Swan Lane Mills
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Swan Lane Mills is a former cotton mill complex on Higher Swan Lane in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, the mills were designed by Stott and Sons of Oldham and built in
Swan Lane Mills: No. 3 on left, Nos. 1 and 2 on right
The decorated entrance to No. 3 Mill
Bolton Town Hall
Hall i th Wood manor house front view
Fred Dibnah
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Frederick Dibnah was an English steeplejack and television personality. Having a keen interest in mechanical engineering, he described himself as a "backstreet mechanic."
Swan Lane Mills
…continued to provide power for some processes in Nos. 1 and 2 Mills. In 1983 Swan Lane Mills was featured in an episode of the documentary Fred, in which Fred Dibnah was hired to remove the decorative ornament on top of the chimney, by then the last decorative-topped chimney in Bolton. He was paid £4,500 (1982) for…
Dibnah in 1985
The chimney built by Dibnah for his mother, in Bolton
Bolton parish church
Dibnah's home, 121 Radcliffe Road, a former Victorian gatehouse of Leverhulme Park, Bolton, later the Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre, now closed