Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Man with a Van
Man with a Van
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Stori fyrlymus am Drew Pritchard, y casglwr antics a chyflwynydd rhaglen deledu boblogaidd. Am y tro cyntaf cawn hanes y dyn â'r fan. Dyma'r bachgen yr oedd yn well ganddo dwrio mewn sgipiau sbwriel yn hytrach na mynd i'r ysgol, ac a ddysgodd fwy wrth ddarganfod pethau coll nag a wnaeth yn ei wersi, gan adeiladu ymerodraeth wedi'i seilio ar arteffactau mwyaf rhydlyd Prydain.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
Quest TV's addictive No.1 show Salvage Hunters has turned straight-talking antiques-dealer Drew Pritchard into a cult figure around the world (19m viewers). For the first time, the man with a van tells us his story - the boy who preferred skips to school, learnt more from lost things than lessons, and proved the doubters wrong by building an empire on Britain's rustiest artefacts.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781529106732
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781529106732
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Man with a Van
- Awdur / Author
- Pritchard, Drew
- Current Price ex VAT
- £16.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £16.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Non-Stock Item - Ordered on request
- Availability Status (CY)
- Archebir yn ôl y galw
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2021-02-11
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Media Type (EN)
- Hardback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr caled
- Pages
- 320 pages
- Size
- 155 × 220 mm; depth 30 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Atgofion a Hunangofiannau (yn Saesneg) | EN: Autobiographies and Reminiscences (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Atgofion a Hunangofiannau - Gwryw (yn Saesneg) | EN: Autobiographies and Reminiscences - Male (in English)
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
Drew Pritchard, who has amassed a committed community of fans over 13 series of Salvage Hunters, will go to the greatest lengths for the best deals. As a teenager, he ran an unofficial scrapyard from his parents' back garden. And, later in life, he used to sleep fully clothed in his van at antiques fairs, waking up with icicles stuck to his forehead, bouncing out of the rear doors at the break of dawn to get one-up on his Savile Row-suited competitors. "When I see something old, that I think is beautiful, special, valuable, it's not about the money. It's about being in another time and place." He discovered the casts Lord Elgin made of his infamous marbles in a school garage, and broke the bank to buy the tool box Malcolm Campbell used when he set the water speed record in 1934. He made a million. Lost it. And made it again. Poster boy for the compulsively fascinating business of finding and restoring lost treasures, visionary Drew takes us in his van, up and down the country, into garages, factories, schools and pubs, digging out incredible items from that 'other time and place'. Then by lovingly repairing them, he brings our history back to life. A straight-talking flat cap amongst silver-tongued old school ties, our favourite no-bullshit expert may be a one-off, but his story makes us all dream of that obscure piece of antiquity gathering dust in the garden shed...
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