Fred: The Definitive Biography Of Fred Dibnah

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He is the author of Fred: the definitive biography of Fred Dibnah, Fred Dibnah's Buildings of Britain and Manchester's Finest, an account of life in Manchester in the aftermath of the deaths of the Busby Babes. Our current partner charities in the UK are READ International, the National Literacy Trust, Room to Read. Dedicated to the memory of Fred Dubnah, it charts the progress of Fred Dibnah’s chimney drops from 1970 to 2004, interspersed with valuable old photographs, personal memories of the man himself, quips and some tall tales. Keith Langston has captured the life of an enthusiast , never happier than when working on his latest steam-powered project. Alan had also spent time with Fred and some of his close colleagues during the preparation of the `drop’ and describes expressively the situation, the history and work involved.

David's 30 years producing and directing network television programmes include a number of years at both Yorkshire Television and the BBC, as well as making landmark documentaries for Channel 4 and the History Channel.He is the author of Fred: the definitive biography of Fred Dibnah, Fred Dibnah’s Buildings of Britain and Manchester’s Finest, an account of life in Manchester in the aftermath of the deaths of the Busby Babes. The book shows how he was influenced and grew up until a chance encounter with a BBC Journalist led to a short documentary, and, in the last ten years of his life a very dense media presence. Cheshire based KEITH LANGSTON is a widely published and highly respected photo journalist who specialises in heritage transportation and industrial archaeology subjects. In 2002, World of Books Group was founded on an ethos to do good, protect the planet and support charities by enabling more goods to be reused. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

All six episodes from steeplejack Fred Dibnah's TV series looking at Britain's architectural heritage. This is an intimate portrait of Fred, from his childhood in Bolton, to his days as a steeplejack – the job he was to love above all others – and on to his successful television career. As Fred grew up, despite parental disapproval, he pursued his first goal of becoming a steeplejack, and it was his outstanding skill in his chosen profession that led to his first appearance on television.A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce. Keith counts himself fortunate to have known Fred Dibnah personally and to have observed the 'great man' first hand as he went about his fascinating work. You'd have to be a Fred Dibnah fan to truly enjoy this book - if you're not, I'd probably give it a miss. Some reviewers have said it's a little bit repetitive, but I can almost envisage Fred with a pint of Guinness in hand repeating some of the same stories in different pub - don't we all?

I knew Fred and I know Alan too and this book gives an insight into the admiration the latter had for the former.The text covers 28 different ‘chimneys’, all but about 5 of which stood within a 12 mile radius of Fred’s own home, indeed a handful were within walking distance.