A local company has created a replacement for a damaged plaque honouring Bolton's most famous son. The memorial to beloved steeplejack Fred Dibnah sits on Churchgate in the heart of Bolton town centre ...

Resident of Bolton are growing impatient and ever more furious as a plaque dedicated to beloved TV star Fred Dibnah remains unfixed eight months after it was damaged. The famous steeplejack, who was ...

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 ...