Page 1 of Fred Dibner dead.

He died to day of cancer.

All the best,

The 42%er.


It`s not easy being different. It`s not easy being cool....but somehow I manage....

Dibnah. very sad. always loved the old, old programmes with him running like f*** from a toppling chimney..

aaah, them were tha days....

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We`re starting to run out of British eccentrics again. God forbid telly should be full of smug, superior little gobsh*tes like Vernon Kay. Now Fred Dibnah was a good, old-fashioned British eccentric. One of the best in fact - blunt talking, genuinely enthusiastic about stuff like engineering. If he wasn`t restoring traction engines, he was trying to dig a coal mine under his house. I`ll miss him.

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One of the best in fact - blunt talking, genuinely enthusiastic about stuff like engineering. If he wasn`t restoring traction engines, he was trying to dig a coal mine under his house. I`ll miss him.

Me too. I found his programmes genuinely interesting, and his down-to-earth way of explaining stuff like engineering and architecture, while showing his obvious enthusiasm for his subject, was very refreshing. Sad news.

i knew fred, he used to come into the shop where i worked to have his saw`s sharpened, very sorry to hear he`s gone :(

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Very sad news indeed :( , i bet theres not another person today who could take a chimney down by lighting a fire... his love of steam and all thing antiquated was amazing, i for one really enjoyed watching him on tv, and showing and ex[plaining practically how things worked...

Sadly, skilled tradesmen like him are a dying breed (no pun intended), nobody these days seems to want a job where they either get cold, wet, or dirty, or any manual work, the kids just seem to want to sit behind a desk and get paid for working 9-5 monday to Friday. (Thats if they can get out of bed in the morning to be bothered to look for a job?)







`I am going to live forever, or die trying`...

A very sad loss of a great British character. :(

Hes probably already started restoring traction engines in Steam Heaven.



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A Bolton Wonder.Top fella R.I.P

Well I wish he had built the new house I am now living in, people who pay the thousands they do for new properties that are made from such s*** materials is beyond me.

Anyway Fred you will now be able to have a chat with Brunell,Stevenson and the rest of the lads :)

Sadly missed, a great man. :(

This item was edited on Sunday, 7th November 2004, 01:01