Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age

Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age
Author: Fred Dibnah
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1999
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9780563384823

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.

Fred Dibnah's Age Of Steam

Fred Dibnah's Age Of Steam
Author: David Hall
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2013-03-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1448141400

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.

Fred Dibnah - Made in Britain

Fred Dibnah - Made in Britain
Author: David Hall
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2011
Genre: Engineering
ISBN: 0552161284

Fred Dibnah's traction engine was a time capsule of Britain's industrial past. After he retired from steeplejacking he took to the road, looking at the achievements of the craftsmen, engineers, inventors and industrial workers whose endeavour made engines like his possible. This is a record of that journey.

Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes

Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes
Author: David Hall
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2011
Genre: Engineers
ISBN: 0593064909

This book tells the stories of some of the great heroes of Fred Dibnah, including George and Robert Stephenson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Joseph Whitworth, and looks at what it was that made them such inspirational figures to Fred.

Images of Fred Dibnah

Images of Fred Dibnah
Author: Fred Kerr
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2014-08-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1783469838

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.

Did You Like That?

Did You Like That?
Author: Don Haworth
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011
Genre: Steeple-jacks
ISBN: 1849900531

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

Fred Dibnahs Chimney Drops
Author: Alan McEwen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780953272518

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.

Changing the Course of Autism

Changing the Course of Autism
Author: Bryan Jepson
Publisher: Sentient Publications
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2007
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1591810612

Describes autism as an epidemic, examines its potential causes, and argues that it can be treated as a medical disease rather than a behavioral disorder, discussing specific treatments.

Fred

Fred
Author: David Hall
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2010-06-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1407084224

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.

Flying Scotsman

Flying Scotsman
Author: Brian Sharpe
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2009-09-19
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1783409851

From hauling the first non-stop express from London to Edinburgh in 1928 and breaking the 100mph barrier in 1934, to being sold in 1963, and to its final home at the York National Railway Centre, The Flying Scotsman has a rich and, at times, controversial history.It has travelled across the USA and steamed across Australia, changed owners and color and sold for the highest price ever paid for a locomotive. Relive the great age of steam and follow the making of the legend that is apple green and called Flying Scotsman. An informative and highly illustrated account of British Steam engines and railways, which includes concise, appealing articles on locomotive development and industrial progress.