The late Lancastrian steeplejack Fred Dibnah traces the development of industrialisation in Britain. Dibnah described himself as a backstreet mechanic and believed he was awarded his MBE and honorary ...

Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power in Great Britain as it expanded over the course of a number of decades and revolutionised power generation, road transport and shipping. Fred Dibnah ...

The late Fred Dibnah searches for technology from a bygone age. In this first episode, he demolishes his last ever chimney at a textile mill near Oldham. Fred visits an open cast mine near Wigan to ...

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