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Author : Don Haworth,Fred Dibnah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 185613850X
Author : Don Haworth
Publisher : Random House
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Steeple-jacks
ISBN : 9781849900539
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 : Fred Dibnah,Don Haworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 0754056589
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.
Author : David Hall
Publisher : Random House
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407081748
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 : 474 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Steeple-jacks
ISBN : 9780552154888
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 : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781448141401
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 : David Hall
Publisher : Random House
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781409011385
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 : Fred Kerr
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781783469833
You didn't just meet with Fred Dinah you were instinctively drawn close to him, his larger than life personality was truly infectious and his communication skills second to none. Fred had the uncanny and somewhat unique knack of talking through a TV camera so that the viewer actually felt a personal contact with him. The Bolton born steeplejack became nationally known and loved following a series of TV programs. Although an admirer of all things, Victorian he was what the modern media people call 'a natural', microphones and TV cameras did not faze him one bit. This publication takes the reader on a fascinating journey during the making of Fred's last TV series during 2004.
Author : Robert Tressell
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780853454571
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a classic representation of the impoverished and politically powerless underclass of British society in Edwardian England, ruthlessly exploited by the institutionalized corruption of their employers and the civic and religious authorities. Epic in scale, the novel charts the ruinous effects of the laissez-faire mercantilist ethics on the men, women, and children of the working classes, and through its emblematic characters, argues for a socialist politics as the only hope for a civilized and humane life for all. It is a timeless work whose political message is as relevant today as it was in Tressell's time. For this it has long been honoured by the Trade Union movement and thinkers across the political spectrum.
Author : Anna Cale
Publisher : White Owl
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781526782168
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 : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781448141135
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 : Fred Dibnah,Paul Donoghue
Publisher : Magbook
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Mechanical engineers
ISBN : 1907232001
Author : Don Haworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1996-07
Category : Steeple-jacks
ISBN : 0563387653
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 : Alan McEwen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0953272516
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.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0955022142
