FRED Dibnah’s home is set to become a visitors’ centre after council officers recommended planning approval Leon Powsney and his wife Jan snapped up the Radcliffe Road property earlier this year and have spent the last few months putting proposals together for its conversion. Read the rest of this entry »
Dibnah home plans set to get go-ahead
On October - 28 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Fred’s old cap heads for a museum place
On October - 26 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
ONE of Fred Dibnah’s famous flat caps has been given pride of place at a North-west hat museum.
The cap is the one worn by the famous steeplejack on his wedding day to his third wife, Sheila, in September 1998. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick reaches the heights with his special Dibnah night
On September - 25 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
UNSEEN images of steeplejack Fred Dibnah climbing a 200 foot chimney with his wife, will be shown at a special event in Hebden Bridge Picture House in October. Read the rest of this entry »
Owner’s museum plan for Fred’s historic home
On September - 16 - 2009 2 COMMENTS
PLANS have been put forward to transform the former home of Fred Dibnah into Bolton’s newest museum.
Leon Powsney and his wife, Jan, put a dream move to Spain on hold earlier this year and bought Fred’s house in Radcliffe Road, The Haulgh, with the hope of preserving the former steeplejack’s legacy. Read the rest of this entry »
Famous steelejack remembered in Horwich
On August - 10 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
FANS of Fred Dibnah flocked to Horwich on Saturday to celebrate the life of the famous steeplejack. Read the rest of this entry »
Fred Dibnah statue vandal in court
On May - 8 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
A VANDAL who defaced the Fred Dibnah statue in Bolton town centre has appeared in court where he apologised.
Peter Gray, aged 39, was caught on CCTV cameras at 6.30am carrying a silver can of spray paint which he used on the 8ft high bronze statue in Oxford Street, Bolton town centre.
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Fred’s Cap Ale renamed to Flat Cap Ale
On March - 22 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Someone recently mentioned that they were sure that there was an Ale named after Fred. A bit of digging turns up this (possibly libellous) story, regarding why Bank Top Brewery’s Fred’s Cap Ale was renamed to Flat Cap Ale: Read the rest of this entry »
Dibnah prize for students
On March - 17 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
A STUDENT prize is being awarded in memory of celebrity steeplejack Fred Dibnah.
The trophy, to mark Fred’s interest in engineering and construction, will be presented to the best Bolton University engineering and built environment student on alternate years. Read the rest of this entry »
Fred Dibnah’s historic house fails to sell at auction
On September - 5 - 2008 ADD COMMENTS
FRED Dibnah’s historic home went under the hammer in front of a packed auction house — but failed to attract a single bid.
It was a case of “going, going, but not gone” for the three-bedroom Victorian Gothic gatehouse.
Estate agents Miller Metcalfe, which held yesterday’s auction at the Pack Horse Hotel in Nelson Square in the town centre, set a guide price of £250,000 to £300,000. Read the rest of this entry »
