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- Fred_Dibnah abstract "Frederick "Fred" Dibnah MBE (28 April 1938 – 6 November 2004), born in Bolton, was an English steeplejack and television personality, with a keen interest in mechanical engineering.Dibnah was born in a country which then relied heavily upon coal to fuel its industry. As a child he was fascinated by the steam engines which powered the many textile mills in Bolton, but he paid particular attention to chimneys and the men who worked on them. He began his working life as a joiner, before becoming a steeplejack. From age 22, he served for two years in the armed forces, as part of his national service. Once demobilised, he returned to steeplejacking but met with limited success until he was asked to repair Bolton's parish church. The resulting publicity provided a welcome boost to his business, ensuring he was almost never out of work.In 1978, while making repairs to Bolton Town Hall, Dibnah was filmed by a regional BBC news crew. The BBC then commissioned an award-winning documentary, which followed the rough-hewn steeplejack as he worked on chimneys, interacted with his family and talked about his favourite hobby—steam. His Lancastrian manner and gentle, self-taught philosophical outlook, proved popular with viewers and he featured in a number of television programmes. Toward the end of his life, the decline of Britain's industry was mirrored by a decline in his steeplejacking business and Dibnah increasingly came to rely on after-dinner speaking for his income. In 1998, he presented a programme on Britain's industrial history and went on to present a number of series, largely concerned with the Industrial Revolution and its mechanical and architectural legacy.He died from cancer in November 2004, aged 66. He is survived by his five children from three marriages.".
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- Fred_Dibnah birthDate "1938-04-28".
- Fred_Dibnah birthPlace Bolton.
- Fred_Dibnah birthPlace Lancashire.
- Fred_Dibnah birthYear "1938".
- Fred_Dibnah deathDate "2004-11-06".
- Fred_Dibnah deathPlace Greater_Manchester.
- Fred_Dibnah deathYear "2004".
- Fred_Dibnah depictionDescription "The statue of Dibnah in Bolton".
- Fred_Dibnah discipline Mechanical_engineering.
- Fred_Dibnah discipline Presenter.
- Fred_Dibnah discipline Steeplejack.
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- Fred_Dibnah alt "The statue of Dibnah in Bolton".
- Fred_Dibnah birthDate "1938-04-28".
- Fred_Dibnah birthPlace "Bolton, Lancashire, England".
- Fred_Dibnah caption "The statue of Dibnah in Bolton".
- Fred_Dibnah children "Jayne, Lorna, Caroline, Jack, Roger".
- Fred_Dibnah dateOfBirth "1938-04-28".
- Fred_Dibnah dateOfDeath "2004-11-06".
- Fred_Dibnah deathDate "2004-11-06".
- Fred_Dibnah deathPlace "Bolton Hospice, Greater Manchester, England".
- Fred_Dibnah discipline "Television presenter, steeplejack and mechanical engineering".
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- Fred_Dibnah parents "Frank and Betsy Dibnah".
- Fred_Dibnah placeOfBirth "Bolton, Lancashire, England".
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- Fred_Dibnah quote "... we steamed about twenty miles through the night. Back then in the days of gas lamps it were quite exciting. It were near the end of the steam era and the fireman knew there were no future for him so he didn't give a monkey's and he gave me the job of firing the locomotive. I remember him saying to me, "It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you don't lose the shovel." It were really good fun and I finished up doing it lots and lots of times".
- Fred_Dibnah quote "He clapped that chimney on the roof when he was sixteen, I've had to live with it ever since. It's awful. I came home one day from work and there it was, sticking up in the sky. The photographer came from the Evening News. People drove here on Sunday afternoons to stare at it. Everyone said our Fred was a lunatic.".
- Fred_Dibnah quote "I was slightly nervous shaking hands with the Queen. She asked me if I was still climbing chimneys. It beats me how she keeps tabs on everybody. I never thought I would be receiving an MBE.".
- Fred_Dibnah quote "I've seen them from close-up and they're fantastic, great big stones perched two hundred feet up in the sky, covered in incredible carvings and all fitting perfectly, in an attempt to keep them up for ever. That's why I don't get much pleasure demolishing a chimney, when I think of those fellows manhandling tens of thousands of bricks and tons of mortar, to build the thing in the first place.".
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- Fred_Dibnah significantAwards "MBE, honorary Doctorates from Robert Gordon University & University of Birmingham".
- Fred_Dibnah source "Betsy Dibnah".
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- Fred_Dibnah comment "Frederick "Fred" Dibnah MBE (28 April 1938 – 6 November 2004), born in Bolton, was an English steeplejack and television personality, with a keen interest in mechanical engineering.Dibnah was born in a country which then relied heavily upon coal to fuel its industry. As a child he was fascinated by the steam engines which powered the many textile mills in Bolton, but he paid particular attention to chimneys and the men who worked on them.".
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