Fred Dibnah Made In Britain

Author : David Hall
Publisher : Random House
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407081748

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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.

Author : David Hall
Publisher : Random House
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781409011385

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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 . . .

Author : David Hall
Publisher : Random House
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Steeple-jacks
ISBN : 9780552154888

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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.

Author : David Hall,Fred Dibnah
Publisher : Random House
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781448141401

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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.

Author : Fred Dibnah,David Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0563384824

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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.

Author : Don Haworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1996-07
Category : Steeple-jacks
ISBN : 0563387653

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The Fred Dibnah Story by Don Haworth Pdf

Born in 1938 into an England which in his view has been going downhill ever since, Fred Dibnah has always been one to do things properly, whether climbing hundreds of feet to clean, repair or even destroy his beloved chimneys, or taking 14 years to restore his 1912 steamroller to its original glory. In this book he shares his experiences as a steeplejack, his love of machinery of all types, and his forthright views on life in general.

Author : Anna Cale
Publisher : White Owl
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781526782168

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The Real Diana Dors by Anna Cale Pdf

The true story of the tumultuous and too-short life of the film star known as “the English Marilyn Monroe.” The story of Diana Dors is one of fame, glamour, and intrigue. From the moment she came into the world, her life was full of drama. She began her acting career in the shadow of the Second World War, entering the film world as a vulnerable young teenager and negotiating the difficult British studio system of the 1940s and ’50s. Yet she battled against the odds to become one of the most iconic British actors of the twentieth century. This book follows her remarkable story, from childhood in suburban Swindon to acting success as a teenager and finding fame as the “the English Marilyn Monroe.” Many remember her as an outspoken and sometimes controversial figure, grabbing headlines for her personal life as often as for her film roles. For Diana, image seemed to be everything, but there was more to her than the blonde-bombshell reputation suggested. A talented actor, she worked on numerous film and television projects, building a career that spanned decades. Set against the backdrop of the changing social landscape of twentieth century Britain, this book charts the ups and downs of her professional adventures and her tumultuous private life, to build a fascinating picture of a unique screen icon.

Author : Don Haworth
Publisher : Random House
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Steeple-jacks
ISBN : 9781849900539

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Did You Like That? 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.

Author : Bill Naughton
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : English drama
ISBN : 0435233041

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Spring and Port Wine by Bill Naughton Pdf

The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. In this play, the whole Crompton family becomes entangled in a row in which a good many uncomfortable truths are told.

Author : David Hall
Publisher : CCV Digital
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1407081756

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Fred Dibnah - Made in Br by David Hall Pdf

Author : Keith Langston,Fred Kerr
Publisher : Wharncliffe
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1845631153

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Fred Dibnah by Keith Langston,Fred Kerr Pdf

"First published in Great Britain by Wharncliffe Books"--Verso of T.p.

Author : Richard Mead
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844683369

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General 'Boy' by Richard Mead Pdf

This is the first biography of Boy Browning, whose name is inextricably linked with the creation and employment of Britains airborne forces in the Second World War. Commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, Browning served on the Western Front, earning a DSO during the Battle of Cambrai. As Adjutant at Sandhurst, he began the tradition of riding a horse up the steps at the end of the commissioning parade. Browning represented England and Great Britain as a hurdler at the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1932 Browning married Daphne du Maurier, who was ten years younger and became one of the 20th centurys most enduring and popular novelists with titles such as Jamaica Inn and Rebecca. Browning commanded two brigades before being appointed to command 1 Airborne Division in 1941, later acting as Eisenhowers advisor on airborne warfare in the Mediterranean. In 1944 he commanded 1st Airborne Corps, which he took to Holland for Operation MARKET GARDEN that September. Allegedly coining the phrase a bridge too far, he has received much of the blame for the operations failure.In late 1944, Browning became Chief of Staff to Mountbatten. In 1948 he became Comptroller and Treasurer to Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip and then Treasurer to the latter following the Queens accession. He was a close adviser to the Royal couple, who respected and valued his judgment.By this time, Boy and Daphne lived separate lives with Boy working at the Palace in London and Daphne reluctant to leave her beloved Cornwall although the marriage remained intact. Questions exist as to Daphnes sexuality and Boy had a succession of discrete mistresses. After a nervous breakdown probably due to marriage problems, he resigned in 1959 and retired to Cornwall. Browning died in March 1965.

Author : David Hall
Publisher : Random House
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407084220

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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.

Author : Bryan Jepson,Jane Johnson
Publisher : Sentient+ORM
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781591811008

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Changing the Course of Autism by Bryan Jepson,Jane Johnson Pdf

In Changing the Course of Autism, Dr. Bryan Jepson and Jane Johnson reveal the biological and neurological conditions behind autism spectrum disorders. Foreword by Katie Wright, daughter of the founders of Autism Speaks Rather than simply masking symptoms with drugs like Ritalin and Prozac, Dr. Bryan Jepson and Jane Johnson explain that autism can be treated by reducing the neurological inflammation that is part of the disease process. The authors have seen autistic behaviors improve dramatically or disappear completely with appropriate medical treatment. The book reviews the medical literature regarding the biological nature of the disease, including the potential connection between vaccines and autism. “This book will be the new PDR of autism for parents and physicians. Incredibly well referenced and easy to understand, it challenges long-held beliefs about this condition and introduces us to the new medical model of autism. An important book that every professional and family member who deals with autism must own.” —Lee Grossman, former president and CEO, Autism Society of America “The idea that the suffering of autism could be rooted in environmental injuries poses a huge challenge to medicine, science and society. Opening our hearts and minds to fresh thinking is the only way forward. Dr. Jepson’s information-filled book moves the reader through the discomfort of painful news to a framework for constructive responses.” —Martha Herbert, M.D., Ph.D., co-author of The Autism Revolution “The parent of an autistic child, Jepson encourages physicians and parents to view autism ‘as a medical illness, not just a behavior disorder.’ He discusses the neurological, gastrointestinal, genetic, and environmental issues that complicate our understanding of autism.” —Library Journal

Author : Fred Dibnah,Don Haworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 0754056589

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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.