Memorial to Fred Dibnah unveiled
April 30th, 2008A statue to legendary Bolton steeplejack Fred Dibnah was unveiled in his home town yesterday. The 8 ft tall bronze sculpture, by Jane Robins, stands on Oxford Street next to a working steam engine he loved to visit.
Dibnah shot to fame in the late 1970s after featuring in a BBC documentary Fred Dibhah: Steeplejack. The eccentric character went onto present and feature in a number of TV shows, mainly about the Industrial Revolution.
Fred Dibnah died of cancer in November 2004, aged 66. Yesterday would have been his 70th birthday.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:28 pm
I have lived in Bolton all my life now i am 72 and other
members of my family in there late 70s and mid 80s some who
knew Fred many many years ago and remember him from those days. Can say that the statue placed in his memory is the worst work of heart i have ever seen the WOMEN who made this never knew FRED. Where in the name of Hell did she or anyone else ever come up with those big FEET. Yes he was a one off BUT PLEASE DONT MAKE HIM SOME KIND OF COMIC as this STATUE seems to do. Fred was Fred and should always be MR FRED DIBNAH.not sum comic actor