death. Articles written by Fred's Widow Sheila Dibnah, giving a true account of the last 8 years of Fred's life. Chapters include Before he was famous. They came from the BBC. The Yard at Radcliffe Road. Fred visits The Great Dorset Steam Fair. Fred and Steam Rallies So much to do? So little time? The Final Journey. The Legacy of a Legend. This new book from Rallyscene is the ultimate tribute to the late Fred Dibnah M.B.E. Researched over 16 years and shelved for the last 8 years of Fred's life, this book brings you closer to the real Fred Dibnah than you have ever been allowed before. Fred co-operated with this book 100% in life, and it is a shame that the public has had to wait till after Fred's death to enjoy some of the stories that were written a long time ago. Rallyscene are delighted that Sheila Dibnah (Fred's widow) has assisted in this books production. Sheila has made an astounding contribution by allowing the public full access to the last 8 years of her life with the most famous Steeplejack in the world. A #1 donation from the sale of ever book will be made to "The Fred Dibnah Memorial Fund.
Did You Like That?
Author : Don Haworth
Publisher : Random House
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 36,82 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Steeple-jacks
ISBN : 1849900531
Book Description
When Fred Dibnah debuted on television in 1979, British audiences immediately embraced a new cultural icon: a steeplejack from Bolton who fell in love with England's decaying industrial landscape and an exhaustive storyteller whose charm and wit was matched only by his down-to-earth manner. The Producer of that first film, Don Haworth, would go on to make nineteen films about this unlikely celebrity and true British eccentric. Did You Like That? collects the best stories from these films: colourful tales told by Fred himself, recounting key moments in his life, his experiences as a steeplejack, his fascination with machinery, his work as an engineer, craftsman, artist, inventor and steam enthusiast, and his forthright views on life in general. Told with true Northern grit, Did You Like That? is the story of a man who never shied away from a hair-raising challenge, and the closest thing to Fred's autobiography we're likely to get. In paperback for the first time, this is Fred's story, in his own words.
Fred Dibnahs Chimney Drops
Author : Alan McEwen
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,89 MB
Release : 2008-11
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ISBN : 9780953272518
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A passionate and vividly written chronicle detailing 28 out of the 90 exciting, nerve tingling chimney demolition jobs carried out by the nationally famous Master Steeplejack and chimney demolition expert Fred Dibnah. M.B.E.
Fred Dibnah's Age Of Steam
Author : David Hall
Publisher : Random House
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 42,14 MB
Release : 2013-03-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1448141400
Book Description
Britains favourite steeplejack and industrial enthusiastic, the late Fred Dibnah, takes us back to the 18th century when the invention of the steam engine gave an enormous impetus to the development of machinery of all types. He reveals how the steam engine provided the first practical means of generating power from heat to augment the old sources of power (from muscle, wind and water) and provided the main source of power for the Industrial Revolution. In Fred Dibnahs Age of Steam Fred shares his passion for steam and meets some of the characters who devote their lives to finding, preserving and restoring steam locomotives, traction engines and stationary engines, mill workings and pumps. Combined with this will be the stories of central figures of the time, including James Watts - inventor of the steam engine - and Richard Trevithick who played a key role in the expansion of industrial Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The Railway Magazine
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Page : 650 pages
File Size : 35,61 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Railroads
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Fred Dibnah's Buildings of Britain
Author : Fred Dibnah
Publisher : Bantam Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 36,67 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Civil engineering
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Book Description
For a lot of people, one of their first questions when they visit a great historic building is 'How the heck did they build that all that time ago? How did they manage to lift all that stone and wood up to such a great height?' In Fred Dibnah's Buildings of Britain we get Fred Dibnah's own distinctive answer to this question, as he takes us to some of the country's most famous and historic monuments, castles, cathedrals, abbeys, great houses and engineering marvels. One of Fred's great passions was architecture, engineering and the craft skills of builders, carpenters,stonemasons and structural engineers. His interest was not in architectural theory but in the practicalities of how things were built and with the help of his beautifully executed drawings he was very good at giving simple, vivid explanations of how things like great medieval castles and abbeys were built at a time when technology was limited and there were no power tools, no concrete, no steel, no engines and no heavy machinery. From Peterborough Cathedral to St Paul's and from the Humber Bridge to the Blackpool Tower, the book will take us on a tour of Britain's great historic buildings with a very unique and charismatic guide - Fred Dibnah.
Fred
Author : David Hall
Publisher : Random House
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 36,8 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Steeple-jacks
ISBN : 0552154881
Book Description
Fred Dibnah's World celebrates the life and work of Britain's best known steeplejack and national treasure, Fred Dibnhah. Before his death in 2004, Fred presented many popular series, including Magnificent Monuments, The Age of Steam and Made in Britain, all of which attracted viewers in their millions. Fred is the companion to the 12-part BBC2 series celebrating the life of this great man, which combines highlights from some of Dibnah's classic programmes with previously unseen footage. The book can of course go much further than the series, including an extraordinarily account of Fred's childhood which evokes a lost England and our great industrial heritage. Fred's passion for the glories of the Victorian age and his fascination with the landscape he grew up in, plus his admiration for the craftsmen and labourers who made it all possible, captivate us on every page. Fred is the personification of everything that made England great in the first place. And this is a glorious tribute to a man whom millions came to love.
Fred Dibnah
Author : David Hall
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Page : pages
File Size : 36,38 MB
Release : 2007-03
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ISBN : 9780553818093
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Worktown
Author : David Hall
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 26,17 MB
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0297871692
Book Description
In the late 1930s the Lancashire town of Bolton witnessed a ground-breaking social experiment. Over three years, a team of ninety observers recorded, in painstaking detail, the everyday lives of ordinary working people at work and play - in the pub, dance hall, factory and on holiday. Their aim was to create an 'anthropology of ourselves'. The first of its kind, it later grew into the Mass Observation movement that proved so crucial to our understanding of public opinion in future generations. The project attracted a cast of larger-than-life characters, not least its founders, the charismatic and unconventional anthropologist Tom Harrisson and the surrealist intellectuals Charles Madge and Humphrey Jennings. They were joined by a disparate band of men and women - students, artists, writers and photographers, unemployed workers and local volunteers - who worked tirelessly to turn the idle pleasure of people-watching into a science. Drawing on their vivid reports, photographs and first-hand sources, David Hall relates the extraordinary story of this eccentric, short-lived, but hugely influential project. Along the way, he creates a richly detailed, fascinating portrait of a lost chapter of British social history, and of the life of an industrial northern town before the world changed for ever.
