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The chimney built by Dibnah for his mother, in Bolton. At school Dibnah was placed in an art class (his reading and writing skills were judged to be poor), [12] following which he spent three years at art college, where his work was based mainly on industrial themes such as machinery, pithead gear and spinning mills.
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When the BGTCS was disbanded, Bolton reverted to being independent. After World War II, a neighbouring chimney being demolished by steeplejacks fell and landed on the greyhound tracks kennels causing significant damage. Fred Dibnah witnessed the event watching from the allotments south of Raikes Lane; motivated by the event he became a ...
In 1983, Swan Lane Mills was featured in an episode of the documentary Fred, in which Fred Dibnah is hired to remove the decorative ornamental on top of the chimney [12] by then the last decorative topped chimney in Bolton. [13] He was paid £4,000 (1982) for the work.
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In the late 1970s, Bolton steeplejack Fred Dibnah was paid £7000 to demolish Briar mill's chimney one brick at a time. His efforts and dare-devil methods are documented in his autobiographic BBC TV series 'The Fred Dibnah Story. [3] Brook / Crompton Fold: UNKNOWN
In 1894 after Wright's death, the company was acquired by the Fine Spinners and Doublers Association and subsequently by Courtaulds. Fred Dibnah demolished one of the mill chimneys in 1970. [ 3 ] The last of the mills, No 6, was demolished in 1993.
This is a list of notable people from Bolton in North West England. ... Fred Dibnah (1938–2004) – steeplejack, engineer and TV presenter, [48] [49] born in Farnworth;