We have just been sent details of a new play, called “The Demolition Man”, about the last years of Fred’s life has been commissioned and is due to be staged next year at Bolton’s Octagon Theatre Read the rest of this entry »
News Items for: 'Sheila Dibnah'
Fred Dibnah Night: St Helens Oct 9th
On March - 17 - 2010
I’ve just had word that a “Fred Dibnah Night” is going to be held in the St. Helens Theatre Royal on Saturday 9th October 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
“Life with Steeplejack Fred” talk in Whitehaven
On March - 10 - 2010
Just got some news that Sheila Dibnah is giving a talk in Whitehaven at the end of this month.
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Sheila Dibnah and Heritage Centre’s planning permission
On November - 24 - 2009
Just noticed a interesting paragraph from Sheila Dibnah’s web site:
(text removed 9th December – see below)
It’s a shame that Sheila, due to current legal arrangements, can’t give her backing help when it needs it most. Edit: Sheila has clarified from the comments section, once planning permission has been granted she will be able to give the Heritage Centre her full and active assistance.
(image removed 9th December – see below)
Update #1 9th December: A comment has just been left by Jonathon Wild, who I gather is webmaster of Sheila Dibnah’s FredTalks.co.uk site, objecting to the text I quoted and screenshot I posted for the above news piece.
As requested by Mr Wild I have removed both the text and image that was causing concern, leaving just my own words and observations. I have also added clarification to my own observations.
Please follow the link at the top of this page to read the words that I’ve been requested remove. In case these words should change, which they no doubt will as legal situations change, please refer to this cached version of the page from November 2009 courtesy of Google.
Update #2 14 December: Title corrected after clarification by Sheila Dibnah in the comments section.
Update #3 June 2010: Sheila Dibnah’s site now reads:
Sheila is simply delighted with the sterling work that Leon and Jan have done to ‘Fred’s World’ – and even more delighted that Fred’s Dream has come true with the Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre now open for business!
Sheila has given her full support and blessing and shall be doing what she can to promote her late husband’s name and ‘world’.
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Fred’s old cap heads for a museum place
On October - 26 - 2009
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 »
Fred’s Cap Ale renamed to Flat Cap Ale
On March - 22 - 2009
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 »
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No mention of wife in Fred Dibnah will
On February - 13 - 2007
FRED Dibnah made no mention of his wife in his will, The Bolton News can reveal today after seeing its full contents.
Fred’s last will and testament, made just three weeks before his death on November 6, 2004, ensures his most loved possessions should go to his sons Jack and Roger and his daughters Jayne, Caroline and Lorna. Read the rest of this entry »
Fred Dibnah £1m will shock for widow Sheila
On February - 10 - 2007
THE widow of Fred Dibnah has been cut out of his will, it was revealed today.
Sheila Dibnah has been left nothing from the celebrity steeplejack’s reported £1 million estate.
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Fred Dibnah’s home ransacked
On December - 23 - 2006
THIEVES have ransacked the home of Bolton’s famous steeplejack, Fred Dibnah.
The burglary at the house, in Radcliffe Road, Bolton, was discovered last Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
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