Fred made history fun

Todays marks the fifth anniversary of the death of that great character Fred Dibnah.

Many of us grew up watching his antics as a steeplejack on BBC, but in later years we were awed by his knowledge of the history of industrial Britain and architecture in programmes like Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age, Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments and Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain.

Truly a Bolton legend, his enthusiasm was hugely contagious and luckily for us lives on through the books and DVDs based on his television shows.