The widow of famous steeplejack Fred Dibnah said she was "devastated" at a vandal attack on a statue erected in his memory in his home town. Mr Dibnah's famous wire-rimmed glasses were twisted off the ...

Friends and family of the late Lancastrian steeplejack Fred Dibnah explore some sites relating to the industrialisation of Great Britain that Fred visited in the last eight years of his life. Fred ...

Fred Dibnah shares his passion for railways through visits to the workshops, museums, preservation lines and other heritage efforts that exist to recognise and commemorate Britain's railway past. Fred ...

It's a living and working piece of history - the unique home of celebrity steeplejack Fred Dibnah - but its days are numbered. Flat-capped Fred, famed for his love of the golden age of steam, died in ...

Leon Powsney, 70, owner of the Grade-II listed home in Bolton, is auctioning it and the TV celebrity’s collection of oil-stained machinery. Treasured items for sale include a fully working steam ...

The former steeplejack fronted such popular series as Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age and Made in Britain A play about the last years of TV steeplejack Fred Dibnah's life is opening in his home town of ...

Fred Dibnah, an unlikely TV star. A steeplejack from Bolton, Fred Dibnah, who has died aged 66, became an unlikely television celebrity and was the star of 20 documentaries. His first appearance, on a ...

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 ...

IT WAS six years ago today that one of Bolton’s best loved sons died — but steeplejack Fred Dibnah left behind a legacy which continues to inspire. The celebrity steeplejack’s passion for Britain’s ...

TELLY steeplejack Fred Dibnah is battling cancer, The People can reveal. The 65-year-old steam enthusiast and demolition expert is being treated for cancer of the bladder and bowel. But friends are ...

Dibnah had been battling cancer for a number of years and was surrounded by his family when he died at Bolton Hospice, Greater Manchester. The colourful and eccentric television personality received ...

It's a living and working piece of history - the unique home of celebrity steeplejack Fred Dibnah - but its days are numbered. Flat-capped Fred, famed for his love of the golden age of steam, died in ...