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Fred Dibnah was born on 28 April 1938. [3] He was the son of Frank and Betsy Dibnah (née Travis), [4] who were initially both employed at a bleach works.His mother later worked as a charwoman at a gas works. [5]
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.
Pages in category "Burials in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dibnah is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Corinne Dibnah (born 1962), Australian professional golfer
Other articles have Bolton, Lancashire, England. There hasn't been problem there. This issue hasn't been settled. Cayden (talk) 20:41, 22 April 2007 (UTC) There is still contention about Fred Dibnah's birth place area, which is whether Bolton, Lancashire, England (how it was at the time he was born) and simply Bolton, England.
The UK's Fred Dibnah, a steeplejack, became a celebrity for his technique of chimney felling. He would remove bricks from the base of the chimney and shore up the structure with wooden supports. He would remove bricks from the base of the chimney and shore up the structure with wooden supports.
The Bancroft chimney was repaired and 'banded' by Fred Dibnah in 1997. The Bancroft mill engine is a horizontal cross compound Corliss valve condensing steam engine built 1914 and installed by William Roberts of Nelson in 1920. As was traditional, the cylinders were named, the high-pressure cylinder "James", and the low-pressure "Mary Jane".