Author : David Hall
Publisher : CCV Digital
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1407081756
Fred Dibnah - Made in Br
David Hall
Fred Dibnah Made In Br
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Fred Dibnah - Made in Britain
David Hall
Author : David Hall
Publisher : Random House
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407081748
Fred Dibnah - Made in Britain by David Hall Pdf
In 2004, after felling his last chimney and retiring from steeplejacking, Fred took to the road on his beloved traction engine for the BBC series Made in Britain. Travelling the length and breadth of the country, the intention was to seek out the remarkable achievements of the craftsmen, engineers, inventors and industrial workers whose endeavour made engines like Fred's possible. It was a journey that took him to Britain's most iconic engineering marvels as well as less familiar sites: from the Forth Bridge and the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge to Europe's last deep-working iron ore mine in Cumbria and a local castings workshop in Bo'ness. This behind-the-scenes account of that ambitious journey is made all the more remarkable by Fred's heroic efforts to complete it while suffering from terminal cancer. It is not only a glorious testament to our nation's industrial achievements but also a story of the friendships, unfailing courage and determination of the nation's favourite steeplejack.
Fred
David Hall
Author : David Hall
Publisher : Random House
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407084220
Fred by David Hall Pdf
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.
The Fred Dibnah Story
Fred Dibnah,Don Haworth
Author : Fred Dibnah,Don Haworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Large print books
ISBN : 0753150387
The Fred Dibnah Story by Fred Dibnah,Don Haworth Pdf
Since 1979, when TV producer and writer Don Haworth first made a film about his life, Fred Dibnah has been the most famous steeplejack in Britain. Born in 1938 into an England which in his view has been going downhill ever since, Fred Dibnah has always been a man out of his own time. Don Haworth has written a fascinating portrait of a man who has had his fair share of ups and downs, but who has become one of Britain's most engaging characters despite some of his more controversial views.
Did You Like That? Fred Dibnah, In His Own Words
Don Haworth
Author : Don Haworth
Publisher : Random House
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781448141135
Did You Like That? Fred Dibnah, In His Own Words by Don Haworth Pdf
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 Dibnah Story
Fred Dibnah,Don Haworth
Author : Fred Dibnah,Don Haworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 0754056589
Fred Dibnah Story by Fred Dibnah,Don Haworth Pdf
Since 1979, when TV producer and writer Don Haworth first made a film about his life, Fred Dibnah has been the most famous steeplejack in Britain. Born in 1938 into an England which in his view has been going downhill ever since, Fred Dibnah has always been a man out of his own time. Don Haworth has written a fascinating portrait of a man who has had his fair share of ups and downs, but who has become one of Britain's most engaging characters despite some of his more controversial views.
Fred Dibnah
Fred Dibnah,Paul Donoghue
Author : Fred Dibnah,Paul Donoghue
Publisher : Magbook
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Mechanical engineers
ISBN : 1907232001
Fred Dibnah by Fred Dibnah,Paul Donoghue Pdf
Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes
David Hall
Author : David Hall
Publisher : Random House
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781409011385
Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes by David Hall Pdf
Fred Dibnah was a man born out of his time. His era should have been the 'magnificent age of British engineering' - the nineteenth century - and his heroes were the great industrial engineers of the period whose prolific innovations and dedicated work ethic inspired a national mood of optimism and captured the hearts of the British public. Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes tells the stories of some of these men - including George and Robert Stephenson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Joseph Whitworth - and what it was that made them such inspirational figures to Fred. What were their backgrounds? Where did their drive and vision come from? What sort of people were they at work and at home? And what was their contribution to the history of industry and engineering? Most of them - like Fred - were colourful, larger-than-life characters for whom no challenge was too great. Taking these fascinating characters as inspiration, Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes gets to the very heart of what allowed nineteenth-century Britannia to rule the waves . . .
Foundries and Rolling Mills
David Hall,Fred Dibnah
Author : David Hall,Fred Dibnah
Publisher : Random House
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781446415023
Foundries and Rolling Mills by David Hall,Fred Dibnah Pdf
Join engineer, steeplejack and beloved storyteller Fred Dibnah, as he takes you on a personal tour through industrial Britain. Bringing to life landmark events from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century in his typically engaging and anecdotal style, Fred introduces the great inventors from the age of steam, describes the day-to-day operation of railways, mills, forges and factories, and paints a vivid picture of what life was like for the mill-hands, colliers and engineers who laboured in industrial Britain - the workshop of the world. With a comprehensive gazetteer, which lists details of over 230 places of industrial interest - from steam railways and ships, to windmills and watermills - Foundries and Rolling Mills is a glorious portrait of Britain at the height of its industrial power, from one of our most revered figures.
Fred Dibnah's Age Of Steam
David Hall,Fred Dibnah
Author : David Hall,Fred Dibnah
Publisher : Random House
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781448141401
Fred Dibnah's Age Of Steam by David Hall,Fred Dibnah Pdf
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.
Images of Fred Dibnah
Fred Kerr,Keith Langston
Author : Fred Kerr,Keith Langston
Publisher : Wharncliffe
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Steeple-jacks
ISBN : 1845631625
Images of Fred Dibnah by Fred Kerr,Keith Langston Pdf
Ian Philpott presents us here with a compendium of facts, operational histories and photo illustrations, combined to create a comprehensive account of the early years of the Royal Air Force. Illustrated throughout, it features details of all military operations from 1914 to 1918 which impacted upon the organisation. Also included are operational details of the Independent Bomber Force throughout 1918, a supplementary historical strand that is sure to appeal to Aviation enthusiasts with a taste for features of niche focus. Details of the airfields, landing grounds, seaplane bases and various other landmarks of this era are given, and readers are encouraged to use the work as a reference book, being as it is a weighty tome of encyclopedic scope. Sure to make a welcome addition to any Aviation enthusiasts library, this well-researched piece of work has been a long time in the making. Philpott brings his typical flare to the project, leaving no stone unturned when it comes to this dynamic, defining period of Royal Air Force history.
Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age
Fred Dibnah,David Hall
Author : Fred Dibnah,David Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0563384824
Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age by Fred Dibnah,David Hall Pdf
Accompanying the television series, Fred Dibnah tells Britain's industrial history and picks out the machinery that made history. Travelling throughout Britain, Dibnah describes what life was really like for people in the industrial age and provides a list of industrial heritage sites to visit.
British Steam BR Standard Locomotives
Keith Langston
Author : Keith Langston
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781845631468
British Steam BR Standard Locomotives by Keith Langston Pdf
After WWII the existing railway companies were all put into the control of the newly formed British Transport Commission and that government organization spawned British Railways, which came into being on 1st January 1948. The railway infrastructure had suffered badly during the war years and most of the steam locomotives were 'tired' and badly maintained and or life expired. Although the management of British Railways was already planning to replace steam power with diesel and electric engines/units they still took a decision to build more steam locomotives (as a stop gap). Some 999 (yes just 1 short) Standard locomotives were built in 12 classes ranging from super powerful express and freight engine to suburban tank locomotives. The locomotives were mainly in good order when the order came in 1968 to end steam, some only 8 years old.There still exists a fleet of 46 preserved Standards of which 75% are in working order in and around the UKs preserved railways, furthermore 3 new build standard locomotives are proposed. Steam fans who were around in the 1960s all remember the 'Standards'.
The Railway Magazine
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UOM:39015058767941
The Railway Magazine by Anonim Pdf
Flying Scotsman
Fred Kerr,Keith Langston
Author : Fred Kerr,Keith Langston
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781473899940
Flying Scotsman by Fred Kerr,Keith Langston Pdf
Built at Doncaster works in 1923 the Nigel Gresley designed then-A1 class Pacific (4-6-2) first entered service as No 1472. The new locomotive did not receive a name until it was sent for display at a Wembley exhibition in 1924, and then the name Fying Scotsman was chosen. The Legend was born. In 1928 the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) express steam locomotive hauled the first nonstop service from London to Edinburgh and in 1934 went on to break through the 100mph barrier.In addition to regularly hauling express trains for the LNER and later British Railways (BR), the Gresley steam icon has also traveled to, and worked passenger trains in, North America and Australia. Withdrawn by BR in January 1963 as BR No 60103, the locomotive was bought for preservation and soon became a regular sight on mainline specials and at preserved railways. The locomotives history in preservation is an interesting if not chequered one, however stability is now assured as Flying Scotsman has rightly become a part of the national collection administered by the National Railway Museum (NRM). The excitement which surrounded the return to steam of Flying Scotsman in 2016, and the ongoing celebrity status afforded to the famous Gresley designed engine, are perchance confirmation of the fact that it is The Worlds Most Famous Steam Locomotive. The most famous phrase entered into locomotive preservation folklore when first broadcast by John Noakes, a BBC TV Blue Peter presenter. A great many words have been written about the engineering specification and in service performance of Flying Scotsman. Accordingly, this keepsake publication simply uses carefully selected images, dating from the BR steam era to the present day, to celebrate the Return of the Legend. This publication includes a selection of QR Codes with links to items of film footage.
