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Fred Dibnah
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English steeplejack and television personality, with a keen interest in mechanical engineering
Film & TV
Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Frederick "Fred" Dibnah MBE (28 April 1938 – 6 November 2004), born in Bolton, was an English steeplejack and eccentric with a keen interest in mechanical engineering who became a cult television personality. 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…
Known for
- Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection2008
- Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone — Self - Presenter2006
- Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain — Self - Presenter2005
- Dig with Dibnah — Self2004
- Fred Dibnah's The Ups and Downs of Chimneys — Fred Dibnah2004
- Dig With Dibnah2004
- Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam — Self - Presenter2003
- Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain — Self - Presenter2002
- Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes2001
- Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments — Self - Presenter2000
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fred
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bolton
- Place of death
- Greater Manchester
- Occupation
- engineer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Fred Dibnah in 1985.jpg
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- Commons category
- Fred Dibnah
- date of birth
- 1938-04-28
- date of death
- 2004-11-06
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Frederick Dibnah
- name in native language
- Fred Dibnah
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