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Alison takes the children to greece, while the grizzled steeplejack takes advantage of the unaccustomed peace and quiet to visit a stockport steam. Fred is the companion to the 12part bbc2 series celebrating the life of this great man, which combines highlights from some of dibnahs classic programmes with previously unseen footage. Browse david halls bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. The six episodes were edited highlights of the various films about his life. The definitive biography of fred dibnah new ed by hall, david isbn. The definitive biography of fred dibnah audio download.
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